MRC Biostatistics UnitMany genetic variants have been identified as associated with disease-related traits, but the most significant genetic variant often does not influence these traits – rather, it is linked with a genetic variant that plays a role in the traits, which is the underlying causal variant. Identifying the causal variants which underlie genetic associations is key […]
Latest Nowcasting and Forecasting of COVID-19
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, and the lead researchers have also given their headline comment. Updated findings The estimate of the daily number of new infections on the 15th October across England is 77,800 (68,200–88,000, 95% […]
Announcing new Director of the MRC Biostatistics Unit
We are delighted to announce that Professor John Whittaker will become the new Director of the MRC Biostatistics Unit (BSU). Professor Whittaker was appointed following a competitive international search to find a successor to Professor Sylvia Richardson CBE, who will be stepping down after nearly 10 years leading the Unit. Professor Whittaker is joining the […]
Fewer than one in 20 people living with HIV in England expected to be unaware of status by 2025
England is on track to have diagnosed 95% of people living with HIV by 2025, putting it in a strong position to eliminate HIV transmission by 2030, say researchers at the MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, and Public Health England (PHE). In 2014, UNAIDS set an ambitious target of 90-90-90 by 2020 – that […]
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