Department of Mathematics - Keele University

Professor Peter W. Jones

Peter Jones and two former research students
Dr Amin Adam (Ph.D. Keele 1997) and
Prof Samir Ashour (Ph.D. Aberystwyth, 1974)

Research Interests

I have been at Keele since 1976 when I was appointed as Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Statistics, I was promoted to Reader in 1990 and was awarded a Personal Chair in 1995. From 1968 to 1975, I was an assistant lecturer and then lecturer in Statistics at Aberystwyth where I studied for a PhD under Professor O.L. Davies. I took over as head of the Department of Mathematics in September 2001.

My research interests are Bayesian sequential estimation and optimisation, especially bandit problems with applications to clinical trials and more recently medical statistics. I have published over 200 articles and refereed abstracts in for example Biometrika, Technometrics, JRSSC, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Sequential Analysis, BMJ, Lancet, British Journal of Cancer, Carcinogenesis Cancer Research and Arthritis and Rheumatism.

I have had a long and productive association with Clinical Geneticists (Professor Richard Strange's group) at the North Staffordshire Hospital Centre where we have been looking at large scale case control studies to detect genetic susceptibility and genetic bases of severity in a number of diseases (various cancers and rheumatoid arthritis for example). This has involved developing models for time to events, counts and binary data. I have been closely involved with the rheumatologists lead by Dr Peter Dawes at the Haywood Hospital in Burslem, where we, together with a research student (Dr Fouad Ziade), developed and evaluated an index of disease activity (the Stoke Index) in rheumatoid arthritis. I have worked on several other indices (OSRA: Overall Status in RA, SASS: Stoke Ankylosing Spondilytis Score and the body chart for pain assessment) also with clinicians at the Haywood A number of RCT's in obstetrics have been published jointly with Mr Richard Johanson and team using cluster randomisation. Most recently I have been developing an interest in systematic reviews and meta analysis in medicine and software engineering, this latter has been supported by a joint research grant from EPSRC with Dr Barbara Kitchenham. A jointly supervised (with Professor Pauline Ong) NHS new blood fellow (Kelvin Jordan) has produced a lengthy systematic review of methods of measuring human movement.

I have been interested in bandit problems for nearly 25 years, in particular multiobjective Bayesian bandits, suboptimal schemes and the effects of changing the methods of sampling. These have grown from my interest in producing usable adaptive designs for clinical trials with reasonable properties when compared with one observation at a time designs which are optimal for a single objective. Group sequential sampling schemes have been considered which have fixed and variable numbers of observations. I have had the benefit of working with two research students, Dr Saad Madhi and Dr Martyn Lewis on these problems.

Publications

1999

• Howells, R.E.J, Dunn, P.D.J, Isasi, T., Chenoy, R., Calvert, E., Jones, P.W., Shroff, J.F. and Redman, C.W.E., Is the provision of information leaflets before colposcopy beneficial? A prospective randomised study, Brit. J. Obst. Gyn., Vol.106(6), 1999, pp.528-534.
• Johanson, R.B., Heycock, E., Carter, J., Sultan, A.H., Walklate, K. and Jones, P.W., Maternal and child health after assisted vaginal delivery: five-year follow up of a randomised controlled study comparing forceps and ventouse, Brit. J. Obst. Gyn., Vol.106(6), 1999, pp.544-549.
• Wyatt, K.M., Dimmock, P.W., Jones, P.W. and O'Brien, P.M.S., Efficacy of vitamin B-6 in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome: systematic review, BMJ, Vol.318(7195), 1999, pp.1375-1381.
• Layton, M.A., Jones, P.W., Alldersea, J.E., Strange, R.C., Fryer, A.A., Dawes, P.T. and Mattey, D.L., The therapeutic response to D-penicillamine in rheumatoid arthritis: influence of glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms, Rheumatology, Vol.38(1), 1999 pp.43-47.
• Mattey, D.L., Hassell, A.B., Plant ,M., Dawes, P.T., Ollier, W.R., Jones, P.W., Fryer, A.A., Alldersea, J E. and Strange, R.C., Association of polymorphism in glutathione S-transferase loci with susceptibility and outcome in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison with the shared epitope, Ann. Rheum. Dis., Vol.58(3), 1999 pp.164-168.
• Boardman, A.P., Grimbaldeston, A.H., Handley, C., Jones, P.W. and Willmott, S., The North Staffordshire Suicide Study: A case-control study of suicide in one health district, Psych. Med., Vol.29(1), 1999, pp.27-33.
• Coughtrie, M.W.H., Gilissen, R.A.H.J., Shek, B., Strange, R.C., Fryer, A.A., Jones, P.W. and Bamber, D.E. Phenol sulphotransferase SULT1A1 polymorphism: molecular diagnosis and allele frequencies in Caucasian and African populations, Biochem. J., Vol.337(1), 1999, pp.45-49.
• O'Brien, P.M.S., Walker, T.J., Singh, P.K., Kilby, M.D. and Jones, P.W., Failure of platelet angiotensin II binding to predict pregnancy-induced hypertension, Obst and Gyn., Vol.93(2), 1999, pp.203-206.
• Ramachandran, S., Lear, J.T., Ramsay, H., Smith, A.G., Bowers, B., Hutchinson, P.E., Jones, P.W., Fryer, A.A. and Strange, R.C., Presentation with multiple cutaneous basal cell carcinomas: Association of glutathione S-transferase and cytochrome P450 genotypes with clinical phenotype, Cancer Epid. Biomarkers Prev., Vol.8(1), 1999, pp.61-67.
• Boath, E., Cox, J., Lewis, M., Jones, P. and Pryce, A., When the cradle falls: the treatment of postnatal depression in a psychiatric day hospital compared with routine primary care, J. Affective Disorders, Vol.53(2), 1999, pp.143-151.
• Jones, F.I., Ramachandran, S., Lear, J., Smith, A., Bowers, B., Ollier, W.E.R., Jones, P., Fryer, A.A. and Strange, R.C., The melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor polymorphism: association of the V92M and A294H alleles with basal cell carcinoma, Clinica Chimica Acta, Vol.282(1-2), 1999, pp.125-134.
• Pickard, L., Kitchenham, B. and Jones, P., Comments on: Evaluating alternative software production functions, IEEE Trans Software Eng., 1999, Vol.25(2), 1999, pp.282-283.
• Fryer, A.A. and Jones, P.W., Interactions between detoxifying enzyme polymorphisms and susceptibility to cancer, Chapter 22 in Metabolic Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Cancer, (Eds. P. Vineis et al), 1999, pp.303-322.
• Clairmont, A., Sies, H., Ramachandran, S., Lear, J.T., Smith, A.G., Bowers, B., Jones, P.W., Fryer, A.A. and Strange, R.C., Association of NAD(P)H: quininone oxireductase (NQO1) null with numbers of basal cell carcinomas: use of a multivariate model to rank the relative importance of this polymorphism and those at other relevant loci, Carcinogenesis, Vol.20(7) 1999 pp.1235-1240.
• Strange, R.C., Ellison, T., Ichii-Jones, F., Bath, J., Hoban, P., Lear, J.T., Smith, A.G., Hutchinson, P.E., Osborne, J., Bowers, B., Jones, P.W. and Fryer, A.A., Cytochrome P450 CYP2D6 genotypes: association with hair colour, Breslow thickness and melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor alleles in patients with malignant melanoma, Pharmacogenetics, Vol.9 1999 pp.269-275.
• Dhar K.K., Branigan, K., Howells, R.E.J., Musgrove, C., Jones, P.W., Strange, R.C., Fryer, A.A., Redman, C.W.E., Hoban, P.R., Prognostic significance of cyclin D1 gene (CCND1 polymorphism) in epithelial ovarian cancer, Int. J. Gyn. Cancer, Vol 9, 4, 1999, pp.342-347.
• Matthias, C., Jahnke, V., Jones, P.W., Hoban P.R., Alldersea, J.E., Worrall, S.F., Fryer, A.A. and Strange, R.C., Cyclin D1, glutathione S-transferase, and cytochrome P450 genotypes and outcome in patients with upper aerodigestive tract cancers: Assessment of the importance of individual genes using multivariate analysis, Cancer Epid. Biomarkers & Prevention, Vol 8, 9, 1999, pp.815-823.
• Jawad, S.H., Ward, A.B. and Jones, P., Study of the relationship between premorbid urinary tract incontinence and stroke functional outcome, Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol 13, 5, 1999, pp.447-452.
• Abdullah, A.J.J., Jones, P.W. and Pearce, V.R., Leg cramps in the elderly: prevalence and disease associations, Int. J. Clin. Prac., Vol 53, 7, 1999, pp.494-496.
• Johanson, R., Cox C., O'Donnell, E., Grady, K., Howell C. and Jones, P.W., Managing obstetric emergencies and trauma (MOET), The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Vol 1, 2, 1999, pp.46-51.
• Mattey, D.L., Hassell, A.B., M.J. Plant, M.J., Cheung, N.T., Dawes, P.T., Jones, P.W., Thomson, W., Poulton, K.V., Hajeer, A.H. and Ollier, W.E.R., The influence of HLA-DRB1 alleles encoding the DERAA amino acid motif on radiological outcome in rheumatoid arthritis, Rheumatology, Vol 38, 1999, pp.1221-1227.

2000

• Mann, C.L.A., Davies, M.B., Boggild, M.D., Alldersea, J., Fryer, A.A., Jones, P.W., Ko Ko, C., Young, C., Strange, R.C., and Hawkins, C.P., Glutathione S-transferase polymorphism in multiple scelerosis: their relationship to disability, Neurology, Vol 54, 2000, pp.553-557.
• Fryer, A.A., Bianco, A., Hepple, Jones, P.W., Strange, R.C. and Spiteri, M.A., Polymorphism at the glutathione S-transferase GSTP1 locus: a new marker for bronchial hyperresponsiveness and asthma, Am. J. Resp. Crit Care Med., Vol 161, 2000, pp.1-7.
• R.E.J. Howells, H. Tucker, J. Millinship, J.F. Shroff, K.K. Dhar, Jones, P.W. and C.W.E. Redman, A comparison of the side effects of prilocaine with felypressin and lignocaine with adrenaline in large loop excision of the transformation zone of the cervix: results of a randomised trial, Brit. J. Obst. Gyn., Vol 107, 1, 2000, pp.28-32.
• Strange, R.C., Jones, P.W. and Fryer, A.A., Glutathione S-transferase: genetics and role in toxicology, Toxicology Letters, Vol 112-113, 2000, pp.357-363.
• Yanny, H., Johanson, R., Baldwin, K.J., Lucking, L., Fitzpatrick, R. and Jones, P., Double blind randomised controlled trial of glyceryl trintrate spray for external cephalic version, Brit. J. Obst. Gyn., Vol 107, 2000, pp.562-564.
• Hajeer, A.H., Lear, J.T., Ollier, W.E.R., Naves, M., Worthington, J., Bell, D.A., Smith, A.G., Bowers, W.P., Jones, P.W., Strange, R.C. and Fryer, A.A., Preliminary evidence of an association of tumour necrosis factor microsatellites with increased risk of multiple basal cell carcinomas, Brit. J. of Dermatology, Vol 142, 2000, pp441-445.
• Short, D.J., El Masry, W.S. and Jones, P.W., High dose methylprednisolone in the management of acute spinal cord injury - a systematic review from a clinical perspective, Spinal Cord, 38, 2000, pp.273-286.
• Jordan, K., Dziedzic, K., Jones, P.W., Ong , B.N. and Dawes, P.T., The reliability of three-dimensional FASTRAK measurement sytem in measuring cervical spine and shoulder range of motion in healthy subjects, Rheumatology, 39, 2000, pp.382-388.
• Johanson, R.B., Rigby, C., Newburn, M., Stewart, M. and Jones, P.W., Improving maternity care. Democratic prioritisation of audit topics as part of a clinical effectiveness programme, MIDIRS Midwifery Digest, 9, 4, 2000, pp.252-255.
• Strange, R.C., Alldersea, J., Hoban, P.R., Fryer, A.A., Matthias, C., Jahnke, V. and Jones, P.W., Genetic polymorphism and clinical outcome: identification of individuals at risk of poor outcome, Allergy, 55, 2000, pp.10-14 Suppl. 61.
• Birrell, F.N., Hassell, A.B., Jones, P.W., and Dawes, P.T., How does short form questionnaire (SF-36) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) relate to RA outcome measures and SF-36 population values? A cross-sectional study, Clinical Rheumatology, 19, 3, 2000, pp.195-199.
• Price, D., Ramachandran, S., Knight, T., Jones, P.W. and Neary, R.H., Observed changes in the lipid profile and calculated coronary risk in patients given dietary advice in primary care, Brit. J. Gen Practice, 50, 2000, pp.712-715.
• Ramachandran, S., Hoban, P.R., Ichii-Jones, F., Pleasants, L., Ali-Osman, F., Lear, J.T., Smith, A.G., B. Bowers, B., Jones, P.W., Fryer, A.A., and Strange, R.C., Glutathione S-transferase and cyclin D1 genotypes: association with numbers of basal cell carcinomas in a patient subgroup at high risk of multiple tumours, Pharmacogenetics, 10, 2000, pp.545-556.
• Ramachandran , S., Fryer, A.A., Smith, A.G., Lear, J.T., Bowers, B., Griffiths, C.E.M., Jones, P.W., and Strange, R.C., Basal cell carcinoma - Tumor clustering is associated with increased accrual in high risk subgroups, Cancer, 89, 5, 2000, pp.1012-1018.
• Dimmock, P.W., Wyatt, K.M., Jones, P.W. and O'Brien, P.M.S., Efficacy of selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors in premenstrual syndrome: a systematic review, Lancet, 356, 2000, pp.1131-1136.
• Howells, R.E.J., O'Mahony, F., Tucker, H., Millinship, J., Jones, P.W. and Redman, C.W.E., How can the incidence of negative specimens resulting in large loop excision of cervical transformation zone (LLETZ) be reduced? An analysis of negative LLETZ specimens and development of a predictive model, Brit. J. Obst. Gyn., 107, 2000, pp.1075-1082.
• Griffith, S.M., Fisher, J., Clarke, S., Montgomery, B., Jones, P.W., Saklatvala, J., Dawes, P.T., Shadforth, M.F., Hothersall, T.E., Hassell, A.B. and Hay, E.M., Do patients with rheumatoid arthritis established on methotrexate and folic acid 5 mg daily need to continue folic acid supplements long term?, Rheumatology, 39(10), 2000, pp.1102-1109.
• McLachlan, B.K., Rouse, P.M., Baines, M.A., Jones, P.W., Wyatt, J.C. and Johanson, R.B. (The North Staffordshire Changing Childbirth Team), A randomised study of midwifery caseload care and traditional 'shared care', Midwifery, 16, 2000, pp.295-302.
• Young, P.F., Leighton, N.A., Jones, P.W., Anthony, J. and Johanson, R.B., Fluid management in severe preeclampsia (vespa): Survey of members of ISSHP, Hypertension in Pregnancy, 19(3), 2000, pp.249-259.
• Fryer, A.A., Spiteri, M.A., Bianco, A., Hepple, M., Jones, P.W., Strange, R.C., Makki, R., Tavernier, G. Smilie, F.I.,Custovic, A., Woodcock, A.A.,Ollier, W.E.R. and Hajeer, A.H., The -403 G->A promoter in the RANTES gene is associated with atopy and asthma, Genes and Immunity, 1(8), 2000, pp.509-514.

2001

• Howell, C.J., Kidd, C., Roberts, W., Upton, P., Lucking, L., Jones, P.W. and Johanson, R.B., A randomised controlled trial of epidural compared to non-epidural analgesia in labour, Brit. J. Obst. Gynae., 108, 2001, pp.27-33.
• Weale, A.E., Halabi, O.A., Jones, P.W. and White, S.H., Perceptions of outcomes after unicompartmental and total knee replacements, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 382, 2001, pp.43-153.
• Howells, R.E.J., Holland, T., Dhar, K.K., Redman, C.W.E., Hand, P., Hoban, P.R., Jones, P.W., Fryer, A.A. and Strange, R.C., Glutathione S-transferase GSTM1 and GSTT1 genotypes in ovarian cancer: association with p53 expression and survival, Int. J. Gynecol. Cancer, 11, 2001, pp.107-112.
• Chehata, J.C., Hassell, A.B., Clarke, S.A., Mattey, D.L., Jones, M.A., Jones, P.W. and Dawes, P.T., Mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: relationship to single and composite measures of disease activity, Rheumatology, 40, 2001, pp.447-452.
• Harcourt, W.G.V., White, S.H. and Jones, P., Specificity of the Oxford knee status questionnaire. The effect of the hip or lumbar spine on patients' perception of knee disability, Journ. Bone & Joint Surg., 83-B, 2001, pp.345-347.
• Schuwerack, P-M.M., Lewis, J.W. and Jones, P., The potential use of the South African river crab, Potamonautes warreni, as a bioindicator species for heavy metal contamination, Ecotoxicology, 10(3), 2001, pp.159-166.
• Young, P., Hamilton, R., Hodgett, S., Moss, M., Rigby, C., Jones, P. and R. Johanson, R., Reducing risk by improving standards of intrapartum fetal care, Journ. Roy. Soc. Med., 94, 2001, pp.226-230.
• Weatherby, S.J.M., Thomson, W., Pepper, L., Donn, R., Worthington, J., Mann, C.L.A., Davies, M.B., M.B. Fryer, Fryer, A.A., Boggild, M.D.,Young, C.A., Jones, P.W., Strange, R.C., Ollier, W.E.R. and Hawkins, C.P., HLA-DRB1 and disease outcome in multiple sclerosis, Journal of Neurology, 248(4), 2001, pp.304-310.
• Ramsay, H.M., Harden, P.N., S. Reece, S., Smith, A.G., Jones, P.W. and Strange, R.C., Polymorphism in glutathione S-transferases are associated with altered risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer in renal transplant patients: a preliminary analysis, Journ. Inv. Dermatology, 117, 2001, pp.1-5.
• Schuwerack, P-M.M., Lewis, J.W. and Jones, P.W., Pathological and physiological changes in the South African freshwater crab potamonautes warreni calman induced by microbial gill infestations, Journ. Invertibrate Path., 77, 2001, pp.269-279.
• Child, F., Clayton, S., Davies, S., Fryer, A.A., Jones, P.W. and Lenney, W., How should airways resistance be measured in young children: mask or mouthpiece?, Eur. Resp. Journ., 17(6), 2001, pp.1244-1249.
• Ramachandran, S., Fryer, A.A., Smith, A., Lear, J., Bowers, B., Jones, P.W. and Strange, R.C., Cutaneous basal cell carcinomas - Distinct host factors are associated with the development of tumors on the trunk and on the head and neck, Cancer, 92(2), 2001, pp.354-358.
• Ramachandran, S., Fryer, A.A., Smith, A.G., Lear, J.T., Bowers, B., Hartland, A.J., Whiteside, J.R., Jones, P.W. and Strange, R.C., Basal cell carcinomas: association of allelic variants with a high-risk subgroup of patients with the multiple presentation phenotype, Pharmacogenetics, 11(3), 2001, pp.247-254.
• Jones, P.W. and Smith, P., Stochastic Processes: An Introduction, London: Arnold, 2001, 259pp.

2002

• Sithole, J.S., Jones, P.W., Repeated measures models for prescribing change, Statistics in Medicine, Vol. 21 (4), 2002, pp.571-587.
• Johanson, R., Rigby, C., Newburn, M., Stewart, M., Jones, P., Suggestions in maternal and child health for the National Technology Assessment Programme: a consideration of consumer and professional priorities, Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, Vol. 122(1), 2002, pp.50-54.
• Johnson, A.H., Hassell, A.B., Jones, P.W., Mattey, D.L., Saklatvala, J., Dawes, P.T., The mechanical joint score: a new clinical index of joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis, Rheumatology, Vol. 41 (2), 2002, pp.189-195.
• Melville, C., Hands, S. and Jones, P., Randomised trial of structuring clinic correspondence, Arch. Dis. Childhood, Vol. 86 (5), 2002, pp.374-375.
• Roffe, C., Stills, S., Crome, P., Jones, P., (2002) Randomised cross-over, placebo controlled trial of magnesium citrate in the treatment of chronic persistent leg cramps, Med. Sci. Monit., Vol. 8 (5), pp.326-330.
• Fernando, R.J., Sultan, A.H., Radley, S., Jones, P.W., Johanson, R.B., Management of obstetric anal sphincter injury: A systematic review and national practice survey, BMC Health Service Research, Vol. 2:9 (Web), 2002,10pp.
• Johanson, R.B., Menon, V., Burns, E., Kargramanya, E., Osipov, V., Israelyan, K., Sargsyan, K., Dobson, S., Jones, P.W., Managing emergencies and trauma (MOET) structured skills training in Armenia, utilising models and reality based scenarios, BMC Medical Education, Vol. 2:5 (Web), 2002, 17pp.
• Byrom, J., Widjaja, E., Redman, C.W.E., Jones, P.W., Tebby, S. (2002) Can pre-operative computed tomography predict resectability of ovarian carcinoma at primary laparotomy?, Brit. J. Obst. Gynae., Vol. 109, 2002, pp.369-375.
• Kettle, C., Hills, R.K., Jones, P., Gray, R., Johanson, R., Continuous versus interrupted perineal repair with standard or rapidly absorbed sutures after spontaneous vaginal birth: a randomised controlled trial, Lancet, Vol. 359, 2002, pp.2217-2223.
• Baldwin, K.J., Leighton, N.A., Kilby, M.D., Wyldes, M., D. Churchill, D., Jones, P.W., Johanson, R.B., The Severe Hypertensive Illness in Pregnancy (SHIP) audit: promoting quality care using a high risk monitioring chart and eclampsia treatment pack, J. Obst. Gynae, Vol. 22, 2002, pp.346-352.
• Selvachandran, S.N., Hodder, R.J., Jones, P., Cade, D., Prediction of colorectal cancer by a patient consultation questionnaire and scoring system: a prospective study, Lancet, Vol. 360, 2002, pp.278-283.
• Howell, C.J., Dean, T., Lucking, L., Dziedzic, K., Jones, P.W., Johanson, R.B., Randomised study of long term outcome after epidural versus non-epidural analgesia during labour, BMJ, Vol. 325, pp.357-360.
• Wyatt, K.M., Dimmock, P.W., Frischer, M., Jones, P.W., O’Brien, P.M.S., Prescribing patterns in premenstrual syndrome, BMC Women’s Health, Vol. 2 (Web), 11pp.
• Trivedi, J., Thomson, J.D., Slakey, J.B., Banta, J.V., Jones, P.W., Clinical and radiographic predictors of scoliosis in patients with myelomeningocele, Journ. Bone & Joint Surg. (US), Vol. 84-A, 8, 2002, pp.1389-1394.
• Kitchenham, B.A., Pfleeger, S.L.,Pickard, L.M., Jones, P.W., Hoaglin, D.C., El Emam, K., Rosenberg, J., Preliminary guidelines for empirical research in software engineering, IEEE Trans. Software Engineering, Vol. 28(8), 2002, pp.712-734.
• Johanson, R., Akhtar, S., Edwards, C., Dewan, F., Haque, Y., Jones, P., MOET: Bangladesh- an initial experience, J. Obst. Gynae. Res., Vol. 28(4), 2002, pp.217-223.
• Mann, C.L.A., Davies, M.B., Stevenson, V.L., Leary, S.M., Boggild, M.D., Ko, C.K., Jones, P.W., Fryer, A.A., Strange, R.C., Thompson, A.J., Hawkins, C.P., Interleukin 1 genotypes and relationship to disease severity, J. Neuroimmunology, Vol. 129 (1-2), 2002, pp.197-204.
• Crome, P., Jones, P., Measuring disability and mortality following relocation within the NHS, Age and Ageing, Vol.31(5), p.414 (letter).
• Ramachnadran, S., Fryer, A.A., Lovatt, T., Smith, A., Lear, J., Jones, P.W., R.C. Strange, R.C., The rate of increase in the number or primary sporadic basal cell carcinomas during follow up is associated with age at first presentation, Carcinogenesis, Vol. 23, 2002, pp.2051-2054.

2003

• L.J. Badcock, S. Clarke, P.W. Jones, P.T. Dawes and D.L. Mattey (2003) Abnormal IgA levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Ann. Rheum. Dis., 62(1), 83-84.
• S. Ramachandran, A.A. Fryer, T.J. Lovatt, A.G. Smith, J.T. Lear, P.W. Jones and R.C. Strange (2003) Combined effects of gender, skin type and polymorphic genes on clinical phenotype: use of rate of increase of numbers of basal cell carcinomas as a model system. Cancer Letters, 189, 175-181.
• P.E. Harrison, P.M. Pfeifer, S.L. Turner, J.B. Richardson, P.W. Jones and B. Ashton (2003) Serum from patients anaethetised with opiates less effective in the support of chondrocyte growth in vitro. Tissue Engineering, 9(1), 37-40.
• S.W. Looney and P.W. Jones (2003) A method for comparing two normal means using a sample of correlated and uncorrelated data. Statistics in Medicine, 22(9), 1601-1610.
• D. Bodiwala, C.J. Luscombe, S. Liu, M. Saxby, M. French, P.W. Jones, A.A. Fryer and R.C. Strange (2003) Prostate cancer risk and exposure to ultraviolet radiation: further support for the protective effect of sunlight. Cancer Letters, 192(2), 145-149.
• B. Kitchenham, L.M. Pickard, S. Linkman and P.W. Jones (2003) Modeling software bidding risks. IEEE Trans. Software Engineering, 29(6), 542-554.
• F. Child, W. Lenney, S. Clayton, S. Davies, P.W. Jones, R.C. Strange and A.A. Fryer (2003) Correction of bronchial challenge data for age and size may affect results of genetic association studies. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 14(3), 193-200.
• K. Jordan, P.W. Jones, K. Dziedzic (2003) Describing three-dimensional cervical spine movement in a diseased and a non-diseased group using multilevel modelling, Statistics in Medicine, 22(14), 2365-2380.
• V. Ganesan, S. Malbon, P.W. Jones and S.A. Spencer (2003) Blood gas monitoring in very low birth weight infants receiving respiratory support: a survey of current practice in the UK and Ireland. J. Clinical Excellence, 4, 403-10.
• D. Bodiwala, C.J. Luscombe, M.E. French, S. Liu, M.F. Saxby, P.W. Jones, S. Ramachandran, A.A. Fryer and R.C. Strange (2003) Susceptibility to prostate cancer: studies on interactions between UVR exposure and skin type. Carcinogenesis, 24(4), 711-717.
• C.V.J. Morgan-Hough, P.W. Jones and S.M. Eisenstein (2003) Primary and revision discectomy: A 16-year review from one centre. Journ. Bone & Joint Surgery (UK) , 85-B, 871-874.
• J.S. Sithole and P.W. Jones (2003) Analysis of a Bayesian repeated measures model for detecting differences in GP prescribing habits. Stat. Meth. Med. Res., 12, 475-487.
• D. Bodiwala, C.J. Luscombe, M.E. French, S. Liu, M.F. Saxby, P.W. Jones, A.A. Fryer and Strange RC (2003) Associations between prostate cancer susceptibility and parameters of exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Cancer Lett., 200, 141-148.
• C. Roffe , S. Sills, M. Halim, K. Wilde, M.B. Allen, P.W. Jones and P. Crome (2003) Unexpected nocturnal hypoxia in patients with acute stroke. Stroke, 34(11), 2641-2645.
• F. Child, W. Lenney, S. Clayton, S. Davies, P.W. Jones, J.E. Alldersea, R.C. Strange and A.A. Fryer (2003) The association of maternal not paternal genetic variation in GSTP1 with asthma phenotypes in children. Resp. Med, 97, 1247-56.

Recent Grants

Physiotherapy Research Foundation (2003-2004): £34,911 - Effects of varying intensities, frequencies, and stimulation sites of TENS upon experimental pain in healthy human volunteers. (with Barlas, Chesterton, Sim, Lund, Lundberg).

Action Research (2003-2006): £82,870 - A comparative study of the effectiveness of the treatment of contractures with mechanically applied stretch and heat. (with Patrick, Roberts, Stewart, Farmer and Bromwich (ORLAU Oswestry)).

EPSRC Case Research Studentship (2002-2005): £52,375 - Modelling gene-gene and gene-environment interaction in determining outcome in renal transplant patients. (with North Staffordshire NHS Trust).

EPSRC (1999-2002): £116,211 - Managing software risks across a portfolio of projects. (with Kitchenham and Linkman).

Research Students

• Prof Samir Ashour (1974): (Aberystwth): Some results in life testing.
• Dr M.R. Harrison (1981): A statistical study of the distribution of U.K. personal income.
• Dr N.K. Dakhil (1984): A statistical study of lung function and chest cancer data.
• Dr J.I. Ansell (1986): Some problems in reliability of systems composed of unreliable components.
• Dr S.A. Madhi (1986): Bayesian sequential methods for binomial and multinomial selection.
• Dr N. Rice (1991): Survival of patients with fractured neck of femur.
• Dr S. Mesheal (1991): Mixed models in lifetesting. (Joint supervision: PhD Cairo).
• Dr M.F.M. Ziade (1992): Some indices of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis.
• Dr A.M. Lewis (1996): Multiobjective Bayesian Bandits. (Joint Supervision Prof Roger Harley)
• Dr A. Adam (1997): Categorical Data Analysis: a case study of child safety.
• Dr T. Mason (1999): Applications of survival methods for the analysis of adverse event data.
• Dr K.P. Jordan (2000): Evaluation of the Fastrak.
• Dr J.S. Sithole (2001): Longitudinal data models for evaluating change in prescribing patterns.

Appointments outside Keele

• Non Executive Director, Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital, Oswestry
• Member of the Scientific Panel, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Member of the NHS West Midlands R+D LORS Biomedical Committee
• Associate Editor Biometrics
• Statistical Editor, Journal of Apicultural Research
• Member of the International Advisory Board, Egyptian Journal of Mathematics