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 biostatistical machine learning to population health.
Population Health |
Causal Mechanisms |
Precision Medicine |
Biostatistical MachineLearning |
Efficient Study Designs
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Latest news
Jack Hodgkinson awarded Best Student Talk at ISCB UK
26 May 2026
Congratulations to Jack Hodgkinson on being awarded the Best Student Talk at the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) UK Conference. The ISCB has emerged as the leading professional society for participants in the field of computational biology and bioinformatics, and organised its first UK based...
12 May 2026
A major randomized, multicentre, adaptive trial evaluating high-flow nasal therapy (HFNT) after cardiac surgery — the Nasal Oxygen Therapy After Cardiac Surgery (NOTACS) trial —has recently published its final clinical results in JAMA Network Open . While the trial concluded that there was no statistically significant...
Cambridge researchers reveal genes that help us to plan daily tasks
5 May 2026
Researchers at the MRC Biostatistics Unit and the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge have made an exciting discovery about how our genes affect thinking skills. Published in Nature Communications , the study reveals how our genes influence skills we use every day to plan, organise and make...
