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Research interests
I am a statistician in the Instititue of Applied Health Research. My research interests relate to experimental design, particularly cluster randomised trials, spatial statistics, and their intersection. Recent and ongoing grants I lead include an MRC/NIHR funded project examining the design and analysis of evaluations of interventions in space (and time), particularly focussing on generalised linear geospatial and mixed models; an NIHR/UKRI funded project on methods for real-time disease surveillance using geospatial prevalence mapping methods; and a small GCRF project piloting use of low-cost imperfect tests as outcome measures for prevalence estimation and evaluation of local interventions.
I am also a co-investigator for several global health trials and survey-based projects including the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Improving Health in Slums (NIHR), a stepped-wedge trial of integrating depression care into routine HIV and chronic illness services in Malawi (NIH), the NIHR RIGHT programme on leprosy and Buruli ulcer, and a stepped-wedge trial of remote telephone consulting in Tanzania and Nigeria (NIHR/GCRF).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Estimating relative risks and risk differences in randomised controlled trials: a systematic review of current practice
Thompson, J., Watson, S. I., Middleton, L. & Hemming, K., 2 Jan 2025, In: Trials. 26, 14 p., 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Improving primary health-care services in LMIC cities
Lilford, R., Daniels, B., McPake, B., Bhutta, Z., Mash, R., Griffiths, F., Omigbodun, A., Pereira Pinto, Jr, E., Jain, R., Asiki, G., Webb, E., Scandrett, K., Chilton, P., Sartori, J., Chen, Y.-F., Waiswa, P., Ezeh, A., Kyobutungi, C., Leung, G. M. & Machado, C. & 3 others, , 28 Apr 2025, In: Lancet Global Health. 13, 5, p. E795-E796 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Optimal allocation of observations in stepped-wedge and other cluster studies with correlated cluster-period effects
Girling, A. & Watson, S., 4 Aug 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Statistics in Medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Patient satisfaction and its associated factors in selected primary healthcare facilities in Kono District, Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study
Dibba, Y., Boima, F., Jerome, J. G., Watson, S. I., Chery, L., Higgins, J., Chung, V., Joseph, S., Mulailwa, K. P., Mukherjee, J. & Mekonnen, Z. A., 28 Apr 2025, In: BMJ open. 15, 4, 9 p., e093501.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Policy and service delivery proposals to improve primary care services in low-income and middle-income country cities
Lilford, R., Daniels, B., McPake, B., Bhutta, Z., Mash, R., Griffiths, F., Omigbodun, A., Pereira Pinto, Jr, E., Jain, R., Asiki, G., Webb, E., Scandrett, K., Chilton, P., Sartori, J., Chen, Y.-F., Waiswa, P., Ezeh, A., Kyobutungi, C., Leung, G. M. & Machado, C. & 3 others, , May 2025, In: Lancet Global Health. 13, 5, p. E954-E966 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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EPSRC IAA (2022 - 26): Translating the Cluster Randomised Trial Calculator
Hemming, K. (Principal Investigator), Watson, S. (Co-Investigator), Martin, J. (Co-Investigator), Seymour, R. (Co-Investigator) & Spill, F. (Co-Investigator)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council
1/05/25 → 28/02/26
Project: Research Councils
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NIHR158242 – Reducing Delays in Cancer Care in sub-Saharan Africa
Lilford, R. (Principal Investigator), Williams, I. (Co-Investigator), Sartori, J. (Co-Investigator) & Watson, S. (Co-Investigator)
1/11/24 → 30/04/29
Project: Other Government Departments
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Evaluation of Perinatal Culture and Leadership Development Programme
Dharni, N. (Principal Investigator), Waring, J. (Co-Investigator), Kenyon, S. (Co-Investigator) & Watson, S. (Co-Investigator)
1/10/23 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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Implementing Early Mental & Physical Health Detection & Support: Promoting a Whole-School Approach to Health and Well-being (ISOBAR)
Watson, S. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/23 → 31/03/27
Project: Other Government Departments
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the establishment/continuation of an NIHR Patient Safety Research Collaboration (“NIHR PSRCâ€)
Mannion, R. (Co-Investigator), Lilford, R. (Co-Investigator), Gkoutos, G. (Co-Investigator), Turner, A. (Principal Investigator), Nirantharakumar, K. (Co-Investigator), Gillett, C. (Researcher), Rockey, J. (Co-Investigator), Bion, J. (Co-Investigator), Allotey, J. (Co-Investigator), Waring, J. (Co-Investigator), Watson, S. (Co-Investigator), Sapey, E. (Co-Investigator), Harper, L. (Co-Investigator), Takwoingi, Y. (Co-Investigator), Thangaratinam, S. (Co-Investigator), Aunger, J. (Researcher), Sobhy, S. (Researcher), Waring, J. (Co-Investigator) & Scantlebury, A. (Researcher)
1/04/23 → 31/03/28
Project: Other Government Departments