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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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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Protocol for a review of statistical methods used to estimate risk ratios and risk differences in parallel cluster randomised trials
Hall, J. A., Watson, S. I., Bishop, J., Wang, Y., Shaw, J. F., Taljaard, M. & Hemming, K., 5 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Trials.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A randomised controlled trial of raw honey for the healing of ulcers in leprosy in Nigeria
Alumbugu Tsaku, P., Udo, S. O., Sunday, P., Meka, A., Chinonso Ugwu, L., Oladejo, A., Akinyemi, J., Omigbodun, A., Choudhury, S., Sartori, J., Ilozumba, O., Watson, S. & Lilford, R., 31 Dec 2025, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 19, 12, 16 p., e0013454.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Covariate adjustment in cluster randomised trials: a practical guide
Hemming, K., Hall, J., Copas, A., Watson, S., Taljaard, M. & Hooper, R., 24 Oct 2025, In: BMJ. 391, 10 p., e084194.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Design and analysis of randomized trials to estimate spatio-temporally heterogeneous treatment effects
Watson, S. I. & Smith, T. A., 17 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of the American Statistical Association. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Economic considerations in designs and modifications of multiarm, multistage adaptive and adaptive platform randomized controlled trials: A systematic literature review
Kachapila, M., Watson, S., Pinkney, T., Hall, J. A., Andronis, L. & Oppong, R., Mar 2025, In: Value in Health. 28, 3, p. 477-488 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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NIHR172073 - Strategies for the efficient design of cluster randomised trials to evaluate novel interventions for infectious disease control
Watson, S. (Principal Investigator)
1/11/25 → 31/10/28
Project: Other Government Departments
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Evidence on quality and cost of care for women
Sartori, J. (Co-Investigator), Watson, S. (Co-Investigator) & Lilford, R. (Principal Investigator)
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
20/10/25 → 31/07/27
Project: Research
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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 → 31/08/26
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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Optimising the delivery of Diabetes Distress informed care for its prevention, detection, and management in adults with type 1 diabetes: a hybrid effectiveness - implementation programme (D-Stress study)
Watson, S. (Principal Investigator)
1/05/24 → 30/04/29
Project: Other Government Departments
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Research data supporting "Quality of care for undifferentiated symptoms of non-communicable diseases in three African urban areas: A Standardised Patient Study"
Scandrett, K. (Creator), Watson, S. (Creator), Deeks, O. (Creator), Dhuldhoya, Y. (Creator) & Das, J. (Creator), University of Birmingham, 7 May 2026
DOI: 10.25500/edata.bham.00001626
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