Profiles
Dr Lexy Sorrell
Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Medical Statistics
Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)
Biography
Biography
I am a Research Fellow in the Medical Statistics group at Peninsula Medical School mainly involved in the planning and analysis of clinical trials and observation studies.
Qualifications
PhD Medical Statistics - University of Plymouth (2021)
MSc Statistics with Applications in Medicine - University of Southampton (2017)
BSc Mathematics and Statistics - University of Surrey (2016)Professional membership
Fellow of the The Royal Statistical Society
Associate Fellow of The Higher Education Academy
Roles on external bodies
Royal Statistical Society South West Local Group (Committee Member 2018 – present)
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
- Evidence-Based Practice, BMBS year 1 (2021-date)
- Multivariate Calculus (Advanced Calculus), Mathematics year 2 (2020-2021)
- Probability with Applications - Introduction to Probability, Mathematics year 1 (2019-2020)
- Demonstrator for Statistical Inference and Regression, Mathematics year 2 (2018-2019)
- SUM:UP (2017-2020)
Research
Research
Research interests
Applied statistics, clinical trials, observational studies, survival analysis.
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2024) 'The effect of skin tone on the ability of pulse oximetry to accurately estimate arterial oxygen saturation: a systematic review' British Journal of Anaesthesia , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Bivariate copula regression models for semi-competing risks' Statistical Methods in Medical Research , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Clinical features and outcomes of hospitalised patients with COVID-19 and Parkinsonian disorders: A multicentre UK-based study' PLOS ONE 18, (7) , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Altruism in medical education: assessing attitudes of hospital in-patients towards face-to-face contact with medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic' BMC Medical Education 23, (1) , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Estimating the correlation between semi-competing risk survival endpoints' Biometrical Journal: journal of mathematical methods in biosciences , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Influence of external peer reviewer scores for funding applications on funding board decisions: a retrospective analysis of 1561 reviews' BMJ Open 8, (12) , DOI Open access
Presentations and posters
'Outcome and mortality of hospital admission with COVID-19 in parkinsonian syndromes' , DOI
'Outcome and mortality of hospital admission with COVID-19 for individuals with parkinsonian syndromes' , DOI Open access
Reports
- Sorrell, L (2020) "Can maths help in the fight against COVID-19?", Student Life Magazine, University of Plymouth
- Sorrell, L (2018) "Event report: Royal Statistical Society William Guy lecture – Teenagers and society", StatsLife Magazine
Personal
Personal
Conferences organised
October 2020: Joint RSS South West Local Group - Impact Lab event: Early Career Researchers' Health Data Science Symposium.