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Dr Lawrence Raisanen
BA (Hons), MA, MSc PhD
Senior Data & Analytics Manager
- RaisanenL@cardiff.ac.uk
- Neuadd Meirionnydd, Floor 5, Room 519C, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS
Overview
I am currently a senior data analyst, research associate, at the Centre for Trials Research (CTR) at Cardiff University: which is the largest group of academic clinical trials staff in Wales, and has earned full UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) registered status. The Centre tackles the big diseases and health concerns of our time, including growing resistance to antibiotics, early cancer diagnosis and how to eliminate health inequalities. It achieves this by forming partnerships with researchers and building lasting relationships with the public, whose participation is essential for the success of studies.
I support the CTR in programming reporting and analyses tools for our clinical and routine databases, support data management in delivering clean and organised datasets, and support the statistics team with data analyses, preparation of trial reports, presentations and publications. I work on optimising data integration and software interlinkage for analysis, data monitoring, and reporting.
Publication
2023
- Kitson, T. et al. 2023. HIDDEN2: Study protocol for the hospital deep vein thrombosis detection study in patients with cancer receiving palliative care. BMJ Open 13(9), article number: e073049. (10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073049)
2022
- Lewis, C. et al. 2022. Posttraumatic growth related to the COVID-19 pandemic among individuals with lived experience of psychiatric disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress 35(6), pp. 1756-1768. (10.1002/jts.22884)
2017
- Lewis, C., Raisanen, L., Bisson, J. I., Jones, I. R. and Zammit, S. 2017. Trauma exposure and undetected Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among adults with a mental disorder. Depression and Anxiety 35(2), pp. 178-184. (10.1002/da.22707)
2013
- Moore, G., Raisanen, L. M., Moore, L. A. R., Ud Din, N. and Murphy, S. 2013. Mixed-method process evaluation of the Welsh National Exercise Referral Scheme. Health Education 113(6), pp. 476-501. (10.1108/HE-08-2012-0046)
- Edwards, R. T., Linck, P., Hounsome, N., Raisanen, L. M., Williams, N., Moore, L. A. R. and Murphy, S. 2013. Cost-effectiveness of a national exercise referral programme for primary care patients in Wales: results of a randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health 13(1), article number: 1021. (10.1186/1471-2458-13-1021)
2012
- Murphy, S. et al. 2012. An evaluation of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the National Exercise Referral Scheme in Wales, UK: a randomised controlled trial of a public health policy initiative. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 66(8), pp. 745-753. (10.1136/jech-2011-200689)
2011
- Murphy, S. et al. 2011. Free healthy breakfasts in primary schools: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a policy intervention in Wales, UK. Public Health Nutrition 14(2), pp. 219-226. (10.1017/S1368980010001886)
2010
- Murphy, S., Moore, L. A. R., Raisanen, L. M., Moore, G., Williams, N., Edwards, R. T. and Linck, P. 2010. A pragmatic RCT of the national exercise referral scheme in Wales (UK): Physical activity and mental health outcomes at 12 months. Presented at: UK Society for Behavioural Medicine 6th Annual Scientific Meeting, Leeds, UK, 14-15 December 2010.
2008
- Murphy, S., Moore, G., Tapper, K., Raisanen, L. M. and Moore, L. A. R. 2008. Free healthy breakfasts in primary schools: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a policy intervention in Wales. Presented at: Society of Social Medicine, 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Southhampton, UK, 17 - 19 September 2008.
- Murphy, S., Moore, G., Tapper, K., Raisanen, L. M. and Moore, L. A. R. 2008. Free healthy breakfasts in primary schools: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a policy intervention in Wales. Presented at: Faculty of Public Health Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK, 3-5 June 2008.
- Raisanen, L. M., McNaish, E., Hale, J. R., Moore, L. A. R. and Murphy, S. 2008. Issues in implementing a policy evaluation of the national exercise referral scheme in Wales. Presented at: 2nd International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2008.
2007
- Moore, L. A. R., McNaish, E., Raisanen, L. M. and Murphy, S. 2007. National Evaluation: Exercise Referral Schemes in Wales. Presented at: British Heart Foundation Centre for Physical Activity and Health Conference, Nottingham, UK, 28 November 2007.
- Moore, G., Tapper, K., Murphy, S., Lynch, R. J., Raisanen, L. M., Pimm, C. E. and Moore, L. A. R. 2007. Associations between deprivation, attitudes towards eating breakfast and breakfast eating behaviours in 9-11 year olds. Public Health Nutrition 10(6), pp. 582-589. (10.1017/S1368980007699558)
2006
- Moore, G., Tapper, K., Murphy, S., Lynch, R., Pimm, C., Raisanen, L. M. and Moore, L. A. R. 2006. Development and validation of self completion measures of attitudes towards eating breakfast and breakfast eating behaviours in 9-11 year old school children. Presented at: The UK Society for Social Medicine 50th Annual Scientific Meeting, Leeds, UK, 13-15 September 2006.
- Moore, G., Murphy, S., Tapper, K., Lynch, R., Pimm, C. and Raisanen, L. M. 2006. Free healthy breakfasts in primary schools: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a complex social intervention. Presented at: AWARD Building R&D in Health and Social Care in Wales, Swansea University, Swansea, UK, 21 June 2006.
2005
- Whitaker, R. M., Raisanen, L. M. and Hurley, S. 2005. The Infrastructure efficiency of cellular wireless networks. Computer networks 48(6), pp. 941-959. (10.1016/j.comnet.2004.11.014)
- Whitaker, R. M., Raisanen, L. M. and Hurley, S. 2005. The marginal cost of service provision in cellular networks. Presented at: HICSS '05. 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, 3-6 January 2005, Hawaii, USA, 3-6 Jnuary 2005System Sciences, 2005. HICSS '05. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on. IEEE pp. 304b., (10.1109/HICSS.2005.603)
- Raisanen, L. 2005. Multi-objective site selection and analysis for GSM cellular network planning. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2004
- Raisanen, L. M. and Whitaker, R. M. 2004. The application of nature-inspired nest building to wireless site selection. Presented at: PPSN VIII: The 8th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, Birmingham, UK, 18-22 September 2004.
- Raisanen, L. M., Whitaker, R. M. and Hurley, S. 2004. A comparison of randomized and evolutionary approaches for optimizing base station site selection. Presented at: ACM Symposium on Applied Computing SAC 2004, Nicosia, Cyprus, 14-17 March 2004SAC '04 Proceedings of the 2004 ACM symposium on Applied computing. New York, NY: ACM pp. 1159-1165., (10.1145/967900.968136)
- Whitaker, R. M., Raisanen, L. M. and Hurley, S. 2004. A model for conflict resolution between coverage and cost in cellular wireless networks. Presented at: Proceedings of the 37th Annual Hawaii International Conference on, Big Island, HI, USA, 5-8 January 2004System Sciences, 2004. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Hawaii International Conference on, Vol. 9. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press pp. 90287.1., (10.1109/HICSS.2004.1265677)
- Whitaker, R. M., Raisanen, L. M. and Hurley, S. 2004. Explicit characterization of tensions in downlink cell planning. Presented at: Vehicular Technology Conference, 2004. VTC2004-Fall. 2004 IEEE 60th, Los Angeles, CA, 26-29 September 2004Vehicular Technology Conference, 2004. VTC2004-Fall. 2004 IEEE 60th., Vol. 5. Piscataway, N.J: IEEE pp. 3434-3437., (10.1109/VETECF.2004.1404701)
Articles
- Kitson, T. et al. 2023. HIDDEN2: Study protocol for the hospital deep vein thrombosis detection study in patients with cancer receiving palliative care. BMJ Open 13(9), article number: e073049. (10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073049)
- Lewis, C. et al. 2022. Posttraumatic growth related to the COVID-19 pandemic among individuals with lived experience of psychiatric disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress 35(6), pp. 1756-1768. (10.1002/jts.22884)
- Lewis, C., Raisanen, L., Bisson, J. I., Jones, I. R. and Zammit, S. 2017. Trauma exposure and undetected Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among adults with a mental disorder. Depression and Anxiety 35(2), pp. 178-184. (10.1002/da.22707)
- Moore, G., Raisanen, L. M., Moore, L. A. R., Ud Din, N. and Murphy, S. 2013. Mixed-method process evaluation of the Welsh National Exercise Referral Scheme. Health Education 113(6), pp. 476-501. (10.1108/HE-08-2012-0046)
- Edwards, R. T., Linck, P., Hounsome, N., Raisanen, L. M., Williams, N., Moore, L. A. R. and Murphy, S. 2013. Cost-effectiveness of a national exercise referral programme for primary care patients in Wales: results of a randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health 13(1), article number: 1021. (10.1186/1471-2458-13-1021)
- Murphy, S. et al. 2012. An evaluation of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the National Exercise Referral Scheme in Wales, UK: a randomised controlled trial of a public health policy initiative. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 66(8), pp. 745-753. (10.1136/jech-2011-200689)
- Murphy, S. et al. 2011. Free healthy breakfasts in primary schools: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a policy intervention in Wales, UK. Public Health Nutrition 14(2), pp. 219-226. (10.1017/S1368980010001886)
- Moore, G., Tapper, K., Murphy, S., Lynch, R. J., Raisanen, L. M., Pimm, C. E. and Moore, L. A. R. 2007. Associations between deprivation, attitudes towards eating breakfast and breakfast eating behaviours in 9-11 year olds. Public Health Nutrition 10(6), pp. 582-589. (10.1017/S1368980007699558)
- Whitaker, R. M., Raisanen, L. M. and Hurley, S. 2005. The Infrastructure efficiency of cellular wireless networks. Computer networks 48(6), pp. 941-959. (10.1016/j.comnet.2004.11.014)
Conferences
- Murphy, S., Moore, L. A. R., Raisanen, L. M., Moore, G., Williams, N., Edwards, R. T. and Linck, P. 2010. A pragmatic RCT of the national exercise referral scheme in Wales (UK): Physical activity and mental health outcomes at 12 months. Presented at: UK Society for Behavioural Medicine 6th Annual Scientific Meeting, Leeds, UK, 14-15 December 2010.
- Murphy, S., Moore, G., Tapper, K., Raisanen, L. M. and Moore, L. A. R. 2008. Free healthy breakfasts in primary schools: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a policy intervention in Wales. Presented at: Society of Social Medicine, 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Southhampton, UK, 17 - 19 September 2008.
- Murphy, S., Moore, G., Tapper, K., Raisanen, L. M. and Moore, L. A. R. 2008. Free healthy breakfasts in primary schools: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a policy intervention in Wales. Presented at: Faculty of Public Health Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK, 3-5 June 2008.
- Raisanen, L. M., McNaish, E., Hale, J. R., Moore, L. A. R. and Murphy, S. 2008. Issues in implementing a policy evaluation of the national exercise referral scheme in Wales. Presented at: 2nd International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2008.
- Moore, L. A. R., McNaish, E., Raisanen, L. M. and Murphy, S. 2007. National Evaluation: Exercise Referral Schemes in Wales. Presented at: British Heart Foundation Centre for Physical Activity and Health Conference, Nottingham, UK, 28 November 2007.
- Moore, G., Tapper, K., Murphy, S., Lynch, R., Pimm, C., Raisanen, L. M. and Moore, L. A. R. 2006. Development and validation of self completion measures of attitudes towards eating breakfast and breakfast eating behaviours in 9-11 year old school children. Presented at: The UK Society for Social Medicine 50th Annual Scientific Meeting, Leeds, UK, 13-15 September 2006.
- Moore, G., Murphy, S., Tapper, K., Lynch, R., Pimm, C. and Raisanen, L. M. 2006. Free healthy breakfasts in primary schools: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a complex social intervention. Presented at: AWARD Building R&D in Health and Social Care in Wales, Swansea University, Swansea, UK, 21 June 2006.
- Whitaker, R. M., Raisanen, L. M. and Hurley, S. 2005. The marginal cost of service provision in cellular networks. Presented at: HICSS '05. 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, 3-6 January 2005, Hawaii, USA, 3-6 Jnuary 2005System Sciences, 2005. HICSS '05. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on. IEEE pp. 304b., (10.1109/HICSS.2005.603)
- Raisanen, L. M. and Whitaker, R. M. 2004. The application of nature-inspired nest building to wireless site selection. Presented at: PPSN VIII: The 8th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, Birmingham, UK, 18-22 September 2004.
- Raisanen, L. M., Whitaker, R. M. and Hurley, S. 2004. A comparison of randomized and evolutionary approaches for optimizing base station site selection. Presented at: ACM Symposium on Applied Computing SAC 2004, Nicosia, Cyprus, 14-17 March 2004SAC '04 Proceedings of the 2004 ACM symposium on Applied computing. New York, NY: ACM pp. 1159-1165., (10.1145/967900.968136)
- Whitaker, R. M., Raisanen, L. M. and Hurley, S. 2004. A model for conflict resolution between coverage and cost in cellular wireless networks. Presented at: Proceedings of the 37th Annual Hawaii International Conference on, Big Island, HI, USA, 5-8 January 2004System Sciences, 2004. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Hawaii International Conference on, Vol. 9. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press pp. 90287.1., (10.1109/HICSS.2004.1265677)
- Whitaker, R. M., Raisanen, L. M. and Hurley, S. 2004. Explicit characterization of tensions in downlink cell planning. Presented at: Vehicular Technology Conference, 2004. VTC2004-Fall. 2004 IEEE 60th, Los Angeles, CA, 26-29 September 2004Vehicular Technology Conference, 2004. VTC2004-Fall. 2004 IEEE 60th., Vol. 5. Piscataway, N.J: IEEE pp. 3434-3437., (10.1109/VETECF.2004.1404701)
Thesis
- Raisanen, L. 2005. Multi-objective site selection and analysis for GSM cellular network planning. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.