Address:

MRC Biostatistics Unit,
Institute of Public Health,
University Forvie Site,
Robinson Way,
Cambridge. UK.
CB2 0SR

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Research Interests:

• dynamical systems;
• genetic epidemiology;
• infectious disease dynamics;
• model uncertainty;
• pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics;
• glucose-insulin kinetics/dynamics;
• reversible jump MCMC;
• cutting feedback in graphical models;
• and Virtual Graphical Models

Selected Recent Publications:

Lunn, D. J. and Thomas, A. and Best, N. and Spiegelhalter, D. WinBUGS - a Bayesian modelling framework: concepts, structure, and extensibility. Statistics and Computing. 2000, 10:325-337

Lunn, D. J. and Whittaker, J. C. and Best, N. A Bayesian toolkit for genetic association studies. Genetic Epidemiology 2006. 30;231-247

Lunn, D. J. and Best, N. and Whittaker, J. C. Generic reversible jump MCMC using graphical models. Statistics and Computing 2008 DOI: 10.1007/s11222-008-9100-0

Lunn, D. and Best, N. and Spiegelhalter, D. and Graham, G. and Neuenschwander, B. Combining MCMC with `sequential' PKPD modelling. Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics 2009, 36(1);19-38

Lunn, D. and Spiegelhalter, D. and Thomas, A. and Best, N. The BUGS project: Evolution, critique and future directions (with discussion). Statistics in Medicine 2009 (in press)