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

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Research Interests:

Regression methodology with substantial current interest in its use with longitudinal data. Multi-state models. Psoriatic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, trial design.

Editor-in-Chief, Statistics in Medicine.

Selected Recent Publications:

Bond, S.J., Farewell, V.T.: Likelihood estimation for a longitudinal negative binomial regression model with missing outcomes.Journal of Royal Statistical Society, Series C, 58, 369-382, 2009.

Su, L., Tom, B.D.M., Farewell, V.T.: Bias in two-part mixed models for longitudinal semicontinous data.Biostatistics , 10, 374-389, 2009.

Urowitz, M., Gladman, D.D., Tom, B.D., Ibanez, D., Farewell, V.T.: Changing patterns in mortality and disease outcomes for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. Journal of Rheumatology, 35, 2152-2158, 2008.

Bond, S.J., Farewell,V.T., Schentag,C.T., Gladman,D.D.: Predictors for radiological damage in psoriatic arthritis. Results from a single centre: Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, 66, 377-388, 2007.

Siannis,F., Farewell,V.T., Head.J.: A multi-state model for joint modeling of terminal and non-terminal events with application to Whitehall II. Statistics in Medicine, 26, 426-442, 2007.

Farewell,V.T., Johnson,A., Armitage,P.: `A memorandum on the Present Position and Propsects of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology" by Major Greenwood. Statistics in Medicine, 25, 2161-2177, 2006.