Role
2010-2013 Secondment to Peninsula Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (80% FTE)
Qualifications & background
2007: Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Plymouth
1999: MSc in Statistics with Applications in Medicine (Distinction), University of Southampton
Awarded Zeneca Scholarship and PSI prize
1994: PhD entitled "Statistical aspects of credit scoring", The Open University
1991: BA (Hons) Mathematics (First Class), Worcester College, University of Oxford
Professional membership
Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
Roles on external bodies
2009-2013 Member of the South West Regional Funding Committee for the NHS Research for Patient Benefit Programme.
2005-2007 Member of the Advisory Board of the Veterinary Journal.
Teaching interests
Medical statistics
Epidemiology
Statistical modelling
Bayesian methods
Research interests
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Evaluation of treatment and exposure effects using observational patient databases
· Methods for strengthening causal inference from observational studies
- bias and sensitivity analysis
- the Prior Event Rate Ratio method
· Design and analysis of randomised controlled trials
· Epidemiology of ageing, disability and chronic disease
· Gene expression and biomarker discovery for age-related diseases
· Bayesian methods in health-related research
UoP Research group membership
Centre for Health and Environmental Statistics (CHES)
Grants & contracts
As principal investigator
2010-2013 Fair comparisons of interventions: Extending the Prior Event Rate Ratio method (Eperr study).
Henley WE (PI), Hyde C, Lang I, Wright D, Melzer D.
Methodology Project Grant, Medical Research Council, £335,000.
As co-investigator
2011-2016 Melzer D (lead applicant)
NIHR National School for Public Health Research. Provisional member.
2011-2014 Emerging Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia.
Llewellyn D (PI), Melzer D, Kos K, Henley WE, Holley J.
Project grant, Norman Family Trust, £75k
2011-2012 Fat derived hormones and dementia.
Llewellyn D (PI), Melzer D, Kos K, Henley WE and Clarke R.
Project grant, Sir Halley Stewart Trust, £21k.
2011-2012 Fat derived hormones and dementia.
Llewellyn D (PI), Melzer D, Kos K, Henley WE, Clarke R.
Project grant, James Tudor Foundation, £15k.
2011-2011 Portfolio Development Opportunity
Dean S (lead applicant).
NIHR Stroke Research Network, £2,596
2008 -2011 Genetic variation and health in old age: realising the benefits.
Melzer D (PI), Frayling T, Murray A, Henley WE.
Project grant, Dunhill Medical Trust, £208K.
As Trial Statistician
2006-2011 A longitudinal cohort study of people with lysosomal storage disorders.
Logan S (PI) et al.
Project grant, NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme, £1,593,127.
Other funded projects as statistical advisor
2011-2013 Health for later life.
Melzer D (lead applicant)
Commissioned research project, Age UK, £134,000
2009-2012 South West Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Evaluation.
Byng R (PI).
Project grant, South West Strategic Health Authority, £300,000.
2008-2011 Care for Offenders: Continuity of Access (COCOA).
Byng R (PI).
Project grant, NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation programme, £462,151.
2010-2013 Chemical Exposure and risk of cardiovascular disease in adults: The "CARDIS" Study.
Melzer D (PI).
Project grant, British Heart Foundation, £125,000.
