09/2026 Congratulations to Zhi Cao on receiving an ISCB Student Conference Award (StCA), which is to recognise outstanding contributions by student researchers to the scientific programme of the 47th ISCB Annual Conference. In addition, Dr Luana Boumendil and Corey Voller from our group will each give a talk based on our joint research at the conference.
09/2026 New paper: Long-term outcomes of top-down therapy versus a conventional step-up strategy in adults newly diagnosed with Crohn’s disease: 5-year follow-up of the PROFILE trial, has just been published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology.
08/2026 New paper: Adaptive versus fixed designs in confirmatory clinical trials: centering the choice on ethics, has just been published in Clinical Trials.
06/2026 New paper: Robust Bayesian hierarchical models for basket trials enabling joint evaluation of toxicity and efficacy, has just been accepted for publication in Statistical Methods in Medical Research.
06/2026 New paper: Adaptive trials in low back pain and osteoarthritis: How common are they and when should they be used? A systematic review from ClinicalTrials.gov, has just been published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open.
05/2026 New paper: Bayesian prior elicitation on the efficacy of medical therapies in perianal fistulizing Crohn’s disease, has just been published in Journal of Crohn's and Colitis.
04/2026 Many congratulations to Dr Luana Boumendil on receiving a GW4 Building Communities Development Award! Our project Precision Medicine (PreMed) will commence on 1 May 2026. More details to follow soon. [web]
04/2026 New paper: Modern clinical trials: Seamless designs and master protocols, has just been accepted for publication in Cancer Medicine.
03/2026 New paper: Covariate adjustment in basket trials borrowing information across subgroups, has just been accepted for publication in Statistics in Medicine.
02/2026 New paper: Bayesian sample size determination using robust commensurate priors with interpretable discrepancy weights, has just been accepted for publication in Statistical Methods in Medical Research.
02/2026 New paper: Multidimensional cognitive reserve and cognitive outcomes in glioblastoma: a pre- and postoperative analysis, has just been accepted for publication in Journal of Neuro-Oncology.
02/2026 Job vacancy: We are looking for a highly motivated and talented Research Assistant to join my group. Click here for more & How to Apply.
01/2026 New paper: A Bayesian treatment selection design for phase II randomised cancer clinical trials, has just been accepted for publication in Statistics in Medicine.
10/2025 Congratulations to Zhi Cao on receiving the Instats Junior Researchers Prize, for his presentation of our joint research at the Bayesian Biostatistics 2025 Conference.
04/2025 Register today for the workshop at Bath & online on Improving the Efficiency of Clinical Trials – from Methods to Practice, 5 June 2025. [web]
