Steven Kerr

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Steven Kerr

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PhD projects

Epidemiology, Statistics with applications in health data, Secure multiparty computation, Federated analytics, Vaccine effectiveness and safety, Health economics

Personal profile

Biography

I started out life as a physicist. Initially I worked on theoretical particle physics (lattice QCD), but then switched to quantum gravity (topological quantum field theory and state sum models).

After that, I turned my hand to economics. I worked on a grab-bag of different topics, including game theory, affirmative action, and micro/macroeconomic modelling.

From there I spent some time working in the private sector as a data scientist. I'm currently a Chancellor's fellow at the University of Edinburgh, doing research in health data science, statistics, machine learning and secure multiparty computation.

Websites

https://drstevenkerr.com/

Qualifications

I hold PhDs in Physics and Economics.

Current Research Interests

  • Vaccine effectiveness and safety
  • Epidemiology
  • Statistical theory and methodology
  • Health economics
  • Using secure multiparty computation to enable joint analysis of multiple private health datasets with zero information sharing.

Education/Academic qualification

Economics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Economics and stuff, University of Edinburgh

Award Date: 1 Sept 2019

Physics, Doctor of Science, Topological quantum field theory and quantum gravity, University of Nottingham

Award Date: 1 Sept 2014

Keywords

  • BJ Ethics
  • Population ethics
  • QC Physics
  • Quantum gravity
  • HA Statistics
  • Health data science

Research Themes and Networks

  • College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine Research Themes

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  • 2023 Florence Nightingale Award for Excellence in Healthcare Data Analytics

    Jeffrey, K. (Recipient), Daines, L. (Recipient), Woolford, L. (Recipient), Maini, R. (Recipient), Pandya, A. (Recipient), Sagar, D. (Recipient), Borland, J. (Recipient), Basetti, S. (Recipient), Batchelor, A. (Recipient), Weatherill, D. (Recipient), White, C. (Recipient), Hammersley, V. (Recipient), Millington, T. (Recipient), Macdonald, C. (Recipient), Kerr, S. (Recipient), Shi, T. (Recipient), Quint, J. K. (Recipient), Linning, G. (Recipient), Murray, J. (Recipient), Shankar-Hari, M. (Recipient), Kerr, R. (Recipient), Watson, B. (Recipient), Shah, S. A. (Recipient), Hameed, S. S. (Recipient), Fagbamigbe, A. (Recipient), Kelly, D. (Recipient), Simpson, C. (Recipient), Vital Katikireddi, S. (Recipient), Robertson, C. (Recipient), Ritchie, L. D. (Recipient) & Sheikh, A. (Recipient), 6 Jul 2023

    Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

  • RSE Mary Somerville Medal

    Hammersley, V. (Recipient), Sheikh, A. (Recipient), Robertson, C. (Recipient), McMenamin, J. (Recipient), Ritchie, S. L. D. (Recipient), Simpson, C. R. (Recipient), Vasileiou, E. (Recipient), Woolhouse, M. (Recipient), Buckingham, S. (Recipient), Buelo, A. (Recipient), Burridge, A. (Recipient), Calvert, C. (Recipient), Cameron, R. (Recipient), Carruthers, J. (Recipient), Chua, V. (Recipient), Coote, M. (Recipient), Cullen, L. (Recipient), Daines, L. (Recipient), Docherty, A. (Recipient), Fenton, L. (Recipient), Grange, Z. (Recipient), Hainey, K. (Recipient), Hall, E. (Recipient), Hameed, S. (Recipient), Harvey, C. (Recipient), Hillman, S. (Recipient), James, A. (Recipient), Jayacodi, S. (Recipient), Jeffrey, K. (Recipient), Katikireddi, S. V. (Recipient), Kelly, D. (Recipient), Kennedy, S. (Recipient), Kerr, S. (Recipient), Kurdi, A. (Recipient), Leslie, K. (Recipient), Linning, G. (Recipient), Macdonald, C. (Recipient), Marple, J. (Recipient), Marsh, K. (Recipient), Mccabe, R. (Recipient), McCowan, C. (Recipient), McLaughlin, I. (Recipient), McPhail, D. (Recipient), McVeigh, P. (Recipient), Millington, T. (Recipient), Moore, E. (Recipient), Morrison, K. (Recipient), Mueller, T. (Recipient), Mulholland, R. (Recipient), Murray, J. (Recipient), Pan, J. (Recipient), Reglinska-matveyev, N. (Recipient), Rudan, I. (Recipient), Shah, S. A. (Recipient), Shi, T. (Recipient), Stock, S. (Recipient), Stockton, D. (Recipient), Sullivan, C. (Recipient), Swallow, B. (Recipient), Taylor, B. (Recipient), Tibble, H. (Recipient), Weatherill, D. (Recipient), Willson, A. (Recipient), Wood, R. (Recipient), Woolford, L. (Recipient), Young, N. (Recipient), Agrawal, U. (Recipient) & Fagbamigbe, A. (Recipient), 20 Mar 2023

    Prize: National/international honour