Paul Richards

Biography

I joined HEDS in October 2009 after being awarded an MRC Capacity Building studentship. My doctoral research project focuses on the development of a framework for using Bayesian Clinical Trial Simulation (BCTS) and value of information methods to plan cost-effective clinical research portfolios. As a case study I will be applying this framework to a number of decision problems in the treatment and prevention of postmenopausal breast cancer. My research is supervised in HEDS by Professor Alan Brennan.

Prior to joining HEDS I was awarded an MSc in Statistics from the University of Sheffield, completed in 2009. In 2006 I was awarded a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Edinburgh. In between my undergraduate and postgraduate studies I worked as an educational data analyst for Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.

Research Interests

• The use of economic modelling in clinical trial design
• Uncertainty in health economic models
• Applications of Bayesian statistics in medical research

Teaching Interests

Since joining HEDS I have worked as a tutorial demonstrator or assistant on the following undergraduate and postgraduate modules in ScHARR and the School of Mathematics and Statistics;
• MAS101: Probability, Sets and Complex Numbers
• MAS173: Probability and Inference
• MAS275: Probability Modelling
• HAR6036: Applications of Statistics in the Medical and Health Sciences

Professional activities

I am a member of the Centre for Bayesian Statistics in Health Economics (CHEBS) research group. I am also a member of the Operational Research Society (ORS) and a student fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS).