Dr Richie Harrington
Richard Harrington
BA, MSc, PhD
Senior Research Data Scientist
Richie joined the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, in December 2012 to work on a project assessing the effectiveness of front of label food packaging.
Richie has a B.A. in Genetics from Trinity College, Dublin, an M.Sc. in Bioinformatics from the University of Ulster, and a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from the University of Cambridge. He has experience and interests in medical informatics, mobile and web technologies, wearable sensors, and their applications within a health environment.
Recent publications
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Nutrient composition databases in the age of big data: foodDB, a comprehensive, real-time database infrastructure.
Journal article
Harrington RA. et al, (2019), BMJ Open, 9
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A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Digital Intervention Aimed at Improving Food Purchasing Behavior: The Front-of-Pack Food Labels Impact on Consumer Choice Study.
Journal article
Harrington RA. et al, (2019), JMIR Form Res, 3
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A NEW METHOD TO MONITOR THE PERFORMANCE OF COMPANIES IN RELATION TO NUTRITIONAL TARGETS
Conference paper
Bandy L. et al, (2017), ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM, 71, 867 - 867
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THE IMPACT OF THE UK TRAFFIC-LIGHT LABELLING SYSTEM ON DIETS
Conference paper
Rayner M. et al, (2017), ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM, 71, 101 - 102
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Personalising medicine: Feasibility and future implications from a payers' perspective
Journal article
Godman B., (2016), Journal of Rare Diseases Research & Treatment, 1, 61 - 65