Ms Jennifer Thompson

MSc

Research Degree Student

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LG20

LSHTM
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United Kingdom

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Jennifer

Jennifer is currently studying for her PhD in the design and analysis of stepped wedge cluster randomised trials, funded by the MRC HTMR. She has interests a broad range of statistical methodology including mixed effect models and non parametric methods.

Prior to her PhD she worked for two years at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL as a trial statistician. She has an MSc in Medical Statistics from the London School of Hygeiene and Tropical Medicine, and a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Birmingham.

Affiliations

Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Centres

Centre for Evaluation

Statistical Methodology

Research

Jennifer's research interests focus on trial statistical methodology. This ranges from trial design such as sample size and power, through to ensuring a robust analysis. She has particular interest in HIV and TB trials in resource limited settings.

Research Area

Clinical trials

Statistical methods

Evaluation

Impact evaluation

Implementation research

Randomised controlled trials

Discipline

Epidemiology

Statistics

Disease and Health Conditions

HIV/AIDS

Tuberculosis

Region

Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)

Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)

World

Selected Publications

Bias and inference from misspecified mixed-effect models in stepped wedge trial analysis.

Thompson, J.A. ; Fielding, K.L. ; Davey, C. ; Aiken, A.M. ; Hargreaves, J.R. ; Hayes, R.J. ;

Stat Med

Analysis and reporting of stepped wedge randomised controlled trials: synthesis and critical appraisal of published studies, 2010 to 2014.

Davey, C. ; Hargreaves, J. ; Thompson, J.A. ; Copas, A.J. ; Beard, E. ; Lewis, J.J. ; Fielding, K.L. ;

Trials

Designing a stepped wedge trial: three main designs, carry-over effects and randomisation approaches.

Copas, A.J. ; Lewis, J.J. ; Thompson, J.A. ; Davey, C. ; Baio, G. ; Hargreaves, J.R. ;