Dr Beatriz Goulão is a senior research fellow with expertise in medical statistics, trial methodology, and elicitation methods. Beatriz holds a senior Futures Fellowship from the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences (CMVLS). Beatriz's Fellowship focuses on maximising the role of data and statistics in achieving a more sustainable and greener NHS. Beatriz also holds a prestigious MRC New Investigator award from the Better Methods, Better Research programme developing new methods to involve patients and the public in determining minimally important differences and sample sizes in clinical trials. 

Beatriz has over a decade of experience in clinical trials and implementation science. She currently sits at two NIHR funding panels: Health and care Services and Delivery (HSDR) and Decarbonining Health. Beatriz is also part of the executive team of the Trial Methodology Research Partnership (TMRP) co-leading the statistical analysis working group. 

Previously, Beatriz spent 11 years at the Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation where she started as trial statistician and, later, led the statistics team of the Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT). Beatriz continues working with the CHaRT team as an honorary research fellow. 

Beatriz has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications, secured more than £3.5 million in research funding including over 600k as Principal or Chief Investigator, and is recognised among Scotland’s Top 40 under 40 for her contributions to research, patient and public engagement with statistics, and methodological innovation.

Beatriz is particularly interested in the role of data and statistics in decision making, and in developing elicitation methods to incorporate "non-expert" views in health research design and practice. The elicitation methods Beatriz has used include specialist surveys, preference and Bayesian elicitation methods. Beatriz has a track record of designing and analysing clinical trials in implementation science. Beatriz leads the statistical methodology of multiple national NIHR-funded clinical trials including in dentistry and urology.

Vitri Darlene - experiences and acceptability of novel methods to elicit target differences from patients and the public - University of Aberdeen (co-supervisor, Chief Investigator)

Mojca Cerar - using audit and feedback to improve recruitment and retention in trials - University of Aberdeen (co-supervisor)

Morgaine Stiles - implementation of estimands in clinical trials - Institute of Cancer Research (co-supervisor)

Alice Hamilton - behavioural science to support implementation of findings from dental trials - University of Dundee (co-supervisor)

Sophie Greenwood - developing Bayesian elicitation methods to elicit patients opinions on missing data in clinical trials - University of Aberdeen (primary supervisor)