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Pradeep Virdee
BSc, MSc, DPhil
Medical Statistician
About Me
I am a Medical Statistician based in the Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford. I joined in January 2022 and work primarily on cancer research observational studies. My projects involve developing and validating clinical prediction models for cancer detection using routinely collected repeated-measures data, such as repeated blood tests from CPRD.
From August 2014 to December 2021, I was based in the Centre for Statistics in Medicine (CSM), University of Oxford. I worked primarily in oncology clinical trials, providing statistical expertise in all aspects of study execution, covering a range of cancer types, study designs, and trial phases. From January 2019 to December 2021, I underwent a DPhil (PhD) in CSM, funded by the NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship Programme. My research involved developing dynamic prediction models (multivariate joint models) that used patient-level trends in the full blood count (FBC) blood test for two-year risk of colorectal cancer. This research sought to facilitate earlier detection of cancer, improve cancer detection and survival rates, and reduce unnecessary referrals for cancer investigation.
My interests include improving efficiency in statistical programming, such as to make data management easier and less time-consuming. My interests also include teaching, having been the Lead Teacher for the Stata courses ran by the University's IT Learning Centre since January 2018.
In 2016, I was awarded with the University of Oxford's Award for Excellence for my "consistent exceptional performance."
Before joining Oxford, I graduated from Coventry University in 2012 with a BSc in Mathematics and from the University of Leicester in 2013 with a MSc in Medical Statistics.
Recent publications
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Early detection of colorectal cancer using symptoms and the ColonFlag: case-control and cohort studies
Journal article
HOLT T. et al, (2023), NIHR Open Research
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BLOod Test Trend for cancEr Detection (BLOTTED): protocol for an observational and prediction model development study using English primary care electronic health records data
Journal article
Virdee PS. et al, (2022), Diagnostic and Prognostic Research
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Full blood count trends for colorectal cancer detection in primary care: development and validation of a dynamic prediction model
Journal article
Virdee PS. et al, (2022), Cancers
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Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging as an early predictive marker of chemoradiotherapy response in squamous cell carcinoma of the anus: an individual patient data meta-analysis
Conference paper
VIRDEE P. et al, (2022)
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Trends in the full blood count blood test and colorectal cancer detection: a longitudinal, case-control study of UK primary care patient data
Journal article
VIRDEE P. et al, (2022), NIHR Open Research