Richard Jacques BSc(Hons) MSc PhD GradStat
Research Associate
Address:
Medical Statistics Group
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)
The University of Sheffield
Regent Court, 30 Regent Street
SHEFFIELD, S1 4DA
Room: 3018
Tel: (+44) (0)114 2220813
Fax: (+44) (0)114 2220749
Email: r.jacques@sheffield.ac.uk
Biography
I graduated with a BSc(Hons) in Mathematics from the University of Hull and an MSc in Statistics from the University of Sheffield. For my PhD I worked on an EPSRC CASE funded project with AstraZeneca investigating methods of classification for high content screening data. I joined ScHARR in January 2009.
Research Interests
- Application of statistics in medical research
- Multivariate data analysis
Professional Activities
- Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
- Graduate Statistician (GradStat)
Current Projects
- The value of 25 hydroxyvitamin D as a biomarker in obesity
Publications
- J Kruger, A Brennan, P Thokala, H Basarir, R Jacques, J Elliott, S Heller, J Speight. The cost-effectiveness of the Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating (DAFNE) structured education programme: an update using the Sheffield Type 1 Diabetes Policy Model. Diabetic Medicine. Online ahead of print (DOI)
- RM Jacques, J Fotheringham, MJ Campbell, J Nicholl. Did hospital mortality in England change from 2005 to 2010? A retrospective cohort analysis. BMC Health Services Research 2013; 13:216 (DOI)
- JHD Bassett, A Gogakos, JK White, H Evans, RM Jacques, AH van der Spek, Sanger Mouse Genetics Project, R Ramirez-Solis, E Ryder, D Sunter, A Boyde, MJ Campbell, PI Croucher, GR Williams. Rapid-Throughput Skeletal Phenotyping of 100 Knockout Mice Identifies 9 New Genes That Determine Bone Strength. PLoS Genetics 2012; 8(8): e1002858 (DOI)
- RM Jacques, S Boonen, F Cosman, IR Reid, DC Bauer, DM Black, R Eastell. Relationship of changes in total hip bone mineral density to vertebral and nonvertebral fracture risk in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis treated with once-yearly zoledronic acid 5 mg: the HORIZON-Pivotal Fracture Trial (PFT). Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2012; 27(8):1627-1634 (DOI)
- MJ Campbell, RM Jacques, J Fotheringham, R Maheswaran, J Nicholl. Developing a summary hospital mortality index: retrospective analysis in English hospitals over five years. BMJ 2012; 344:e1001 (DOI)
Section
I am based in the Design, Trials & Statistics Section.