Dr Yinghui Wei

Biography

I am Associate Head of School (Resources) and Associate Professor of Statistics in School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics at University of Plymouth. I lead the MSc Health Data Science and Statistics programme, chair School Equality Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and co-lead the big data group. I led the School's successful Athena Swan Bronze application in 2020, and led a cross-faculty team for the establishment of the new MSc Health Data Science and Statistics for September 2022 launch. I also hold an honorary/visiting appointment in Bristol Medical School at University of Bristol. I am an associated member of National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula (PenARC). Prior to joining Plymouth, I was Investigator Scientist (Statistician) in MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Career Development Fellow in Biostatistics in MRC Biostatistics Unit at University of Cambridge, and Research Fellow in School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham. I completed my PhD and MSc in Statistics in 2008 and 2004, respectively, from the School of Mathematics, The University of Manchester.
My primary research interests include the development of statistical methodology and the substantive applications to medicine, clinical trials, observational studies and evidence synthesis, as well as using data to answer health-related research questions. I have supervised 4 PhD students towards successful completion, leading to publications in statistics journals such as Statistical Methods in Medical Research, Biometrical Journal and Journal of Applied Statistics, and in biomedical journals such as Carbon, and Transplant International.
I led an impact case study "Improved health research and practice through advancing statistical methods and applications" for REF2021 UoA10 Mathematical Sciences. I was a Statistical Editor for Cochrane developmental psychosocial and learning problems review group (2011-2023). I sit on Royal Society's International Exchanges Committeeand on Royal Statistical Society President Nominating Committee. I am a member of the Executive Group for Health Data Research UK South-West.

Qualifications

Academic qualifications:

PhD in Statistics, School of Mathematics, University of Manchester, UK, 2008
MSc in Statistics (with Distinction), School of Mathematics, University of Manchester, UK, 2004
BSc in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Northwest University, China, 2003

Professional qualifications:

Accredited Researcher, Office for National Statistics, 2021
Fellow, Higher Education Academy, 2014
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, University of Plymouth, UK, 2014

Appointments:

Associate Professor of Statistics, University of Plymouth, UK, 2019 – Present
Lecturer in Statistics, University of Plymouth, UK, 2013 – 2019
Investigator Scientist, Medical Research Council, UK, 2009 – 2013
Research Fellow (Welcome Trust), University of Nottingham, UK, 2008 – 2009

Honorary Appointments:

Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, 2021 – Present

Professional membership

Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Member of the London Mathematical Society

Roles on external bodies

Member, Royal Society International Exchanges Panel (2023 – Present)
Member, Executive Group, Health Data Research UK South-West (2023 – Present)
Member, Royal Statistical Society President Nominating Committee (2023)
Member, Editorial Board, Communications Medicine (2023 – Present)
I regularly act as a peer reviewer for grant proposals for the UKRI Medical Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council, and National Institute for Health and Care Research
Member, Statistical Advisory Board, WHO Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Zika Virus Consortium as part of the research response to epidemics (2018 – Present)
Statistical Editor, Cochrane Developmental Psychosocial Learning Problems Group (2015 – 2023; Associate Statistical Editor, 2011 – 2015)
Member, Cochrane Statistical Methods Group (2011 – Present)
Chair, Royal Statistical Society South West Local Group (2021 – Present; Secretary 2017 – 2020; Committee Member 2014 – 2016)

Highlights

REF Impact Case Study
Improved health research and practice through advancing statistical methods and applications

Teaching

Teaching interests

I lead the MSc Health Data Science and Statisticsprogramme.
I supervise UG projects in the Statistics in Context module as well as MSc projects in statistics and data analytics. Recent projects include the analysis of patient reported outcomes in multiple sclerosis, estimation of reproduction number for COVID19, as well as predictive analytics for social housing and telecommunication industry.
I was Stage 1 Tutor for BSc (Hons) Mathematics programmesfor three years (2018 – 2021).

Staff serving as external examiners

2022 – , External Examiner, "MSc Data Science", "BSc Statistics", "BSc Data Science and Analytics", Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex2020, External PhD Examiner, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex
2019, External PhD Examiner, Department of Health Data Science, University of Liverpool

Research

Research interests

I recently hold an MRC fellowship grant to make use of big data from national linked electronic health records and cohort studies, to investigate COVID-19 epidemiology and its impact on public health. I have experience in conducting secure big data analytics within Trusted Research Environments/Secure Data Environments, such as the OpenSAFELY and UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration Secure e-Research Platform.My primary research interest is in developing statistical methodology and the substantive applications to medicine, clinical trials, observational studies and evidence synthesis. Specific areas include:

Bayesian inference
Clinical prediction models
Evidence synthesis and meta-analysis (including multiple outcomes, multiple treatments and diagnostic tests meta-analysis)
Modelling and analysis of infectious diseases epidemiology (including Cowpox virus, healthcare-associated infection, Zika virus and COVID-19)
Survival analysis

I have a software package in Stata: ipdfcWei Y. and Royston P. IPDFC: Stata module to reconstruct individual participant data from a published Kaplan-Meier curve (link)

Other research

Big Data group

Centre for Mathematical Sciences
Centre for Health Technology
Oral Health Services and Clinical Epidemiology Research Group
Systematic Review
Centre for Coastal Communities

Research degrees awarded to supervised students

Dr Nicole Thomas (2022) Investigation of the effectiveness of an intervention to prevent oral disease in a highly vulnerable child population (co-supervisor)
Dr Jagriti Sethi (2022) Graphene based biosensors for detection of blood biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (co-supervisor)
Dr Lexy Sorrell (2021) Statistical inference about bivariate semi-competing risk data using copulas (Director of Studies)
Dr Zainab Al-Kaabawi (2018) Bayesian Hierarchical Models for Linear Networks (Director of Studies)
Current PhD Students at University of Plymouth:

M. Howe: A probabilistic dental treatment risk index (co-supervisor)
L. Zhang: Bayesian multi-level survival models (Director of Studies)
S. Riley: Using big data to develop and validate clinical prediction models for survival outcomes following kidney transplant (Director of Studies)
K. Jagoda: Statistical methods in electronic health records research (Director of Studies)
L. Ellaway: Enhancing Understanding of long COVID using novel mathematical clustering techniques (co-supervisor)
M. Dogan: Biosensors for detection of Alzheimer disease biomarkers (co-supervisor)

Visiting PhD Students:

Q. Zhang: (Overseas supervisor, Yunnan University), visiting 2022 -2024
B. Duan: (Overseas supervisor, Yunnan University and Chinese Academy of Sciences), visiting 2022 - 2024
J. Li: Survival analysis (Overseas supervisor, Yunnan University), visiting 2021 - 2022
Y. Zhou: Spatial-temporal modelling (Overseas supervisor, Yunnan University), visiting 2021 - 2022

Grants & contracts

Externally funded projects:

10/2023 – 09/2026, ESRC, Understanding the research and policy needs of English coastal communities: a new coastal classification, £970,775. PI Asthana S, CoI Gibson A, Agarwal S, Wei Y and Brayne C.
10/2023 – 03/2025, NIHR, Autoimmune diseases following COVID-19 vaccination, £66,150. NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellow Gulley M; Primary Supervisor Wei Y, Co-Supervisor Galloway J, Russell M and Wood A.
12/06/2023 – 11/06/2024, EPSRC IAA, Using machine learning for the benefit of customers and businesses in the telecommunications industry, £5,000. PI Wojtys M, CoI McNeile C and Wei Y.
06/2023 – 09/2023, Manning Endowment UG Research Internship and HCI Digital, How best to utilise data from the CONNECTPlus multicondition app to improve health and wellbeing? £3000, PI/Lead supervisor Wei Y, Co-supervisors/collaborators Halkes M, Kelly H, Mcilree N, Prime S, Asthana S and Green K.
04/2023 – 03/2028, Health Data Research UK, Health Data Research UK South-West Regional Network, £500K (£22,087 to Plymouth). Director Sterne J, Co-Director Denholm R, Plymouth Lead Wei Y.
01/02/2023 – 31/01/2027, Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network, Peripheral Biomarker Based Combinatorial Early Diagnostics for Dementia (CombiDiag), €2.8M (£265, 251 to Plymouth). Coordinator / PI Stefan T, Pan G, Plymouth Co-I Wei Y, Sherriff I.
2023 – 2025, China Scholarship Council International Cooperative Program for Innovative Talents: Yunnan-Plymouth Joint Doctoral Training Programme in Statistical Science. PI Tang N; Plymouth PI Wei Y. (renewal from the 2020 - 2022 programme grant funded by the China Scholarship Council).
01/10/2022 – 31/03/2026, EPSRC DTP (2738361), Enhancing Understanding of Long COVID Using Novel Mathematical Clustering Techniques, £79,506. Lead Applicant Broomhead N, Co-applicant Wei Y, Stander J and Pirashvili M.
01/09/2022 – 31/08/2024, NIHR (302739), Risk factors for adverse health outcomes following kidney transplantation, £89,205. NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellow Gray J; Primary Supervisor Wei Y, Co-Supervisor Tse W, Connor A.
01/08/2022 – 31/07/2023, EPSRC IAA, "Using data and analytical approaches to improve healthcare services for patient and public benefit", £5,000. PI Wei Y; Co-I Stander J, Broomhead N, Prime S, Asthana S.
01/04/2022– 1/10/2023, Royal Academy of Engineering Diversity Impact Programme, "Embedding Systemic Inclusion for Neurodiverse and Disabled Engineering Students", £93,667. PI Khan A, Co-I Craven M, Wei Y, Outram N, Besinis A, Lavelle M, Simmonds D.
1/10/2021 – 30/09/2022, MRC Fellowship (MR/W021358/1): "Using data to improve public health: COVID-19 secondment", £117,805, PI Wei Y. This fellowship is part of the COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study (NCS) award, NCS PI Chaturvedi N, Sterne J.
03/2021, London Mathematical Society (WiM 20-21 04): Women in Mathematics Day, £1,600. Lead Applicant: Wei Y; Co-applicant: Broomhead N, Christopher C and Robertz D.
2020 – 2022, China Scholarship Council International Cooperative Program for Innovative Talents: Yunnan-Plymouth Joint Doctoral Training Programme in Statistical Science, PI Tang N; Plymouth PI Wei Y.
1/10/2020 – 30/09/2024, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (Ref: 1374) and EPSRC DTP(Ref: EP/T518153/1: 2432390): "Using big data to develop and validate clinical prediction models for survival outcomes in kidney transplant", £84,786 (with £34,000 from NHS). PI Wei Y, Co-I Connor A, TSE W, Rowe P, Tan K.
04/2019 – 12/2020, GlaxoSmithKline(Ref: 8894): “An assessment of the sensitivity to change of a scale to measure quality of life in patients with severe asthma”, awarded in 2018, £55,754. CI Masoli M, PI Jones R, Co-I Hyland M, Wei Y, Lanario J.
04/2019 – 04/2020, GlaxoSmithKline (Ref: 8893): “Further validation of a scale to measure quality of life in patients with severe asthma”, awarded in 2018, £44,503. CI Masoli M, PI Jones R, Co-I Hyland M, Wei Y, Lanario J.
07/2016 – 01/2018, NIHR RfPB (PB-PG-0215-36117): “A systematic review of physical activity for alcohol and substance use disorders: evidence synthesis with stakeholder engagement to formulate practical recommendations”, awarded in 2015, £154,528. PI Thompson T; Co-I Husk K, Nasser M, Kandiyali R, Wei Y, Wallace G, Taylor A, Neale J, Sinclair J, Creanor S.

Publications

Key publications

Other Publications

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Key publications are highlighted

Journals

Articles

Riley S, Tam K, Tse W-Y, Connor A & Wei Y (2023) 'An external validation of the Kidney Donor Risk Index in the UK transplant population in the presence of semi-competing events' Diagnostic and Prognostic Research , DOI Open access

Horne EMF, Hulme WJ, Keogh RH, Palmer TM, Williamson EJ, Parker EPK, Walker VM, Knight R, Wei Y & Taylor K (2023) 'Challenges in estimating the effectiveness of 2 doses of Covid-19 vaccine beyond 6 months in England' American Journal of Epidemiology , DOI Open access

Wei Y, Wojtys M, Sorrell L & Rowe P (2023) 'Bivariate copula regression models for semi-competing risks' Statistical Methods in Medical Research , DOI Open access

Costello RE, Tazare J, Piehlmaier D, Herrett E, Parker EPK, Zheng B, Mansfield KE, Henderson AD, Carreira H & Bidulka P (2023) 'Ethnic differences in the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical monitoring and hospitalisations for non-COVID conditions in England: a population-based, observational cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform' eClinicalMedicine 61, , DOI Open access

Riley S, Zhang Q, Tse W-Y, Connor A & Wei Y (2022) 'Using information available at the time of donor offer to predict kidney transplant survival outcomes: a systematic review of prediction models' Transplant International 35, , DOI Open access

Prestige E, Stander J & Wei Y (2022) 'Covid lockdowns in the UK: Estimating their effects on transmission' Significance 19, (2) 14-18 , DOI Open access

Sorrell A, Wei Y, Wojtys M & Rowe P (2021) 'Estimating the correlation between semi-competing risk survival endpoints' Biometrical Journal: journal of mathematical methods in biosciences , DOI Open access

Sethi J, Suhail A, Safarzadeh M, Sattar A, Wei Y & Pan G (2021) 'NH2 linker for femtomolar label-free detection with reduced graphene oxide screen-printed electrodes' Carbon 179, 514-522 , DOI Open access

Hernandez-Vaquero D, Vigil-Escalera C, Pérez-Méndez I, Gutiérrez A, Avanzas P, Wei Y, Diaz R, Silva J, Moris C & Pascual I (2021) 'Survival After Thoracoscopic Surgery or Open Lobectomy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis' The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 111, (1) 302-313 , DOI

Al-kaabawi Z, Wei Y & Moyeed R (2020) 'Bayesian hierarchical models for linear networks' Journal of Applied Statistics 1-28 , DOI Open access

Thompson TP, Horrell J, Taylor AH, Wanner A, Husk K, Wei Y, Creanor S, Kandiyali R, Neale J & Sinclair J (2020) 'Physical activity and the prevention, reduction, and treatment of alcohol and other drug use across the lifespan (The PHASE review): A systematic review' Mental Health and Physical Activity 0-0 Author Site , DOI Open access

Wei Y (2020) 'The Zika Virus Individual Participant Data Consortium: A Global Initiative to Estimate the Effects of Exposure to Zika Virus during Pregnancy on Adverse Fetal, Infant, and Child Health Outcomes' Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 5, (4) 152-152 , DOI Open access

Horrell J, Thompson TP, Taylor AH, Neale J, Husk K, Wanner A, Creanor S, Wei Y, Kandiyali R & Sinclair J (2020) 'Qualitative systematic review of the acceptability, feasibility, barriers, facilitators and perceived utility of using physical activity in the reduction of and abstinence from alcohol and other drug use' Mental Health and Physical Activity 100355-100355 Author Site , DOI Open access

Lanario JW, Hyland ME, Wei Y, Jones RC & Masoli M (2020) 'Comparison of the effects of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary symptoms on health-related quality of life in patients with severe asthma' Respiratory Medicine 162, 105870-105870 , DOI Open access

O'Hara L, Smith ER, Barlow J, Livingstone N, Herath NINS, Wei Y, Spreckelsen TF & Macdonald G (2019) 'Video feedback for parental sensitivity and attachment security in children under five years' Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, (11) , DOI

Jones R, Lanario J, Hyland M, Wei Y & Masoli M (2019) 'Evidence for similarity in symptoms and mechanism: the extra-pulmonary symptoms of severe asthma and polysymptomatic presentation of fibromyalgia' Immunity, Inflammation & Disease , DOI Open access

Wilder-Smith A, Wei Y, Araújo TVBD, VanKerkhove M, Turchi Martelli CM, Turchi MD, Teixeira M, Tami A, Souza J & Sousa P (2019) 'Understanding the relation between Zika virus infection during pregnancy and adverse fetal, infant and child outcomes: a protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis of longitudinal studies of pregnant women and their infants and children' BMJ Open 9, (6) e026092-e026092 , DOI Open access

van Kampen SC, Jones R, Kisembo H, Houben RMGJ, Wei Y, Mugabe FR, Rutebemberwa E & Kirenga B (2018) 'Chronic respiratory symptoms and lung abnormalities among people with a history of tuberculosis in Uganda: a national survey' Clinical Infectious Diseases Author Site , DOI Open access

Dalla Valle L, Stander J, Gresty K, Eales J & Wei Y (2018) 'Stakeholder Perspectives on Graphical Tools for Visualising Student Assessment and Feedback Data' Research in Learning Technology , DOI Open access

De Crescenzo F, Ziganshina LE, Yudina EV, Kaplan YC, Ciabattini M, Wei Y & Hoyle CHV (2018) 'Noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (NRIs) for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults' Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews , DOI

Barlow J, Herath NINS, Bartram Torrance C, Bennett C & Wei Y (2018) 'The Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS) and Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) system for supporting caregivers and improving outcomes in caregivers and their infants' Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018, (3) , DOI

Pang CL, Pilkington N, Wei Y, Peters J, Roobottom C & Hyde C (2018) 'A methodology review on the incremental prognostic value of computed tomography biomarkers in addition to Framingham risk score in predicting cardiovascular disease: the use of association, discrimination and reclassification' BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 18, (1) 39-39 Author Site , DOI Open access

Thompson TP, Taylor AH, Wanner A, Husk K, Wei Y, Creanor S, Kandiyali R, Neale J, Sinclair J & Nasser M (2018) 'Physical activity and the prevention, reduction, and treatment of alcohol and/or substance use across the lifespan (The PHASE review): protocol for a systematic review' Systematic Reviews 7, (1) Author Site , DOI Open access

Wei Y & Royston P (2017) 'Reconstructing time-to-event data from published Kaplan–Meier curves' Stata Journal 17, (4) 786-802 Publisher Site , DOI Open access

Barlow J, Bennett C, Midgley N, Larkin SK & Wei Y (2017) 'Parent–infant psychotherapy for improving parental and infant mental health' BJPsych Advances 23, (4) 216-216 , DOI

Barlow J, Bennett C, Midgley N, Larkin SK & Wei Y (2016) 'Parent–infant psychotherapy: a systematic review of the evidence for improving parental and infant mental health' Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 34, (5) 464-482 , DOI

Barlow J, Bergman H, Kornør H, Wei Y & Bennett C (2016) 'Group-based parent training programmes for improving emotional and behavioural adjustment in young children' Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews , DOI

Wei Y, Kypraios T, O’Neill PD, Huang SS, Rifas-Shiman SL & Cooper BS (2016) 'Evaluating hospital infection control measures for antimicrobial-resistant pathogens using stochastic transmission models: Application to vancomycin-resistant enterococci in intensive care units' Statistical Methods in Medical Research 27, (1) 269-285 , DOI Open access

Wei Y, Royston P, Tierney JF & Parmar MKB (2015) 'Meta-analysis of time-to-event outcomes from randomized trials using restricted mean survival time: application to individual participant data' Statistics in Medicine 34, (21) 2881-2898 , DOI

Hollands GJ, Shemilt I, Marteau TM, Jebb SA, Lewis HB, Wei Y, Higgins JPT & Ogilvie D (2015) 'Portion, package or tableware size for changing selection and consumption of food, alcohol and tobacco' Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018, (11) , DOI

Mantzari E, Vogt F, Shemilt I, Wei Y, Higgins JPT & Marteau TM (2015) 'Personal financial incentives for changing habitual health-related behaviors: A systematic review and meta-analysis' Preventive Medicine 75, 75-85 , DOI

Barlow J, Bennett C, Midgley N, Larkin SK & Wei Y (2015) 'Parent-infant psychotherapy for improving parental and infant mental health' Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, (1) , DOI

Barlow J, Bennett C, Midgley N, Larkin SK & Wei Y (2015) 'Parent‐infant Psychotherapy for Improving Parental and Infant Mental Health: A Systematic Review' Campbell Systematic Reviews 11, (1) 1-223 , DOI

Turner RM, Jackson D, Wei Y, Thompson SG & Higgins JPT (2014) 'Predictive distributions for between‐study heterogeneity and simple methods for their application in Bayesian meta‐analysis' Statistics in Medicine 34, (6) 984-998 , DOI Open access

Xiong T, Turner RM, Wei Y, Neal DE, Lyratzopoulos G & Higgins JPT (2014) 'Comparative efficacy and safety of treatments for localised prostate cancer: an application of network meta-analysis' BMJ Open 4, (5) e004285-e004285 , DOI Open access

Hollands GJ, Shemilt I, Marteau TM, Jebb SA, Lewis HB, Wei Y, Higgins JPT & Ogilvie D (2014) 'Portion, package or tableware size for changing selection and consumption of food, alcohol and tobacco' , DOI

Royston P, Wei Y, Tierney J & Parmar M (2013) 'Analysis of survival data from trials with non-proportional hazards: an empirical comparison of methods' Trials 14, (S1) , DOI

Wei Y & Higgins JPT (2013) 'Bayesian multivariate meta‐analysis with multiple outcomes' Statistics in Medicine 32, (17) 2911-2934 , DOI

Wei Y & Higgins JPT (2012) 'Estimating within‐study covariances in multivariate meta‐analysis with multiple outcomes' Statistics in Medicine 32, (7) 1191-1205 , DOI

Wei Y, Neal P, Telfer S & Begon M (2012) 'Statistical analysis of an endemic disease from a capture–recapture experiment' Journal of Applied Statistics 39, (12) 2759-2773 , DOI

Wright CF, Wei Y, Higgins JPT & Sagoo GS (2012) 'Non-invasive prenatal diagnostic test accuracy for fetal sex using cell-free DNA a review and meta-analysis' BMC Research Notes 5, (1) , DOI Open access

Books

James G, Dyke P, Searl J, Craven M & Wei Y (2020) Modern Engineering Mathematics. 6th Ed. Pearson Publisher Site

Presentations and posters

Jones R, Lanario J, Wei Y, Hyland M & Masoli M Jones R, Lanario J, Wei Y, Hyland M & Masoli M 'Non-Respiratory Symptoms Are as Important as Respiratory Symptoms in Their Impact on Quality of Life in Severe Asthma' , DOI

Lanario J, Hyland M, Wei Y, Jones R & Masoli M Lanario J, Hyland M, Wei Y, Jones R & Masoli M 'P167 The contribution of extra-pulmonary symptoms of quality of life in severe asthma are important and may be overlooked' , DOI

Personal

Reports & invited lectures

Reports:

Wei Y., Broomhead N., Christopher C. and Robertz D. (2021) "Report: LMS Women in Mathematics Day 2021", London Mathematical Society Newsletter, Issue 495, July 2021, 19-20.
Wei Y. (2019) "South West local group meeting: Network Time Series".
Wei Y. (2019) “South West local group meeting: Modelling numbers of births” .
Wei Y. (2018) “South West local group meeting: Evidence synthesis in health” .

Selected Seminars/Talks/Posters:

2023: Invited talk: "How I got my first grant", Early Career Researcher Funding Workshop, School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, University of Plymouth
2023: Webinar: "Improved health research and practice through advancing statistical methods and applications - sharing experience from constructing a REF2021 impact case study", Association of British Chinese Professors, Impact Case Webinar Series.
2023: Seminar: "Factors associated with clinically coded long COVID: big data analytics using OpenSAFELY", Community and Primary Care Research Group, University of Plymouth
2022: Seminar: "What is a Trusted Research Environment?", Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Plymouth
2022: Poster: "Risk factors for long COVID: big data analytics using OpenSAFELY", Royal Statistical Society International Conference, Aberdeen
2022: Contributed talk: "Bivariate copula regression models for semi-competing risks", Royal Statistical Society International Conference, Aberdeen
2022: Invited talk: "Using data to improve public health: COVID secondment - Overview of Experience", COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study Workshop, UCL
2022: Invited talk: "Risk factors for long COVID", COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study Workshop, UCL
2020: Invited talk, "The arts and techniques of online teaching for mathematics and statistics", Shanghai Polytechnic University
2019: Contributed talk, "Estimating the correlation between bivariate survival endpoints", Royal Statistical Society International Conference, Belfast
2019: Invited talk, "Statistical Applications in Medical Sciences", INSPIRE Interdisciplinary Meeting, Plymouth.
2018: Invited talk, "Survival analysis of patients following kidney transplantation" (with Lexy Sorrell), South West Transplant Centre Annual Transplant Day, Totnes.
2018: Invited talk, "Survival analysis: from individual level data to aggregate data", Yunnan University, China.
2018: Invited talk, "Survival analysis: from individual level data to aggregate data", AUFE, China.
2017: Invited talk, "Restricted mean survival time: from individual level data to aggregate data", CMStatistics 2017, University of London, London.
2017: Session chair, "Recent Advances in Research Synthesis Methods", CMStatistics 2017, University of London, London.
2017: Contributed talk, "Using published Kaplan-Meier curves to reconstruct time-to-event data for secondary analyses", Royal Statistical Society International Conference, Glasgow.
2017: Contributed poster, "Hierarchical Bayesian models for road traffic accidents", Royal Statistical Society International Conference, Glasgow.
2016: Invited lecture, "Introduction to Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials", postgraduate summer school, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu.
2015: Invited seminar, "The use of restricted mean survival time in meta-analysis of clinical trials with time-to-event outcomes". University of Exeter, Exeter.
2014: Invited seminar, "Meta-analysis of survival data using restricted mean survival time", University of Essex, Colchester.
2013: Contributed talk, "Analysis of survival data from trials with non-proportional hazards". Clinical Trials Methodology Conference: Methodology Matters, Edinburgh.
2013: Contributed talk, "Network Meta-analysis", Methodology Theme Meeting, MRC Clinical Trials Unit, London.
2012: Contributed poster, "Bayesian multivariate meta-analysis with many outcomes", 33rd Annual Conference of International Society for Clinical Biostatistics, Bergen.
2011: Contributed talk, "Bayesian multivariate meta-analysis with many outcomes", Methods in Meta-analysis Meeting, Royal Statistical Society, London.
2010: Internal Seminar, "Multivariate meta-analysis with multiple outcomes", MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge.
2010: Invited lecture, "Introduction to Meta-analysis", Shanghai Nottingham Systematic Review Course, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai.
2007: Poster presentation, "An epidemic model for discrete data in dynamic population", Manchester Research Student Conference in Statistics and Probability, University of Manchester.
2007: Contributed talk, "Statistical inference about epidemics in dynamic population", Research Student Conference in Statistics and Probability, Durham, UK.

Conferences organised

Nov 2022: EPSRC IAA Workshop: Industry-Academia Collaboration for Health Data Science
Sept 2022: Health Data Science for COVID-19 Research, Invited Session, Royal Statistical Society International Conference
Mar 2021: LMS Women in Mathematics Day
Oct 2020: Joint RSS South West Local Group - Impact Lab event: Early Career Researchers' Health Data Science Symposium.
2018 – 2022: RSS South West Local Group Meeting Programmes

Profiles

Associate Head of School (Resources)

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)