Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk
Research Interests: Public understanding of uncertainty and risk, Bayesian methods, biostatistics, performance assessment
Examples sheets and lecture notes can be found on my teaching page.
Publications
Sound Human, Steer Clear of Jargon, and be Prepared
– Significance (Oxford, England)
(2021)
18,
32
(doi: 10.1111/1740-9713.01508)
COVID-19 risk perception: A longitudinal analysis of its predictors and associations with health protective behaviours in the United Kingdom
– Journal of Risk Research
(2021)
24,
294
The adverse effects of bisphosphonates in breast cancer: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.
– PloS one
(2021)
16,
e0246441
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246441)
Living risk prediction algorithm (QCOVID) for risk of hospital admission and mortality from coronavirus 19 in adults: national derivation and validation cohort study
– BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
(2020)
371,
m3731
(doi: 10.1136/bmj.m3731)
Communicating personalised risks from COVID-19: guidelines from an empirical study
(2020)
2020.10.05.20206961
(doi: 10.1101/2020.10.05.20206961)
Use of "normal" risk to improve understanding of dangers of covid-19
– BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
(2020)
370,
m3259
(doi: 10.1136/bmj.m3259)
Shielding from covid-19 should be stratified by risk.
– BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
(2020)
369,
m2063
(doi: 10.1136/bmj.m2063)
The effects of communicating uncertainty on public trust in facts and numbers.
– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(2020)
117,
7672
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.1913678117)
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