GillianLancasterwebDR GILLIAN LANCASTER

Director of Postgraduate Statistics Centre                                  

Room B81, Dept of Mathematics and Statistics

Lancaster University, LA1 4YF

 

Tel: 01524 59 3943

Email: g.lancaster@lancs.ac.uk

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

1.    Titman A., Lancaster G.A., Carmichael K., Scutt D. (2011) Accounting for bias in a non-ignorable tracing mechanism in a retrospective breast cancer cohort study. Statistics in Medicine. Published on-line Nov 2010. doi: 10.1002/sim.4118.

2.    Arain M., Campbell M.J., Cooper C.L., Lancaster G.A. (2010) What is a pilot study? A review of current practice and editorial policy. BMC Medical Research Methodology 10:67. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-67.

3.    Lancaster G.A., (and in alphabetical order) Campbell M.C., Eldridge S.E., Farrin A., Marchant M., Muller S., Perera R., Peters T.J., Prevost A.T., Rait G. (2010). Trials in Primary Care: statistical issues in the design of complex interventions. Statistical Methods in Medical Research 19: 349-377. doi:10.1177/0962280209359883. Written on behalf of the RSS Primary Health Care Study Group.

4.    Lancaster G.A. How statistical literacy, official statistics and self-directed learning shaped social enquiry in the 19th and early 20th century. Statistical Journal of the International Association for Official Statistics. Invited Submission. In press.

5.    Totsika V., Hastings R.P., Emerson E., Lancaster G.A., Berridge D.M. (2010) A population-based investigation of behavioural emotional problems and maternal mental health: associations with autism and intellectual disability. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. In press. doi : 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02295.x.

6.    Shahtahmasebi S., Emerson E., Berridge D., Lancaster G.A. (2010) Child disability and the dynamics of family poverty, hardship and financial strain. Journal of Social Policy. In press.

7.    Shahtahmasebi S., Emerson E., Berridge D., Lancaster G.A. (2010) A longitudinal analysis of poverty among families supporting a child with disability. International Journal on Disability and Human Development 9(1). In press.

8.    Emerson E., Shahtahmasebi S., Lancaster G.A., Berridge D. (2010). Factors associated with poverty transitions among families supporting a child with intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability. In press. Awarded 2010 International Research Prize by the Australasian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability (ASSID).

9.    Gladstone M., Lancaster G.A., Umar E., Nyirenda M., Kayira E., Van Den Broek N. and Smyth R.L. The Malawi Developmental Assessment Tool (MDAT): creation of a validate and reliable tool for assessment of child development in rural African settings. PLOS Medicine, 7(5): e1000273. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000273.

10. Gladstone M., Lancaster G.A., Umar E., Nyirenda M., Kayira E., Van Den Broek N. and Smyth R.L. (2009) Development of the MDAT (Malawi Developmental Assessment Tool): a qualitative analysis. Child: care, health and development 36(3): 346-353. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.01008.x

11. Lancaster G.A. (2009). Statistical issues in the assessment of health outcomes in children: a methodological review. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A 172(4): 707-727. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2009.00590.x

12. Lancaster G.A., Francis B. and Allen R. (2009). Lancaster Postgraduate Statistics Centre – creating enterprise and innovation in teaching statistics across disciplines. MSOR Connections 9(1): 41-46.

13. Morriss R.M., van der Gucht E., Lancaster G.A., Bentall R. (2009). Adult attachment style in bipolar 1 disorder. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 82(3): 267-277(11). doi: 10.1348/147608309X415309.

14. Van der Gucht E., Morriss R.M., Lancaster G.A., Kinderman P.K., Bentall R. (2009). Psychological Processes in Bipolar Affective Disorder: Negative Cognitive Style and Reward Processing. British Journal of Psychiatry 194: 146-151. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.047894.

15. Shahtahmasebi S., Emerson E., Berridge D., Lancaster G.A. (2009). Child disability, parental self-rated health and food security: A multivariate cross-sectional analysis. International Journal on Disability and Human Development 8(4): 417-434.

16. Lancaster G.A., Whittington R., Lane S. Meehan C. and Riley D. (2008). Does the position of restraint of disturbed psychiatric patients have any association with staff and patient injuries? Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 15(4): 306-312. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2850.2007.01226.x

17. Gladstone M., Lancaster G.A., Jones A.P., Maleta K., Mtitimila E., Ashorn P. and Smyth R.L. (2008). Can Western developmental screening tools be modified for use in a rural Malawian setting? Archives of Disease in Childhood 93: 23 – 29.
doi:10.1136/adc.2006.095471.

18. Hill J., Fonagy P., Lancaster G.A. and Broyden N. (2007). Aggression and intentionality in narrative responses to conflict and distress story stems: An investigation of boys with disruptive behaviour problems. Attachment & Human Development 9(3): 223-237. doi:10.1080/14616730701453861.

19. Lancaster G.A., Rollinson L. and Hill J. (2007). The measurement of a major childhood risk for depression: comparison of the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) 'Parental Care' and the Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse (CECA) 'Parental Neglect'. Journal of Affective Disorders 101, 263-267. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2006.12.010

20. Lyon D., Lancaster G.A., Taylor S., Dowrick C. and Chellaswamy H. (2007). Predicting the likelihood of emergency admission to hospital of older people: development and validation of the Emergency Admission Risk Likelihood Index (EARLI). Family Practice 24, 158-167. doi:10.1093/fampra/cml069.

21. Lancaster G.A., Taylor S., Chellaswamy H., Lyon D. and Dowrick C. (2007). Design of a clustered observational study to predict emergency admissions in the elderly: statistical reasoning in clinical practice. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 13, 169-178.  doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00663.x.

22. Glasscoe, C.A., Lancaster, G.A., Smyth, R.L., and Hill, J. (2007). Parental depression following the early diagnosis of cystic fibrosis: a matched prospective study. Journal of Pediatrics 150, 185-91.

23. Latchford A., Greenhalf W., Vitone L., Neoptolemos J.P., Lancaster G.A. and Phillips R. (2006). Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and screening for pancreatic cancer. British Journal of Surgery 93(12), 1446-1455.

24. Lancaster G.A., Green M. and Lane S. (2006) Linkage of survey data with district level lung cancer registrations: a method of bias reduction in ecological studies. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 60 (12), 1093-1098.

25. Lancaster G.A., Green M. and Lane S. (2006). Reducing bias in ecological studies: an evaluation of different methodologies. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A. 169 (4), 681-700.

26. Whittington R., Lancaster G.A., Meehan C., Lane S. and Riley D. (2006). Physical restraint of patients in acute mental health care settings: patient, staff and environmental factors associated with the use of a horizontal restraint position. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 17 (2), 253-265.

27. Scutt D., Lancaster G.A. and Manning J.T. (2006). Breast asymmetry and predisposition to breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research, 8 (2): R14 (doi: 10.1186/bcr1388). http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/8/2/R14

28. Riley D., Meehan C., Whittington R., Lancaster G.A. and Lane S. (2006). Examination of factors influencing patient restraint position in psychiatric inpatient service. Nursing Times, 102 (3), 42-45.

29. Dodd S.R., Lancaster G.A., Craig J.V., Smyth R.L. and Williamson P.R. (2006). In a systematic review, infrared ear thermometry for fever diagnosis in children finds poor sensitivity. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 59(4), 354-357.

30. Yan L., McFaul C., Howes N., Leslie J., Lancaster G.A., Wong T., Threadgold J., Evans J., Gilmore I., Smart H., Lombard M., Neoptolemos J. and Greenhalf W. (2005). Molecular analysis to detect pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in high risk groups. Gastroenterology, 128, 2124-30.

31. Cleary G., Lancaster G.A. Annan F., Sills J.A., Davidson J.E. (2004). Nutritional status of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Rheumatology, 43, 1569-1573.

32. Elphick H.E., Lancaster G.A., Solis A., Majumdar A., Gupta R. and Smyth R.L. (2004). Validity and reliability of acoustic analysis of respiratory sounds in infants. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 89, 1059-1063.

33. Stewart B., Lancaster G.A., Lawson J., Williams K. and Daly J. (2004). Validation of the Alder Hey Triage Pain Score. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 89, 625-30.

34. Lancaster G.A., Dodd S.R. and Williamson P.R. (2004). Design and analysis of pilot studies: recommendations for good practice. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 10 (2), 307-312.

35. Williamson P.R. and Lancaster G.A. (2004) Statistical education for PhD students in UK medical schools. Statistics Education Research Journal, 3 (1), 72-79.

36. Lancaster G.A. and Green M. (2002). Deprivation, ill-health and the ecological fallacy. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A, 165(2), 263-278.

37. Lancaster G.A. and Green M. (2002). Latent variable models for categorical data. Statistics and Computing, 12(2), 153-161.

38. Craig J.V., Lancaster G.A., Taylor S., Williamson P.R. and Smyth R.L. (2002). Infrared  ear thermometers versus rectal thermometers - reply. Lancet, 360, 1881-2.

39. Craig J.V., Lancaster G.A., Taylor S., Williamson P.R. and Smyth R.L. (2002). Infrared ear thermometry compared with rectal thermometry in children: a systematic review. Lancet, 360, 603-609.

40. Williamson P.R., Lancaster G.A., Craig J.V. and Smyth R.L. (2002). Meta-analysis of method comparison studies. Statistics in Medicine, 21, 2013-2025.

41. Gatrell A., Lancaster G., Chapple A., Horsley S., Smith M. (2002). Variations in use of tertiary cardiac services in part of North-West England. Health and Place, 8, 147-153.

42. Farrell M., Devine K., Lancaster G.A. and Judd B. (2002). A method comparison study to assess the reliability of urine collection pads as a means of obtaining urine specimens from non-toilet trained children for microbiological examination. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 37(4), 387-393.

43. Craig J.V., Lancaster G.A., Williamson P.R. and Smyth R.L. (2000). Temperature measured at the axilla compared with the rectum in children and young people: systematic review. BMJ, 320, 1174-78.

44. Hoare T. and Lancaster G.A. (1999). Intention to treat analysis in population based screening interventions, BMJ www.bmj.com, letters to editor, 21 September 1999. Available at http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/319/7211/670.

45. Lancaster G.A. and Green M. (1996). Latent variable techniques for categorical data. In A. Forcina, G.M. Marchetti, R. Hatzinger and G. Galmacci (eds.), Statistical Modelling, Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, Orvieto, Italy, 15-19 July 1996, Perugia, Italy: University of Perugia, Department of Statistical Science.

46. Lancaster G.A., Moran A. and Woodman C. (1994). Towards achieving the Health of the Nation target for cervical cancer: accuracy of cancer registration.  Journal of Public Health Medicine, 16, 50-52.

47. Clyma J-A. and Lancaster G.A. (1993). Computer aided diagnosis of abdominal pain: Implementation difficulties in the North Western region.  Archives of Emergency Medicine, 10, 314-320.

48. Lancaster G.A. and Elton P. (1992). Does the offer of cervical screening with breast screening encourage older women to have a cervical smear test?  Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 46, 523-527.

49. Eardley A., Elkind A. and Lancaster G.A. (1990).  Made to measure survey. The Health Service Journal, 100, 1773.

50. Elkind A., Eardley A. and Lancaster G.A. (1990). ‘A package to measure consumer satisfaction with breast screening’, Dept. of Epidemiology and Social Oncology, Christie Hospital. Crown copyright.

51. Ribeiro G.G., Dunn G. (now Lancaster), Swindell R., Harris M. and Banerjee S.S. (1990). Conservation of the breast using two different radiotherapy techniques: interim report of a clinical trial. Clinical Oncology, 2, 27‑34.

52. Radford J.A., Cowan R.A., Flanagan M., Dunn G. (now Lancaster), Crowther D., Johnson R.J. and Eddleston B. (1988). The significance of residual mediastinal abnormality on the chest radiograph following treatment for Hodgkin's Disease. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 6, 6, 940‑946.

Book chapters

Lancaster G. A. and Titman A. Chapter 5: Using evidence from quantitative studies. In Craig J. and Smyth R.L (eds). Evidence-based practice manual for nurses, 3rd edition. Invited book chapter, 2011.

Fakis A., Lancaster G.A. and Hill J. The effect of antisocial behavior in boys aged 5 to 7 years old: a structural equation modelling approach. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG, Saarbrücken, Germany,2010.

Selection of clinical conference abstracts published in refereed journals

1.    Glasscoe C., Southern K.W., Smith J.A., Lancaster G.A., Hill J., Burrows E.F., Cottrell J.J., Heaf L., Hope H.F., Barker D.H., Quittner A.L. (2007). Challenges of living with cystic fibrosis (CLCF): Psychometric evaluation of a new measure. Pediatric Pulmonology, 42, Supplement S30: p 403. Special Issue: 21st Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference.

2.    Glasscoe C., Quittner A.L., Evans J., Burrows E.F., Cottrell J.J., Heaf L., Jones S., Hope H.F., Lancaster G.A., Smith J.A., Hill J., Southern K.W. (2006). Developing a tool to assess the impact on a family of caring for a child with cystic fibrosis. Pediatric Pulmonology, 41, Supplement S29, p 405-406. Special Issue: 20th Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference.

3.    Glasscoe C., Smith J.A., Hope H.F., Jones S., Cottrell J.J., Burrows E.F., Heaf L., Evans J., Lancaster G.A., Quittner A.L., Hill J., Southern K.W. (2006). The challenge of living with cystic fibrosis: a collective response from parents. Pediatric Pulmonology, 41, Supplement S29, p 406. Special Issue: 20th Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference.

4.    Glasscoe C.A., Lancaster G., Smyth R.L. and Hill J. (2004). Quality of the parental relationship moderates the effect of depression in mothers following a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis: a longitudinal study. Pediatric Pulmonology,38 Supplement S27, p 359. Special Issue: 18th Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference.

5.    Glasscoe, C.A., Hill, J., Lancaster, G. and Smyth, R.L. (2004) A longitudinal study of coping in mother and fathers following a new diagnosis of cystic fibrosis: Clinical implications. Proceedings of 27th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 3 Supplement 1, p. S102.

6.    Glasscoe, C.A., Hill, J., Lancaster, G. and Smyth, R.L. (2004) Parental depression following the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis: Implications for screening. Proceedings of 27th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 3 Supplement 1, p. S113.

7.    Glasscoe C.A., Hill J., Smyth R. and Lancaster G. (2002). Parental coping after a new diagnosis of cystic fibrosis: baseline characteristics and summary statistics for a prospective study. Proceedings of 25th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 1 Supplement 1, p. S76.

8.    Glasscoe C.A., Hill J. Smyth R.L., Lancaster G. (2001) A prospective study of parental beliefs and coping following a new diagnosis of cystic fibrosis: Baseline characterisitcs and summary statistics. Pediatric Pulmonology, 32 Supplement S22, p.351. Special Issue: 15th Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference.

9.    Craig J.V., Lancaster G.A., Taylor S., Williamson P.R., Smyth R.L. (2001). Infrared ear thermometry in children. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 5th Spring meeting. Archives of Disease in Childhood 84 Supplement 1.

10. Craig J.V., Lancaster G.A., Taylor S., Horrox F., Williamson P.R., Smyth R.L. (2001) Infrared ear thermometry in children: a systematic review., BMC Meeting Abstracts: 9th International Cochrane Colloquium 1: PC152.

11. Khan S., Jenkins S.A., Williamson P., Lancaster G., Howes N., Critchley M., Grime J.S., Sutton R. (2000). Prognostic factors in cirrhotic portal hypertension: a long-term prospective study. Gastroenterology 118 (4), A1457 6607 Part 2 Suppl. 2, APR 2000.

12. Khan S., Jenkins S.A., Williamson P., Lancaster G., Critchley M., Grime J.S., Owen A., Roberts N., Gilmore I.T., Shields R., Sutton R. (1999). Long-term prospective study of prognostic factors in cirrhotic portal hypertension. GUT 44, A56-A56 W224 Suppl. 1, APR 1999.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTS

1.    Lancaster G.A. and Elton P.E. (1991). Attendance for cervical screening when offered with breast screening. Manchester: Dept. of Epidemiology and Social Oncology, Christie Hospital. DESO 94. Copyright HMSO.

2.    Eardley A., Moran A. and Lancaster G.A. (1991).  Hospital delay in the diagnosis of bladder cancer. Manchester: Dept. of Epidemiology and Social Oncology, Christie Hospital. DESO 90. Copyright HMSO.

3.    Lancaster G.A., Elkind A. and Eardley A. (1990).  Monitoring computer‑managed cervical cytology screening in Manchester. Manchester: Dept. of Epidemiology and Social Oncology, Christie Hospital. DESO 87. Copyright HMSO.

4.    Whittington R., Barr W., Lancaster G.A, Leitner M., McGuire J. and Meehan C. Exploring the significance of repeat incidents of aggressive behaviour in reducing overall levels of aggression and improving care pathways for forensic patients. Project ref. MRD 12/79. Dept. of Health National Forensic Mental Health R&D Programme, March 2007.

5.    Whittington R., Prosser H., Riley D., Perkins E., Crumpton A. and Lancaster G.A. Vertical and horizontal physical restraint of service users in acute mental health care. Mersey Care NHS Trust, May 2008.

INVITED TALKS - RESEARCH

1.      Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, ‘Matched cohort design to assess parental depression following child’s diagnosis of cystic fibrosis’, Institute of Child Health, UCL, London, February 2009.

2.      Health R&D NW conference, ‘Successful collaboration with HRDNoW: Predicting the likelihood of emergency admission to hospital of older people - Emergency Admission Risk Likelihood Index (EARLI)’, Lowry, Salford Quays 2007.

3.      Warwick Medical School, ‘Design and analysis of pilot studies: recommendations for good practice’, Warwick, December 2006.

4.      Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, ‘Design and analysis of pilot studies: recommendations for good practice’, York, November 2005.

5.      Statistics Seminar entitled ‘Reducing bias in ecological studies’, Lancaster University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, September 2005.

6.      School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), ‘Design and analysis of pilot studies: recommendations for good practice’, Sheffield, June 2005.

7.      Royal Statistical Society Primary Health Care study group, ‘Design and analysis of pilot studies: recommendations for good practice’, Birmingham, March 2005.

8.      Statistics seminar entitled ‘Reducing bias in ecological studies’. Salford University, Centre for Operational Research and Applied Statistics, February 2005.

9.      Seminar entitled ‘Design and analysis of a clustered observational study to develop a tool to predict the likelihood of emergency admission to hospital of elderly people’. University of Liverpool, Department of Public Health, November 2004.

10.  Statistics Seminar entitled ‘Deprivation, ill-health and the ecological fallacy’, Lancaster University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, November 2002

11.  Royal Statistical Society local group meeting (East Midlands), ‘Deprivation, ill-health and the ecological fallacy’, Leicester, October 2002

12.  Royal Statistical Society local group meeting (Merseyside and Cheshire), ‘Deprivation, ill-health and the ecological fallacy’, Liverpool, October 2001

13.  Royal College of Nursing, ‘Role of statistician in research process’, Liverpool, 2001

14.  Merseyside Regional Ambulance NHS Trust, ‘Research in practice’, July 2000

15.  Marie Curie Cancer Screening Course for Practice Nurses, Wigan, ‘Current state of cervical screening, epidemiology and targeting of non-attenders’, June 1992

INVITED TALKS - TEACHING

1.      8th International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS8), ‘Communicating the value of statistical thinking in research’ Session 6C: Statistics training for researchers in other disciplines, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 11-16 July 2010.

2.      8th International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS8), ‘Statistics for the biological and environmental sciences: improving service teaching for postgraduates.’ Session 7E: Statistics for biology and the health sciences, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 11-16 July 2010. With Allen R.A. (presenting), Folkard A., Abram B.

3.      Royal Statistical Society Local Group, ‘Lancaster Postgraduate Statistics Centre: creating enterprise and innovation in teaching statistics across disciplines’, Edinburgh, February 2010.

4.      Blackpool and the Fylde College. Meeting of Senior Tutors of T&L on Best Practice. ‘Co-ordination and innovation in postgraduate statistical education’, January 2010.

5.      Lancaster University Learning, Teaching and Assessment Committee. ‘Lancaster Postgraduate Statistics Centre: a strategy for change’, Nov 2009.

6.      Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education. Statistical Education Week. ‘Co-ordination and Innovation in Postgraduate Statistical Education’, Plymouth, Nov 2009.

7.      Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning (CEEBL) CETL, ‘Service teaching statistics to non-statisticians: opportunities and challenges’, Engaging Students in Learning Statistics - half day event, Manchester, Nov 2009.

8.      Royal Statistical Society Conference 2008, ‘Lancaster Postgraduate Statistics Centre: creating enterprise and innovation in teaching statistics across disciplines’, Nottingham, September 2008.

9.      Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education, ‘Lancaster Postgraduate Statistics Centre: supporting professional development in teaching statistics’, MEI conference, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, July 2008.

10.  Royal Statistical Society Local Group, ‘Lancaster Postgraduate Statistics Centre: creating enterprise and innovation in teaching statistics across disciplines’, Manchester, February 2008.

11.  Faculty forum, ‘Lancaster Postgraduate Statistics Centre: creating enterprise and innovation in teaching statistics across disciplines’, Faculty of Science and Technology, Lancaster, January 2008.

12.  Annual National Meeting of Teachers of Medical Statistics, ‘Problem-based learning’, Burwalls, Bristol, April 2002.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
(excludes joint clinical conference presentations)

1.    Lancaster G.A. Communicating the value of statistical thinking in training researchers from other disciplines, Royal Statistical Society conference. Brighton, September 2010 (oral).

2.    Tishkovskaya S. and Lancaster G.A. Teaching strategies to promote statistical literacy: review and implementation. RSS conference. Brighton, September 2010 (oral).

3.    Titman A. and Lancaster G.A. Personal Response Systems for teaching postgraduate statistics to small groups. RSS conference. Brighton, September 2010 (oral).

4.    Lancaster G.A. and Titman A. Personal Response Systems for teaching postgraduate statistics to small groups. CETL-MSOR conference. Birmingham, September 2010 (poster).

5.    Lancaster G.A., Francis B.F., Sharples S., Yeend E., Ridall G., Berridge D., Dunn K., McCray G. Developing statistical consultancy skills in postgraduate students. 8th International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS8), Ljubljana, Slovenia, July, 2010 (poster).

6.    Titman A. and Lancaster G.A. Personal Response Systems for teaching postgraduate statistics to small groups. SOLSTICE conference. Edge Hill University, June 2010 (oral).

7.    Allen R.A., Williams S., Lancaster G.A. Evaluation of learning spaces and how students learn within them: new methodology, new insights, CETL conference. Sheffield, June 2010 (oral).

8.    Titman A. and Lancaster G.A. Personal Response Systems for teaching postgraduate statistics to small groups. CETL conference. Sheffield, June 2010 (poster).

9.    Allen R.A., Williams S., Lancaster G.A. The use of new learning spaces and how students learn within them. Society for Research into Higher Education (SHRE) conference, Newport, Wales, December 2009.

10. Lancaster G.A. How statistical literacy and official statistics shaped social enquiry in the 19th century. Royal Statistical Society conference. Edinburgh, September 2009 (oral).

11. Titman A., Lancaster G.A. Carmichael K., Scutt D. Accounting for a non-ignorable tracing mechanism in a retrospective breast cancer cohort study. Royal Statistical Society conference. Edinburgh, September 2009 (oral).

12. Lancaster G.A. Matched cohort design to assess parental depression following child’s diagnosis of cystic fibrosis. 30th Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics. Prague, 23-27 August 2009 (oral).

13. Titman A., Lancaster G.A. Carmichael K., Scutt D. Accounting for a non-ignorable tracing mechanism in a retrospective breast cancer cohort study. 30th Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics. Prague, 23-27 August 2009 (oral).

14. Lancaster G.A. Lancaster Postgraduate Statistics Centre: enhanced teaching and learning in a specialist environment, CETL-MSOR conference, Lancaster, September 2008 (oral).

15. Lancaster G.A. Matched cohort design to assess parental depression following child’s diagnosis of cystic fibrosis. Royal Statistical Society conference. Nottingham, September 2008 (oral).

16. Lancaster G.A. Lancaster Postgraduate Statistics Centre: creating enterprise and innovation in teaching statistics across disciplines, Joint Statistical Meetings, Denver, August 2008 (oral).

17. Lancaster G.A., Green M. and Lane S. Reducing bias in ecological studies: a stratified method combining ecological and survey data. Royal Statistical Society conference. York, July 2007 (oral).

18. Lancaster G.A., Lyon D., Taylor S., Dowrick C. and Chellaswamy H. Predicting the likelihood of emergency admission to hospital of older people: development and validation of the Emergency Admission Risk Likelihood Index (EARLI). Royal Statistical Society conference. York, July 2007 (oral).

19. Lancaster G.A., Lyon D., Taylor S., Dowrick C. and Chellaswamy H. Predicting the likelihood of emergency admission to hospital of older people: development and validation of the Emergency Admission Risk Likelihood Index (EARLI). Translating research into clinical reality conference. Liverpool, April 2007 (oral).

20. Lancaster G.A., Green M. and Lane S. Reducing bias in ecological studies: a stratified method combining ecological and survey data. 27th Meeting of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics. 27-31 August 2006 (oral).

21. Lancaster G.A., Gladstone M., Jones A. and Smyth R. Development of a culturally appropriate developmental assessment tool for use on children in a rural African population. Royal Statistical Society conference. Cardiff, July 2005 (oral).

22. Lancaster G.A., Dodd S.R. and Williamson P.R. Design and analysis of pilot studies: recommendations for good practice. Royal Statistical Society conference. Manchester, 7-10 September 2004 (oral).

23. Lancaster G.A., Taylor S., Chellaswamy H., Lyon D. and Dowrick C. Sample size determination and intra-class correlation for a clustered observational study of emergency admissions in the elderly. Royal Statistical Society conference. Manchester, 7-10 September 2004 (oral).

24. Lancaster G.A., Taylor S., Chellaswamy H., Lyon D. and Dowrick C. Sample size determination and intra-class correlation for a clustered observational study of emergency admissions in the elderly. 25th Meeting of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics. 15-19 August 2004 (oral).

25. Lane S., Lancaster G.A. and Green M. Reducing bias in ecological studies. 25th Meeting of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics. 15-19 August 2004 (oral).

26. Lane S., Lancaster G.A. and Green M. Reducing bias in ecological studies. Ninth Government Statistical Service (GSS) methodology conference. London, 28 June 2004 (paper).

27. Lane S., Lancaster G.A. and Green M. Reducing bias in ecological studies. Royal Statistical Society conference. Manchester, 7-10 September 2004 (poster).

28. Lancaster G.A., Dodd S.R. and Williamson P.R. Use of pilot studies in medical research: what is a pilot study? 23rd Meeting of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics. Dijon, 9-13 September 2002 (poster).

29. Lancaster G.A., Craig J.V., Williamson P.R. and Smyth RL. Meta-analysis of method comparison studies. Best in Trust Poster Competition, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Trust, December 2000 (poster).

30. Lancaster G.A. and Green M.  Deprivation, ill-health and the ecological fallacy: a latent variable approach. 21st Meeting of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics. Trento, 4-8 September 2000 (poster).

31. Lancaster G.A., Williamson P.R., Craig J.V. and Smyth R.L.  Accuracy of temperature measurement methods in children: meta-analysis of method comparison studies. 21st Meeting of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics. Trento, 4 - 8 September 2000 (oral).

32. Lancaster G.A., Williamson P.R., Craig J.V. and Smyth R.L. Meta-analysis of method comparison studies. 3rd Symposium on systematic reviews: beyond the basics. Oxford, 3 - 5 July 2000 (poster).

33. Lancaster G.A. and Green M.. The ecological fallacy effect and indexes of material deprivation: inferences at the individual and ward level. International Conference on the Analysis and Interpretation of Disease Clusters and Ecological Studies, London, 16-17 December 1999 (poster).

34. Lancaster G.A. and Green M.  The use of deprivation indices in assessing risk factors for ill-health. 19th Meeting of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics. Dundee, 24 - 28 August 1998 (oral).

35. Lancaster G.A. and Green M. Latent variable techniques for categorical data. 11th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling. Orvieto, Italy, 15-19 July 1996 (oral).

36. Lancaster G.A. and Green M.  A new latent variable technique for deriving a deprivation index and its relationship to ill-health. 16th Meeting of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics. Barcelona, Spain, 31 July - 4 August 1995 (oral).

37. Lancaster G.A., Moran A. and Woodman C.  The use of cancer registries in monitoring cervical screening.  British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. Annual Scientific Meeting, Aberdeen 1993 (oral).

38. Lancaster G.A., Woodman C., Wilson S., Desai M. and Cook G.  Geographical variations in the prevalence of cytological abnormality - fact or artefact?  British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. Aberdeen 1993 (poster).

Poster Prizes

39. Lancaster G.A., Gladstone M., Jones A., Maleta K., Mtitimila E., Smyth R and Ashorn P. Standardisation of a culturally appropriate developmental assessment tool for screening children in a rural african population. 27th Meeting of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics. 27-31 August 2006 (Wiley poster prize).

40. Stewart B., Lancaster G.A., Lawson J., Williams K. and Daly J. Validation of the Alder Hey Triage Pain Score: a new triage pain tool for children. Royal Liverpool Children’s NHS Trust poster competition, 2003. First prize.

 

POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION

On-going

Emily Yeend, Department of Mathematics and statistics, Lancaster University. PhD entitled ‘Assessing health outcome measures in children’. In process, started 1 October 2010. ESRC funded.

Shafquat Rozi, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. Mphil/PhD entitled ‘Analysis of clustered binary response data for identifying factors associated with smoking among school going male adolescents’. In process, started 1 January 2009. Full-time. [Joint supervisor with Dr. Sadia Mahmud]

Zaby Bassi, Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital. Started December 2004. Part-time. MD entitled ‘Assessing the role of nutrition on neurodevelopmental status and quality of life in neurologically impaired children’. [Joint supervision with Dr. Cherie McCracken]

Lorna Wood, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Liverpool Women’s Hospital. Started August 2004. Part-time. Submitted. PhD entitled ‘Are the psychoneuro-immunological pathways in miscarriage present in preterm labour?’ [Joint supervision with Dr Siobhan Quenby].

Completed

Melissa Gladstone, Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital, 2010. MD entitled ‘Development of a culturally appropriate child development tool in a rural African setting’. [Joint supervision with Prof. Rosalind Smyth].

Emma Van der Gucht, Department of Psychiatry, University of Liverpool, 2007. MPhil. entitled ‘Psychological processes in Bipolar Disorder’. [Joint supervision with Prof Richard Morris].

Jean Craig, Research Associate, University Institute of Child Health, Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital, 2007. PhD entitled ‘Temperature measurement in children’. [Joint supervision with Prof. Rosalind Smyth].

Claire Glasscoe, Research Associate, University Department of Child Mental Health, Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital, 2003. PhD entitled ‘Parental dysphoria following the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis: testing a systemic model‘. [Joint supervision with Prof. Jonathan Hill].

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Postgraduate:

Lancaster University (2007-)

·         MSc in Statistics, Principles of Epidemiology module (2007-)

·         MSc in Statistics, Statistics in Practice module: Consultancy and Communication (2007-)

·         MSc in Applied Social Statistics, Duration data module (2007/8)

·         MSc in Psychological Research Methods, Analysing and Interpreting Psychological Data II (2011-)

 

Liverpool University (1998-2007):

·         Statistics training programme for PhD students in the Medical Faculty. Course leader (2003-2006).

·         Master of Research, School of Health Sciences. Statistics part of module ‘Overview of research methodologies for health professionals’ (2005).

·         Master in Dental Science. Statistics part of research methods module (2004-2005).

·         Member of the Royal College of Psychiatry part II examination trainees: Statistics and critical review module (1999 – 2004).

·         Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (A&E) examination trainees: Statistics and critical appraisal sessions (2002–3).

·         Master in Clinical Nursing: Developing evidence-based practice module.

·         Master in Public Health, Master in Medical Science joint Research Methods modules (1997-99).

 

Undergraduate (Liverpool University):

·         BSc in Mathematics and Statistics, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences. Medical Statistics module for 3rd year students (2005-07)

·         BSc in Professional Health Studies, Dept. of Nursing, Identifying and appraising evidence for practice module - Evaluating quantitative research. (2000/01)

·         BSc in Mathematics and Statistics, Experimental Mathematics module (1999/2000)

·         MB ChB undergraduate medical students (Semester 2 1997/98, Semester 1 1998/99)

 

Short courses (Liverpool University):

·         Introduction to statistical issues in health research (1999-2007)

·         Introduction to Logistic Regression (2002-6)

·         Validity and reliability of diagnostic tests and other methods of measurement (2003)

 

 

 

Last updated January 2011