RESEARCH PROFILE

Particular areas of interest are experimental design and analysis, longitudinal data analysis, ordinal regression models and digital image processing and analysis using neural networks

BACKGROUND

• Completed MSc at Warwick University (dissertation on Bayesian methods in survival analysis) and worked in medical statistics for one year.
• PhD student in Applied Mathematics Department (Queen Mary, University of London) from 1999-2004 under supervision of Dr Steve Gilmour and Rodney Edmondson (HRI), developing novel statistical methods (generalized estimating equations and artificial neural networks) for analysing quality assessment data from experimental crop trials.
• 10 years experience as a statistical consultant. Working with scientists from a wide range of biological disciplines, medics and collaborators from a number of commercial organisations
• Member of the International Biometric Society and Royal Statistical Society.
• Present employment, based in the Clinical Sciences Research Institute at Warwick University, requires me to work collaboratively with scientists and medics, both within the University and externally.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Warwick Knee Arthroplasty Trial, with Dr. Matthew Costa, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Dr Nick Parsons - Clinical Sciences Research Institute Prof Damian R Griffin - Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Action Medical Research, Project Start Date: 01/01/2009 Project End Date: 31/12/2011
• Bupa Foundation: The Warwick Hip Trauma Study, with Associate Professor Matthew Costa, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Dr Nicholas R Parsons - Clinical Sciences Research Institute - - Dr Juul Achten - Clinical Sciences Research Institute - Professor Damian R Griffin - Clinical Sciences Research Institute, BUPA Foundation, Project Start Date: 01/04/2010 Project End Date: 30/09/2012
• West Midlands Research Design Service Unit (RDSU), with Professor Nigel Stallard, Health Sciences Research Institute, Dr Nicholas R Parsons - Clinical Sciences Research Institute Dr Aileen Clarke - Health Sciences Research Institute Dr Tim Friede - Health Sciences Research Institute Dr Frances E Griffiths - Health Sciences Research Institute Mrs Gulnaz Iqbal - Health Sciences Research Institute Prof Sarah L Stewart-Brown - Health Sciences Research Institute, National Institute for Health Research (DoH), Project Start Date: 01/10/2008 Project End Date: 30/09/2013
  
  

  Further Research Projects

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Karthikeyan, S., Kwong, H., Upadhyay, P., Parsons, N., Drew, S. and Griffin, D. (2010) 'A double blind randomised controlled study comparing subacromial NSAID (Tenoxicam) injection with steroid (Methylprednisolone) injection in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome' Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: British Volume 92 77 - 82 (0301-620X)
• Achten J., Parsons N.R., Edlin R.P., Griffin D.R. and Costa M.L. (2010) 'A randomised controlled trial of total hip arthroplasty versus resurfacing arthroplasty in the treatment of young patients with arthritis of the hip joint.' BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 11 8 (1471-2474)
• Odumenya, M., Costa, M.L., Parsons, N., Dhillon, M. and Achten, J. (2010) 'The Avon patellofemoral arthroplasty: five-year results from an independent centre.' Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: British Volume 92 56 - 60 (0301-620X)
• Parsons, N.R., Edmondson, R.N. and Song, Y. (2009) 'Image analysis and statistical modelling for measurement and quality assessment of ornamental horticulture crops in glasshouses' Biosystems Engineering 104 (2), 161 - 168 (1537-5110) [article]
• Parsons, N.R., Edmondson, R.N. and Gilmour, S.G. (2009) 'Analysis of robust design experiments with time dependent ordinal response characteristics: a quality improvement study from the horticulture industry' Journal Of Applied Statistics 36 1037 - 1054 (0266-4763)

Further Publications

Conference Papers