DPhil Supervision
My current research interests include methods for meta-analysis, and methods for observational studies in behavioural medicine and hypertension in particular. My publications, listed on my webpage at the department of primary care health sciences, give the best overview of my research.
I currently supervise part-time DPhil students on the Evidence Based Health Care (EBHC) programme and a full-time DPhil student in the primary care department, as well as several MSc students.
Websites
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MSc EBHC Medical Statistics
Part-time MSc in medical statistics for health care professionals
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Essential Medical Statistics
Part of the Evidence-Based Health Care MSc Programme
Richard Stevens
BA MSc PhD
Professor of Medical Statistics
- Deputy Director, Statistics Group
- Course Director: MSc EBHC Medical Statistics
- Supernumerary Fellow, Kellogg College
I am the course director of the MSc in Evidence Based Health Care Medical Statistics, a continuing professional development course for those in full-time clinical practice seeking expertise in medical statistics.
As a medical statistician, most of my research, whether I'm leading the project or supporting colleagues, is intended for clinical journals. My chief methodological interests are in meta-analysis.
I am a member of the Diabetes UK research grants panel, and an Associate Editor of the journal BMC Diagnostic and Prognostic Research.
Graduate students: I am currently supervising two students on DPhil Evidence Based Health care and one student on DPhil Primary Care, and several MSc students. At present I do not have capacity for additional DPhil students: if you are a potential doctoral student seeking a supervisor, please visit the list of supervisors advertising projects in the department.
Key publications
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Validation of clinical prediction models: what does the “calibration slope” really measure?
Journal article
Stevens RJ. and Poppe KK., (2020), Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 118, 93 - 99
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Normal ranges of heart rate and respiratory rate in children from birth to 18 years of age: A systematic review of observational studies
Journal article
Fleming S. et al, (2011), The Lancet, 377, 1011 - 1018
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Kidney age, not kidney disease
Journal article
Stevens RJ. et al, (2018), CMAJ, 190, E389 - E393
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Cancer outcomes and all-cause mortality in adults allocated to metformin: Systematic review and collaborative meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials
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Stevens RJ. et al, (2012), Diabetologia, 55, 2593 - 2603
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Propensity scores in surgery: Don't believe the hype
Journal article
Stevens RJ. and Oke JL., (2022), Colorectal Disease, 24, 896 - 898