Peer-reviewed

• Wolf A, Dedman A, Campbell J, Booth H, Lunn D, Chapman J, Myles P

  Data resource profile: Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) Aurum

  International Journal of Epidemiology (2019) - cited >760 times

• Beijer U, Wolf A, Fazel S

  Prevalence of TB, hepatitis C virus, and HIV in homeless people: A systematic review and meta-analysis

  Lancet Infectious Diseases (2012) - cited >480 times

• Fazel S, Wolf A, Långström N, Newton CR, Lichtenstein P

  Premature mortality in epilepsy and the role of psychiatric comorbidity: a total population study

  Lancet (2013) - cited >420 times

• Fazel S, Wolf A

  A Systematic Review of Criminal Recidivism Rates Worldwide: Current Difficulties and Recommendations for Best Practice

  PLOS ONE (2016) - cited >390 times

• Fazel S, Wolf A, Palm C, Lichtenstein P

  Violent crime, suicide, and premature mortality in patients with schizophrenia and related disorders

  Lancet Psychiatry (2014) - cited >330 times

• Fazel S, Wolf A, Chang Z, Larsson H, Goodwin GM, Lichtenstein P

  Depression and violence: a Swedish population study

  Lancet Psychiatry (2015) - cited >300 times

• Fazel S, Wolf A, Pillas D, Lichtenstein P, Långström N

  Suicide, fatal injuries, and other causes of premature mortality in patients with traumatic brain injury

  JAMA Psychiatry (2014) - cited >190 times

• Wolf A, Gray R, Fazel S

  Violence as a public health problem: an ecological study of 169 countries

  Social Science & Medicine (2013) - cited >160 times

• Lv Y, Wolf A, Wang X

  Experienced stigma and self-stigma in Chinese patients with schizophrenia

  General Hospital Psychiatry (2012) - cited >150 times

• Fazel S, Wolf A, Larsson H, Mallett S, Fanshawe TR

  The prediction of suicide in severe mental illness: development and validation of a clinical prediction rule (OxMIS)

  Translational Psychiatry (2019) - cited >100 times

• Fazel S, Wolf A, Larsson H, Lichtenstein P, Mallett S, Fanshawe TR

  Identification of low risk of violent crime in severe mental illness with a clinical prediction tool (OxMIV)

  Lancet Psychiatry (2017) - cited >90 times

• Fazel S, Wolf A, Fiminska Z, Larsson H

  Mortality, Rehospitalisation and Violent Crime in Forensic Psychiatric Patients Discharged from Hospital: Rates and Risk Factors

  PLOS ONE (2015) - cited >70 times

• Fazel S, Wolf A, Geddes JR

  Suicide in prisoners with bipolar disorder and other psychiatric disorders: a systematic review

  Bipolar Disorders (2013) - cited >50 times

• Sariaslan A, Sharpe M, Larsson H, Wolf A, Lichtenstein P, Fazel S

  Psychiatric comorbidity and risk of premature mortality and suicide among those with chronic respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes in Sweden

  PLOS Medicine (2022) - cites >40 times

• Wolf A, Fanshawe TR, Sariaslan A, Cornish R, Larsson H, Fazel S

  Prediction of violent crime on discharge from secure psychiatric hospitals: A clinical prediction rule (FoVOx)

  European Psychiatry (2018) - cited >40 times

• Yukhnenko D, Wolf A, Blackwood N, Fazel S

  Recidivism rates in individuals receiving community sentences: A systematic review

  PLOS ONE (2019) - cited >40 times

• Wolf A, Whiting D, Fazel S

  Violence prevention in psychiatry: an umbrella review of interventions in general and forensic psychiatry

  Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology (2017) - cited >30 times

• Fazel S, Burghart M, Wolf A, Whiting D, Yu R

  Effectiveness of violence prevention interventions: Umbrella review of research in the general population

  Trauma, Violence, & Abuse (2024) - cited >30 times

• Fazel S, Wolf A, Vazquez-Montes M, Fanshawe TR

  Prediction of violent reoffending in prisoners and individuals on probation: a Dutch validation study (OxRec)

  Scientific Reports (2019) - cited >20 times

• Fazel S, Toynbee M, Ryland H, Vazquez-Montes M, Al-Taiar H, Wolf A, Aziz O, Khosla V, Gulati G, Fanshawe TR

  Modifiable risk factors for inpatient violence in psychiatric hospital: prospective study and prediction model

  Psychological Medicine (2021) - cited >20 times

• Requena G, Wolf A, Williams R, Dedman D, Quint JK, Murray‐Thomas T, Pimenta JM

  Feasibility of using Clinical Practice Research Datalink data to identify patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to enrol into real‐world trials

  Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety (2020) - cited >5 times

Other

• Wolf A, Hulmes J, Hopkins S

  Lateral flow device specificity in phase 4 (post-marketing) surveillance

  Gov.UK Research and Analysis (2021)

• Fazel S, Wolf A

  Selecting a risk assessment tool to use in practice: a 10-point guide

  Evidence-Based Mental Health (2017)

• Fazel S, Wolf A

  Correspondence: Suicide risk assessment tools do not perform worse than clinical judgement

  British Journal of Psychiatry (2017)

• Fazel S, Wolf A

  What is the impact of a research publication?

  Evidence-Based Mental Health (2017)

• Wolf A, Fazel S

  Correspondence: Overstating the lack of evidence on suicide risk assessment

  British Journal of Psychiatry (2017)

• Wolf A

  Facebook and mental wellbeing: a crossover randomised controlled study

  F1000Research (2016)

• Wolf A, Fazel S

  Correspondence: Infection in people with severe mental illness

  Lancet Psychiatry (2016)

• Wolf A, Fazel S

  Epilepsy and early deaths: the real risks (feature)

  Epilepsy Professional (© Epilepsy Action 2013)

• Wolf A

  Note on the Save the Children 'Child Development Index' (CDI)

  University of York (2009) - cited in UNDP report

Current

• Research Scientist & Associate Director, Tech- & AI-Enabled Solutions
  Evidera, Thermo Fisher Scientific

  September 2025 - Current

  Senior scientist in Evidera's Real World Data & Scientific Solutions team, leveraging AI and Tech to support evidence-generation in biopharmaceutical and biotechnology research.

Previous

• Research Scientist - Evidera, Thermo Fisher Scientific

  January 2023 - August 2025

  Scientist in Real World Data & Scientific Solutions, generating evidence on the effectiveness, safety, and value of biopharmaceutical and biotechnology products.

• Head of Diagnostics - Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

  July 2022 - January 2023

  Lead the Diagnostics team at MHRA to ensure availability of safe and effective In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) devices to UK patients.

• Honorary Researcher - University of Oxford

  July 2018 - Dececember 2022

  Statistical, technical and methodological assistance and advice on clinical prediction rules, evidence synthesis, and data linkage studies.

• Head of Symptomatic Testing, Antivirals and Guidance - UK Health Security Agency

  December 2021 - July 2022

  Head of the team responsible for England's policy on symptomatic testing, antivirals, and guidance for Covid19, including throughout the Omicron wave.

• Head of Strategic Development - Centre for Pandemic Preparedness

  October 2021 - December 2021

  Strategy Lead during the setup phase of the new Centre for Pandemic Preparedness at the UK Health Security Agency.

• Head of Cross-Cutting Policy - NHS Test and Trace

  September 2020 - October 2021

  Leading a team of policy and public health specialists working on complex cross-cutting policy at NHS Test and Trace, England’s COVID-19 contact tracing and testing system.

• CPRD Senior Researcher - Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

  May 2018 - August 2020

  Senior Researcher at the Observational Research Team at the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), the NHS observational data and interventional research service.

• Senior Research Fellow - St Andrew's Healthcare

  Honorary Research Associate - University of Oxford

  September 2017 - April 2018

  Research collaboration between St Andrew's Healthcare and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford into translational research in mental health.

• Consultant - Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford

  February 2017 - October 2017

  Statistical analysis and prediction modelling for NIHR-funded project on self-harm in prison, led by Prof Keith Hawton and Prof Seena Fazel.

• Research Assistant - Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford

  January 2012 - August 2017

  Wellcome Trust funded project investigating associations between severe mental illness and violent crime using Swedish national population registers.

• Clinical Trial Coordinator - FEMME study, University of Oxford

  October 2011 - December 2011

  Trial coordinator for the Oxford site of the multi-centre FEMME study (uterine artery embolisation vs. myomectomy for uterine fibroids), recruiting clinicians.

Membership

• CPRD Expert Review Committee (ERC)

  Member of the ERC, providing independent scientific advice on observational research using UK EHR data.

• Royal Society for Public Health

  Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH)

Presentations and Public Engagement

• International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology

  Philadephia (PA), August 2019

  - Symposium: Thinking globally while acting locally: Developing time-on-treatment data in international settings

• FDA International Regulators’ Forum

  Silver Spring (MD), April 2019

  - Perspectives from CPRD on the Sentinel Common Data Model

• Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry Conference

  Madrid, March 2017

  - Brief approaches for violence risk assessment: can they be accurate?

• Research in Forensic Mental Health Services Conference

  Kings College London, October 2016

  - OxMIV - prediction of violent crime in severe mental illness

• IAFMHS Conference Presentations

  Manchester, 2015 & Maastricht, 2013

  International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services Conference:
  - Adverse outcomes in schizophrenia: rates, trends, and risk factors
  - Primary and secondary violence prevention strategies
  - Suicide in prisoners with bipolar disorder and other psychiatric disorders
  - Distal risk factors for violent crime in individuals with schizophrenia

• Science Media Centre Presentation

  Wellcome Trust, February 2015

  Briefing for national and international media with the Science Media Centre on our depression and violence study.

• Depression and Violence, Cherwell Newspaper

  Oxford, February 2015

  Oxford study finds depression linked to violence

Webdesign

• OxRisk Website

  Creator and administrator of OxRisk website, platform for freely available web-based risk calculators.

• FPRS Website

  Creator and administrator of the website of the Forensic Psychiatry Research Society.

• Facebook and Mental Wellbeing Website

  Participant information and recruitment website for research study into social media use and mental wellbeing.