The Medical Research Council (MRC) Biostatistics Unit (BSU) is one of the largest groups of biostatisticians in Europe, and a major centre for research, training and knowledge transfer in biostatistics.
Research
Our research themes range from basic science to population health.
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Latest news
Sofia Villar awarded Frank Hansford-Miller Fellowship
21 May 2025
Congratulations to Programme Leader (MRC Investigator), Sofía Villar, on being the 2025 Frank Hansford-Miller Fellowship holder. The Frank Hansford-Miller Fellowship helps to bring a UK statistician to Australia biennially usually for a period of 2 weeks during which they give a talk and deliver a workshop. The talk this...
Muti-stakeholder perspectives on Ethics and Clinical Trial Designs
13 May 2025
On Thursday 24th April, the BSU hosted a notable international workshop designed to bring together diverse perspectives on the ethical, regulatory, patient, and methodological issues surrounding the use of adaptive clinical trial designs. The well-attended and insightful event, co-organised with Carnegie Mellon University...
flashfmZero offers insights into the genetic basis of complex health traits
14 April 2025
New research published in Cell Genomics , led by Jennifer Asimit and colleagues, is providing powerful insights into the genetic basis of complex health traits. Often a genetic variant affects a group of health-related traits through a common pathway. Methods that leverage information between traits can identify associated...
