PsySTAR at University of Glasgow

Professor Ian Ford

Professor of Biostatistics (Robertson Centre for Biostatistics)
BSc, PhD, FRSE, FRCP
Email Ian.Ford@glasgow.ac.uk
Telephone 0141 330-4048
Link to CV

Professor Ford is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Glasgow and Director of the Robertson Centre for Biostatistics. He is Director of the NIHR CRN registered Glasgow Clinical Trials Unit and is Assistant Director (with responsibility for Biostatistics and Informatics) for the United Kingdom Stroke Research Network (SRN) and currently chairs the Operational Steering Group of the SRN. 

Professor Ford has research interests in the design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of clinical trials and epidemiological studies, in biostatistical methods and in the use of novel electronic tools to enhance the conduct of clinical research. He has published widely in the statistical, epidemiological and clinical medicine literature. He has contributed significantly to the design, conduct and interpretation of many completed large landmark clinical trials and sits on the Executive Committees of a number of major ongoing trials. He has extensive experience of collaborating with academic and commercial researchers in mental health, neuroscience and other areas of medicine. He chairs and is a member of numerous Independent Data Monitoring Committees and has served on a number of editorial boards. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, the International Statistical Institute and is Fellow qua physician ad eundem of the Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow.