MRC Biostatistics UnitToday we have published a new report on our real-time tracking of COVID-19 . We have highlighted the key updates and provided interpretation of what these updates mean. We have also explained our recent model and report changes. Updated findings The estimate of the daily number of new infections on the 30th July across England […]
Focus on fat not size: more body fat leads to increased risk for cancers of the digestive system
Research published in PLOS Medicine today uses genetic evidence to link obesity to cancer of the digestive system. But while previous research has linked increased body size to various cancer types, findings from this study are more targeted, indicating specifically that fat mass is the main obesity-related risk factor for digestive system cancer, and that […]
Hélène Ruffieux awarded 2021 Young Biometrician Award
Congratulations to Hélène Ruffieux from the MRC Biostatistics Unit on being awarded the Young Biometrician Award for 2021. Hélène received the award for her paper “A global-local approach for detecting hotspots in multiple-response regression” with co-authors Anthony C. Davison, Jorg Hager, Jamie Inshaw, Benjamin P. Fairfax, Sylvia Richardson and Leonardo Bottolo, published in The Annals […]
Latest Nowcasting and Forecasting of COVID-19
Today, the MRC Biostatistics Unit has published a new report on our real-time tracking of the COVID-19 pandemic. This information is helping the government to track the COVID-19 pandemic in real time. We have highlighted our latest findings and provided interpretation of what these findings mean. We have also summarised our recent model and report […]
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