A reasonable probability is the only certainty.

 Background

• Oct 2024 - present  Reader in Statistics, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, UK

• Sept 2023 - Sept 2024  Senior Lecturer in Statistics & CRUK PRC Fellow, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, UK

• Sept 2023 - present  Visiting Researcher, MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, UK

• Apr 2022 - present  Honorary Appointment, The Institute of Cancer Research, UK

• Feb 2021 - Aug 2023  CRUK PRC Fellow & Senior Research Associate, MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, UK

• Oct 2018 - Jan 2021  Research Associate, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, UK

• Oct 2015 - Sept 2018  Marie Curie ITN Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University, UK

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2017  Visiting Researcher, Statistical Methodology Group, Novartis Pharma AG, Switzerland

  • Jan 2017 - Feb 2017  Visiting Scholar, Statistics and Decision Sciences, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Belgium

• Apr 2015 - Aug 2015  Research Associate, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Osaka University, Japan

 Achievements

• 2024 - 2030  CRUK Career Development Fellowship Award, Cancer Research UK

• 2021 - 2024  CRUK Population Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Cancer Research UK

• 2019  Wellcome Institutional Strategic Support Fund, Wellcome Trust Broadening Our Horizons

• 2019  FMS IHS Research Theme Budget Funding, Newcastle University, UK.

• 2015 - 2018  Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN Research Fellowship Award, European Commission Horizon 2020

• 2018  Top Career-Young Biometrician Bursary, The International Biometric Society British and Irish Region Jointly with the Fisher Memorial Trust

• 2014  Young Biometrician Bursary, The Biometric Society of Japan

• 2013 & 2014  Fujii Foundation for International Medical Exchange Scholarship, Osaka University, Japan

• 2011  Honourable Mention, China Undergraduate Statistical Contest in Modelling

• 2010  Third Prize, China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modelling

 Funding

• 2025 - 2030  Co-I. 'Targeting insomnia to transform chronic musculoskeletal pain management'. Medical Research Future Fund. [Grant Number: GA441997. Award Value: AU$4.8m]

• 2025 - 2032  Co-I. 'Combination chemotherapy versus Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) for high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer a phase III multi-centre randomised controlled trial (COBRA)'. National Institute for Health Research. [Grant Number: NIHR160459. Award Value: £2.9m]

• 2025 - 2028  PI/Supervisor. 'SEER-NTA: Statistical Methodology for Basket and Platform Trials in Non-oncology Therapeutic Areas'. AstraZeneca Postdoc Programme. [Award Value: £299.9k] 

• 2024 - 2030  PI/Supervisor. 'STEEP: Statistically Efficient Methods for Precision Medicine Trials'. Cancer Research UK. [Grant Number: RCCCDF-May24/100001. Award Value: £1.3m]

• 2024 - 2025  PI/Supervisor. 'Unlocking the potential of precision mental health – a pilot investigation focused on schizophrenia'. TMRP Mental Health Mission Project Funding. [Award Value: £48k] 

• 2023 - 2026  PI/Supervisor. 'Seamless phase I/II adaptive designs for precision medicine trials'. The MRC Trials Methodology Research Partnership Doctoral Training Programme. [Award Value: approx. £214k] 

• 2023  Awardee. CRUK bursary for mid-career leadership training, Cancer Research UK. [Award Value: £5.3k]

• 2021 - 2024  PI. 'IDENT - Improving Design and analysis of oncology trials Evaluating New targeted Therapies'. Cancer Research UK. [Grant Number: RCCPDF\100008. Award Value: £194.6k]

• 2019  PI. Wellcome Institutional Strategic Support Fund project. Wellcome Trust. [Award Value: £2.8k]

• 2019  PI. IHS Research Theme Budget Fund project. Newcastle University. [Award Value: £1.8k]

• 2015 - 2018  Junior Co-I (1/14). 'IDEAS: Improving Design, Evaluation and Analysis of early drug development studies'. European Commission. [Grant Number: 633567]

 Committees & Working Groups

• 2024 - present Committee Member of the NIHR Statistics Group (Early Phase Clinical Trials Section) [web]

• 2022 - 2023  Member of The Cambridge MPhil Admission Committee (Health Data Science Theme) [web]

• 2022 - 2023  Member of The Bradford Hill Seminars Organising Committee [web]

• 2022 - present  Member of the Precision Medicine Working Group, MRC Trials Methodology Research Partnership [web]

• 2021 - present  Member of the Adaptive Designs Working Group, MRC Trials Methodology Research Partnership [web]

 Interview Panels

• 2025  Research Associate in Statistics, University of Bath

• 2025  PhD Admission (×2), Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath

• 2024  Research Associate in Statistics, University of Bath

• 2024  PhD Admission, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath

• 2023  Research Associate in Biostatistics, University of Cambridge

• 2022  Research Associate in Biostatistics (×3), University of Cambridge

• 2021  Research Associate in Biostatistics, University of Cambridge

 Peer-review Services

• Biometrical Journal

• Biometrics

• Biostatistics

• Cell Reports Medicine

• Contemporary Clinical Trials

• Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

• Journal of the American Statistical Association

• Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C

• Nature Medicine

• Pharmaceutical Statistics

• PLOS One

• Psychiatry Research Communications

• Research Synthesis Methods

• Statistical Methods in Medical Research

• Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research

• Statistics in Medicine

• Trials

 Grant Reviewing Services

• ATTRACT – Accelerate Together Rare Cancer Treatment (The 2025 Call)

• EPSRC (PostDoc Fellowship Scheme Panel)

• EPSRC (Standard Research Grant)

• MRC (Applied Global Health Research Board)

• MRC (Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme Panel)

• MRC (Methodology Research Panel)

• FWF Austrian Science Fund (Natural Sciences and Engineering)