MRC Biostatistics UnitAn editorial comment published today in The Lancet on new research led by Prof Sheila M. Bird and Andrew McAuley. Deaths from synthetic opioids, natural and semi-synthetic opioids, and heroin totalled 49 068 in 2017 in the USA, with the sharpest increase occurring in fatal overdose related to oxycodone, fentanyl, and fentanyl analogues. In Europe, five […]
Seeking expressions of interest – Principal Investigator in Design and Analysis of Randomised Trials
We have an exciting new position available for a senior scientist to lead a programme of research within the broad areas of statistical methodology for clinical trials within the University of Cambridge’s MRC Biostatistics Unit. The position comes with an attractive research funding package that will be renewable every 5 years. The University of Cambridge […]
Webinar of 16th Armitage Lecture
Our 16th Armitage Lecture, by Professor Barbara Engelhardt from Princeton University, is now available to view via Statistics Views. The title of the 2018 lecture is: “Statistical methods for experimental design to gain greater biological insights about gene transcription” To view the webinar, click on this link: http://www.statisticsviews.com/details/webinar/11118962/Armitage-Lecture-2018.html and register for FREE. Many thanks to Professor […]
Progress towards ending the HIV epidemic in the UK
Estimates of the number of people living with undiagnosed HIV in the UK, released yesterday in Public Health England (PHE)’s annual report (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hiv-in-the-united-kingdom), indicate that the UK has become one of the first few countries in the world to have reached the UN’s 90-90-90 targets, i.e. that at least 90% of people living with HIV […]
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