I am a medical statistician, having been active in medical applications of statistics since 1995. My role is to initiate and collaborate in research in a variety of epidemiology, public health and statistical genetics topics, both within the Usher Institute and throughout the University of Edinburgh as a whole, and to deliver a variety of postgraduate teaching on campus and online.

I am active in postgraduate teaching of medical statistics for public health and epidemiology in several Usher postgraduate taught programmes.  I am also involved in academic administration as a Board of Examiners chair for two Usher MSc programmes, as a "regulations expert" on other Boards and as Deanery Academic Misconduct Officer.

I have previously served as Programme Director for the full-time, on campus Master of Public Health programme, co-Director of the part-time online Master of Public Health programme and Programme Deputy Director for the part-time, online M.Sc. In Epidemiology.

I am External Examiner for the full-time, online Master of Public Health programme at University College London, UK.

I’m involved in a number of different areas across epidemiological and clinical research in the University of Edinburgh (and beyond). This involves both collaboration and more general statistical consulting.

Examples include

• Principal statistician for SUPREMO - clinical trial of postoperative radiotherapy after mastectomy in women with moderate severity breast cancer.
• Biomarkers of inflammation in ventilator-assisted pneumonia in intensive care patients (Dr John Simpson, University of Newcastle).