Dr Milisa Bucknall

Title: NIHR NSPCR Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer in Statistics
Phone: +44 (0) 1782 734852
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Location: DJW 1.76
Role: As above
Contacting me: Via email
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I joined the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre in 2006 after having completed my PhD in Statistics at Mathematics department at Keele Univerisity. My initial appointment was postdoctoral researcher and subsequently lecturer in Statistics. In 2010, I obtained the NIHR NSPCR Postdoctoral fellowship.

I hold  BSc degree in Mathematics and Economics. I am a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and a member of Irish Statistical Association.

My interests lie primarily in using current methodology and new model development in improving the accuracy of treatment effect assessment in observational studies. Methodologies I am particularly interested in are propensity scores and frailty modeling. The Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre has a rich array of high quality data that may be utilized to undertake even the most intricate data analyses while providing insightful clinical findings at the same time.

Selected Publications

  • Kadam UT, Blagojevic M, Belcher J. 2013. Statin use and osteoarthritis. J Gen Intern Med, vol. 28(9), 1135. link> doi>
  • Kadam UT, Blagojevic M, Belcher J. 2013. Statin use and clinical osteoarthritis in the general population: a longitudinal study. J Gen Intern Med, vol. 28(7), 943-949. link> doi>
  • Green DJ, Bedson J, Blagojevic-Burwell M, Jordan KP, van der Windt D. 2013. Factors associated with primary care prescription of opioids for joint pain. Eur J Pain, vol. 17(2), 234-244. link> doi>
  • Wilkie R, Blagojevic-Bucknall M, Jordan KP, Lacey R, McBeth J. 2013. Reasons why multimorbidity increases the risk of participation restriction in older adults with lower extremity osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study in primary care. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), vol. 65(6), 910-919. link> doi>
  • Wilkie R, Blagojevic M, Jordan KP, Mcbeth J. 2012. IDENTIFYING THE KEY TARGETS TO IMPROVE PARTICIPATION IN OLDER ADULTS WITH LOWER LIMB OSTEOARTHRITIS: PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 51, p. 98). link>

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Journal Articles

  • Kadam UT, Blagojevic M, Belcher J. 2013. Statin use and osteoarthritis. J Gen Intern Med, vol. 28(9), 1135. link> doi>
  • Kadam UT, Blagojevic M, Belcher J. 2013. Statin use and clinical osteoarthritis in the general population: a longitudinal study. J Gen Intern Med, vol. 28(7), 943-949. link> doi>
  • Green DJ, Bedson J, Blagojevic-Burwell M, Jordan KP, van der Windt D. 2013. Factors associated with primary care prescription of opioids for joint pain. Eur J Pain, vol. 17(2), 234-244. link> doi>
  • Wilkie R, Blagojevic-Bucknall M, Jordan KP, Lacey R, McBeth J. 2013. Reasons why multimorbidity increases the risk of participation restriction in older adults with lower extremity osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study in primary care. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), vol. 65(6), 910-919. link> doi>
  • Shapley M, Blagojevic M, Jordan KP, Croft PR. 2012. The spontaneous resolution of heavy menstrual bleeding in the perimenopausal years. BJOG, vol. 119(5), 545-553. link> doi>
  • Kadam UT, Holmberg A, Blagojevic M, Nilsson PM, Akesson K. 2011. Risk factors for cardiovascular disease and future osteoarthritis-related arthroplasty: a population-based cohort study in men and women from Malmö, Sweden. Scand J Rheumatol, vol. 40(6), 478-485. link> doi>
  • Saxton JM, Zwierska I, Blagojevic M, Choksy SA, Nawaz S, Pockley AG. 2011. Upper- versus lower-limb aerobic exercise training on health-related quality of life in patients with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease. J Vasc Surg, vol. 53(5), 1265-1273. link> doi>
  • Sanudo B, Galiano D, Carrasco L, Blagojevic M, de Hoyo M, Saxton J. 2010. Aerobic exercise versus combined exercise therapy in women with fibromyalgia syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. ARCH PHYS MED REHAB, vol. 91(12), 1838-1843. doi>
  • Blagojevic M, Jinks C, Jeffery A, Jordan KP. 2010. Risk factors for onset of osteoarthritis of the knee in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage, vol. 18(1), 24-33. link> doi>
  • Tew GA, Nawaz S, Blagojevic M, Zwierska I, Saxton JM. 2009. Physiological predictors of maximum treadmill walking performance in patients with intermittent claudication. Int J Sports Med, vol. 30(6), 467-472. link> doi>
  • Blagojevic M, Jinks C, Jordan KP. 2008. The influence of consulting primary care on knee pain in older people: a prospective cohort study. Ann Rheum Dis, vol. 67(12), 1702-1709. link> doi> full text>
  • Jinks C, Jordan KP, Blagojevic M, Croft P. 2008. Predictors of onset and progression of knee pain in adults living in the community. A prospective study. Rheumatology (Oxford), vol. 47(3), 368-374. link> doi>
  • Rukin N, Blagojevic M, Luscombe CJ, Liu S, Saxby MF, Ramachandran S, Fryer AA, Jones PW, Strange RC. 2007. Associations between timing of exposure to ultraviolet radiation, T-stage and survival in prostate cancer. Cancer Detect Prev, vol. 31(6), 443-449. link> doi>
  • Blagojevic M and MacKenzie G. 2004. A comparison of PH and Non-PH frailty models. Correlated Data Modelling, vol. 2(239), 250.

Other

  • Wilkie R, Blagojevic M, Jordan KP, Mcbeth J. 2012. IDENTIFYING THE KEY TARGETS TO IMPROVE PARTICIPATION IN OLDER ADULTS WITH LOWER LIMB OSTEOARTHRITIS: PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 51, p. 98). link>
  • Rukin NJ, Patel P, Blagojevic M, Luscombe CJ, Liu S, Ramachandran S, Strange RC. 2010. Associations between timing of exposure to ultraviolet radiation, T-stage and survival in prostate cancer. BJU INTERNATIONAL (vol. 105, p. 16). link>
  • Wilkie R, Jordan K, Croft P, Blagojevic M. 2008. What will happen if state pension age rises for people with joint pain? impact and individual and area-level factors associated with work limitation in adults aged 50 to 75 with knee pain. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 47, p. II11). link>

Statistics and Epidemiology (multivariate statistics) module within Masters in Medical Science postgraduate course.

I have previously lectured and coordinated final year undergraduate modules including statistical inference and stochastic processes.