Personal profile
Biography
I graduated from St Andrews University in 2013 with a PhD in Statistics. My research focus was on spatial point process models in a Bayesian context. Since then, I have gained experience in modelling time to event data (in a Bayesian context), constructing R packages, analysing longitudinal data and spatiotemporal data, construction of complex survey weights, factor analysis and machine learning. I possess broad skills covering both Bayesian and Frequentist statistical modelling, and have developed custom models that are perfectly suited to the task at hand rather than using off-the-shelf models.
I also collaborate with other Statisticians and Epidemiologists– for example on projects that involve Area Interaction Point Process Models, Log Gaussian Cox Processes, time series modelling using ARIMA, HMM, and GLMs and COVID-19 surveillance.
My hobbies include playing piano and building R Shiny apps for data visualization
RSS Fellow in April 2018, Chancellor's Fellow (University of Edinburgh), 2021
Further details: http://www.glennanightingale.com/
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Modeling mental health trajectories during the COVID-19 pandemic using UK-wide data in the presence of sociodemographic variables
Nightingale, G., Mohan, K., Ribe, E., Popov, V., Wang, S., Calia, C., Brondi, L. & Seth, S., 15 Jan 2026, ArXiv, p. 1-21, 21 p.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Linking climate and dengue incidence in Brazil using a Bayesian spatiotemporal model
Villejo, S., Seaton, A., Nightingale, G., Henriques, C., Brondi, L. & Rydzewska-Fazekas, E., 24 Sept 2025Research output: Other contribution
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Addressing challenges in reviewing e-cigarette evidence: Proposing a new ‘Test for Dominance’ in systematic reviews
Reid, G., Nightingale, G., Petticrew, M., Smith, M. & Maani, N., 16 Sept 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Public Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Global Spatiotemporal Epidemiology - Dengue
Nightingale, G., Okeleye, E., Seaton, A., Villejo, S., Brondi, L., Rydzewska-Fazekas, E., Oliveira de Moura, N., Henriques, C. & Giorgi, E., 10 Jul 2025Research output: Other contribution
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Sociodemographic and early-life predictors of being overweight or obese in a middle-aged UK population: A retrospective cohort study of the 1958 National Child Development Survey participants
Nightingale, G., Mohan, K., Frank, J., Wild, S. H. & Seth, S., 26 Mar 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 3, 15 p., e0320450.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Health is Global Research Symposium
Nightingale, G. (Contributor), Brondi, L. (Contributor), Rydzewska-Fazekas, E. (Contributor), Kulleperuma, K. (Contributor), Villejo, S. (Contributor), Khaki, J. (Contributor), de Moura, N. (Contributor) & Henriquez, C. (Contributor)
21 Oct 2026 → 22 Oct 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Evaluation of three West Midlands local authority COVID-19 Community Champions programmes
Nightingale, G. (Invited speaker), Subramanian, M. (Invited speaker), Jepson, R. (Member), Hemuka , N. J. (Member), Sivaramakrishnan, D. (Member), Chng, N. R. (Member), De Silva, S. (Member), Goffe, L. (Member), Passey, A. (Member) & Arnott, B. (Member)
12 Dec 2025Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Variáveis climáticas e dengue: uso de modelos espaço-temporais na avaliação dos efeitos do clima na incidência de dengue no Brasil
Nightingale, G. (Contributor), Brondi, L. (Speaker), Rydzewska-Fazekas, E. (Contributor), Villejo, S. (Contributor), Seaton, A. (Speaker), Giorgi, E. (Contributor), Fabiana Oliveira de Moura , N. (Speaker) & Maierovitch P. Henriques, C. (Host)
26 Aug 2024Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Game (R Shiny app) - Regression Challenge
Nightingale, G. (Member) & Maredudd Davies, R. (Member)
30 Jun 2024Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Sociodemographic and early-life predictors of obesity in a middle-aged UK population– a retrospective cohort study of the 1958 National Child Development Survey participants
Nightingale, G. (Contributor), Wild, S. (Contributor), Seth, S. (Contributor), Mohan, K. (Contributor) & Frank, J. (Contributor)
1 May 2024Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Prizes
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CAHSS Recognition Award Nomination - The Exceptional Team Award
Aviles, L. (Recipient), Haycock-Stuart, E. (Recipient), King-Okoye, M. (Recipient), Nightingale, G. (Recipient) & Sivaramakrishnan, D. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Other distinctions
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Chancellor's Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh
Nightingale, G. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Fellowships awarded competitively
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Obesity and fast food
Nightingale, G. (Principal Investigator), Williams, A. (Co-investigator), Seth, S. (Co-investigator), Cecil, J. (Co-investigator) & Nightingale, P. (Co-investigator)
Project: Research
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LR: A Researcher's Guide (online game) to understand Linear Regression
Nightingale, G. (Principal Investigator)
1/05/24 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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DB: Predicting the impact of climate change on mortality from Dengue and Zika in the Brazil
Maierovitch P. Henriques, C. (Principal Investigator), Brondi, L. (Principal Investigator), Fabiana Oliveira de Moura, N. (Principal Investigator), Giorgi, E. (Principal Investigator), Nightingale, G. (Principal Investigator), Villejo, S. (Principal Investigator) & Rydzewska-Fazekas, E. (Co-investigator)
1/05/24 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
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ObesityNCDS: Harnessing data from the National Child Development Survey to model the spatial and longitudinal trends in obesity in the UK
Nightingale, G. (Principal Investigator), Seth, S. (Co-investigator), Othieno, R. (Co-investigator) & de Silva, S. (Co-investigator)
1/08/23 → 31/10/23
Project: Research
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Mitigating threats to plant species (important for biomedical use and food security) in the presence of climate change with spatial models
Nightingale, G. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/22 → 1/12/22
Project: Research
Datasets
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Dataset for statspack
Nightingale, G. (Creator), Glenna Nightingale, 3 Mar 2023
https://bookdown.org/glenna_evans/statspack/
Dataset
Press/Media
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Maternal Influences Have Persistent Impact on Offspring Obesity
3/04/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING INFECTIOUS DISEASE DYNAMICS ACROSS TIME AND SPACE
22/01/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Project or Organisational News Item