Cherry-Ann Waldron

Cherry-Ann Waldron is a research student based at the Clinical Epidemiology IRG, Cardiff University. Her PhD is entitled: 'Development and evaluation of a web-based risk calculator to predict heart disease'. Heart disease is the biggest killer in the UK and lots of people do not know they are at risk from it. Heart disease risk can be reduced by making small changes to lifestyle, such as adopting healthier behaviours or taking medication. Therefore, it is important to have an assessment to know if you are at risk. The PhD project involves the development and evaluation of a web-based risk calculator to predict heart disease. The aim of the research study is to examine perceptions and attitudes towards heart disease, and provide insight into what people think about their risk when it is presented to them in a certain way.

myHeartRisk website assesses users’ risk of developing heart disease in the future, by using information about health status and lifestyle. There is also an electronic questionnaire which asks people’s opinions about their risk. The study is currently looking for volunteers to visit the website, who are aged between 45 and 64 years of age, have not been previously diagnosed with heart disease, had a cardiac event (such as a heart attack or angina) or had a stroke. 

View Cherry-Ann Waldron's researcher bio on the Cardiff University website