Health
Theme lead: Dr Haiyan Zheng
Introduction
The IMI Health Theme undertakes research, consultancy, teaching and professional training in statistical methodology for studies seeking to address critical population health issues, like the evaluation of new therapies/interventions for treating cancer or chronic diseases. We have strong expertise and solid experience in areas such as design and analysis of clinical trials, evidence synthesis, risk prediction, stratification, survival analysis, spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology.
In the era of precision medicine, we endeavour to make clinical and epidemiological studies more efficient by advanced statistical designs that enable (i) multiple treatments and multiple patient populations to be evaluated in a single study, and (ii) learning as we go without compromising the integrity of the study.
Theme aims
Our theme aims to cross-fertilise ideas of statistics, medicine, and health practices. We develop innovative statistical methods and disseminate knowledge to tackle cutting-edge issues encountered in clinical and population health research. We work to
- Develop and maintain a strong portfolio of statistical research that can enhance the efficiency of modern clinical trials and epidemiological studies,
- Deliver high-quality short courses, at postgraduate and professional development levels, on the theoretical and methodology aspects of data science,
- Collaborate with clinicians, epidemiologists, health professionals across the university and beyond,
- Provide bespoke services to researchers, sponsors, and industrial partners in the health areas, using our expertise in adaptive designs, Bayesian statistics, master protocols.
Recent updates
The IMI Health Theme held a whole-day workshop on Improving the Efficiency of Clinical Trials – from Methods to Practice, at Bath and online, on 5 June 2025.
More information about the workshop can be found at https://www.zhengh-stats.co.uk/events/m2p-workshop
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