Biostatistics and Statistical Genetics

This group researches into design, and analysis of quantitative investigations in human health and genetics with a particular emphasis on applying advanced methods of statistical inference.

Lung Cancer in Greater Glasgow

Statisticians and health professionals are interested in producing maps showing cancer risk, so that areas with elevated risks can be detected

Statisticians and health professionals are interested in producing maps showing cancer risk, so that areas with elevated risks can be detected

Network Meta-Analysis

Mean, mean plot with 95% confidence intervals for a network meta-analysis in diabetes

Mean, mean plot with 95% confidence intervals for a network meta-analysis in diabetes

Studying Obesity

Statistical models studying the connections between obesity indicators and socio-economic factors help developing anti-obesity strategies

Statistical models studying the connections between obesity indicators and socio-economic factors help developing anti-obesity strategies

Estimation of Historic Population Sizes

Genetic variability between modern individuals allows estimation of historic population sizes

Genetic variability between modern individuals allows estimation of historic population sizes

Network Meta-Analysis

Shade plot for P-values for all pairwise contrasts for a network meta-analysis

Shade plot for P-values for all pairwise contrasts for a network meta-analysis

Where did modern humans come from?

Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA variation reveals that modern humans exited Africa via South Asia

Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA variation reveals that modern humans exited Africa via South Asia

Regression to the mean

Regression to the mean: Diastolic Blood Pressure measurements on two occasions

Regression to the mean: Diastolic Blood Pressure measurements on two occasions

Ancestry of African Slaves

Statistical genetics provides a means of partitioning the ancestry of descendants of African slaves in the USA to different regions of Africa

Statistical genetics provides a means of partitioning the ancestry of descendants of African slaves in the USA to different regions of Africa

Illustration of the t-Test

Geometric repesentation of Student's t-test showing critical region and a point in the sample space for a sample of two observations

Geometric repesentation of Student's t-test showing critical region and a point in the sample space for a sample of two observations

Biostatistics

Bivariate contours under null and alternative hypotheses with Bonferroni boundaries illustrated

Bivariate contours under null and alternative hypotheses with Bonferroni boundaries illustrated