Research in the CHICAS group
Research in CHICAS is concerned with the development and application of novel statistical methods motivated by substantive problems in the biomedical and health sciences.
CHICAS has particular expertise in the following methodological areas:
Methodological Research
Examples of recent methodological work include:
- Preferential sampling in model-based geostatistics (Peter Diggle)
- Handling positional errors in geostatistical data (Tom Fanshawe)
- Partial likelihood methods for spatio-temporal point process data (Peter Diggle)
- Joint modelling of repeated measurements and time-to-event outcomes (Peter Diggle)
- Bivariate geostatistical modelling (Tom Fanshawe)
- Inference for log-Gaussian Cox processes (Ben Taylor)
Applied Research
We aim to apply our methods to substantive problems in the broad field of epidemiology, although we also work on projects in fields such as criminology and psychology. Examples of some current projects and collaborators are listed below. For more information, contact the member of staff highlighted.
- Short term forecasting of meningitis epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa, with the Meningitis Environmental Risk Information Technologies (MERIT) consortium (Peter Diggle, Ben Taylor, Barry Rowlingson, Lydiane Agier)
- Developing an early warning system for incipient renal failure in primary care patients, with Royal Salford Hospital and the University of Minho (Peter Diggle)
- Identifying spatio-temporal clusters and risk factors of giardiasis incidence, with the Health Protection Agency North West (Nicola Reeve, Tom Fanshawe, Tom Keegan, Peter Diggle)
- Developing methods and software for modelling the early outbreak of H1N1v (Swine Flu) in the UK from 2009, with the Health Protection Agency West Midlands (Peter Diggle, Barry Rowlingson)
- Assessing the risk of adverse health outcomes in the proximity of large incinerators in England, with the Health Protection Agency North West (Nicola Reeve, Peter Diggle, Tom Fanshawe, Tom Keegan)
- Modelling the spatio-temporal distribution of Leptospirosis incidence in Salvador, Brazil, with Fiocruz Research Foundation and Yale University (Peter Diggle)
- Population predictors of incidence and outcome of stroke in Kelantan, Malaysia (Kamarul Imran Musa, Tom Keegan)
- Prevalence mapping of Loa loa in equatorial Africa, with the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) (Peter Diggle)
- Paternal occupation and risk of childhood cancer (Tom Keegan)
- Nerve agent exposure in UK servicemen 1939-1989 (Tom Keegan)
- Modelling lymphangiogenesis in the uterine cervix, with University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (Tom Fanshawe)
- Assessing measurement error in tooth length using radiographic imaging techniques, with King's College London (Tom Fanshawe)
- Modelling patient safety data, with University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts (Lisha Deng, Peter Diggle)
More Information
For further details of research in CHICAS please contact Dr Tom Fanshawe.