School of Computing and Mathematics

After completing A levels in Maths, Further Maths, French and History, I studied Mathematics at Lancaster University from 1982-1985. I then accepted a SERC funded Research Assistant post to develop techniques for modelling irregularly spaced ocean core data for three years, while studying part time for an MPhil degree. In 1988 I was appointed as a Lecturer in Statistics in the Mathematics Department at Keele as part of a joint initiative between the University and the North Staffordshire Hospital Trust. In 1997 I obtained my PhD in statistics using project data generated through this link.

I left Keele in 2003, but returned as a Teaching Fellow for 2004-2007. For the next two years I worked as a Lecturer in Statistics at the North Wales Clinical School in Wrexham, before being appointed to Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics within the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre in 2009 and acted as a Front Line Adviser for Medical Statistics for the West Midlands Research Design Service.

I am interested in the modelling of longitudinal and time series data. The former includes applications of Linear Mixed Models and GEEs to longitudinal survey data collected in the Centre, while the latter can encompass intervention analysis and segmented regression techniques applied to prescription data. The applications of multivariate longitudinal data, involving a mixture of binary, ordinal and continuous outcome data, are currently being explored.

I am also interested in the teaching of Medical Statistics and regularly attend the Conference for Teachers of Medical Statistics, “Burwalls”.

I am currently responsible for MAT-30014 Medical Statistics but have plans to develop other statistical modules. On Monday and Wednesday I usually am in the Faculty of Health, but in the maths office Tuesday, Thursday, Friday.

MAT-30014: Medical Statistics