Spotlight on: 🔦Grace Revill🔦
- Jul 7
- 3 min read
Updated: Jul 8
Grace Revill Community Manager, DSxHE
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What does your job actually entail?
It's a varied mix of research and communications! I've just finished my PhD at UCL, so at the moment I'm wrapping up writing papers. Alongside that, I work on health and science podcasts for BBC Radio 4, where I help book guests, conduct interviews, write briefing documents, questions and scripts, and spend time in the recording studio. I also work with the DSxHE community, helping to grow and support our network and activities.
When not at work, you can be found...
Exercising or at the pub with friends.
What should people reach out to you for help with?
Anything to do with getting involved in the community! Whether you're interested in writing a blog post, volunteering, sharing an idea, or finding ways to contribute, I'd be happy to help.
What's your interest in data science and/or health equity?
My PhD used health data to explore the relationship between traumatic brain injuries and mental health outcomes. Working with this type of data has made me really interested in data quality, how we can make better use of linked datasets, and how data can help us better understand and reduce health inequalities.
What's a topic in data science/health equity that you know or care a lot about?
I'm particularly interested in missing and incomplete data. Throughout my PhD, one of the biggest challenges was that the people with the most severe injuries are often the least likely to remain in longitudinal studies, meaning the people we most need to understand are often underrepresented in the data. That can bias research findings and ultimately influence healthcare decisions.
I'm also really interested in what we can learn from countries with more comprehensive linked data systems, such as those in Scandinavia, where high-quality population registers make it much easier to follow people over time. I'd love to see us continue improving the completeness and quality of routinely collected health data so that research is more representative and ultimately leads to better outcomes
What is your go-to lazy dinner?
Pasta till I die
What story do you tell most often?
Anyone who knows me knows how much I love a good small-world story! One I come back to is from a hike in the Scottish Highlands. We were a few miles from the nearest road and there wasn't another person in sight and then suddenly a Land Rover came speeding up the dirt track and we had to jump out of the way (and may have shouted a few words at the driver). The car slowed, the window rolled down, we got a little wave... and it was King Charles. I'm not a royalist, but I have to admit I was pretty speechless
Do you watch shows one episode at a time or binge whole seasons?
Binge the whole thing and then rewatch it until quoting it becomes second nature
Which celebrity annoys you the most?
What is your hidden talent?
Two things about my childhood: 1) I grew up in Brussels, so I speak French, and 2) I was obsessed with drama, dance, and singing and am a qualified tap dance teacher...
What is the best advice you ever received?
My dad has always said, "Just ignore." Not in the sense of turning a blind eye, but as a reminder that you can't control everything. It's important to remember you can't please everyone!
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