Deborah Ashby
Deborah Ashby | |
|---|---|
| Born | Deborah Davis 21 August 1959 London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine University of Liverpool Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry Imperial College London |
| Thesis | A statistical investigation of the relationship of serum biochemistry and haematology to alcohol consumption (1983) |
| Doctoral advisor | Stuart Pocock |
Deborah Ashby professor at Queen Mary University of London.
Early life
Ashby was born Deborah Davis on 21 August 1959 in London, England. She was the only daughter of George Herbert Davis and Jean Davis (née Martin). She was educated at Southend High School for Girls, a grammar school in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.[1]
From 1977 to 1980, she studied
doctoral supervisor was Stuart Pocock and her thesis was titled "A statistical investigation of the relationship of serum biochemistry and haematology to alcohol consumption".[2]
Academic career
Ashby began her academic career as a
Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine between September 1983 and September 1986.[2] In 1987, she moved to the University of Liverpool where she was appointed a lecturer. She was promoted to senior lecturer in 1992.[1] In 1995, she was appointed a Reader in Medical Statistics.[2]
She returned to London two years later, in 1997, having been appointed
Clinical Trials.[1][3] There, she is also the co-director of the Imperial Clinical Trials Unit.[4] In 2018, she was appointed as the Director of the School of Public Health at Imperial.[5]
Ashby is a member of the
Executive Secretary from 2004 to 2006.[6] She was elected President of the Royal Statistical Society in 2018, and took up the position on 1 January 2019.[7]
Honours
In the
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).[10]
Selected works
- Eldridge, Sandra; Ashby, Deborah (1999). Statistical Concepts (Master Classes in Primary Care Research). London: Royal College of General Practitioners. ISBN 978-0850842500.
- Ashby, Deborah (31 August 2006). "Bayesian statistics in medicine: A 25 year review". Statistics in Medicine. 25 (21). Wiley: 3589–3631. PMID 16947924.
References
- ^ a b c "ASHBY, Prof. Deborah". Who's Who 2015. Oxford University Press. November 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Curriculum Vitae - Deborah Ashby" (PDF). EuroPass (pdf). 5 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Professor Deborah Ashby". People. Imperial College London. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "About us". Imperial Clinical Trials Unit. Imperial College London. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Announcement: Director of the School of Public Health". Imperial College London Announcements Blog. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Professor Deborah Ashby". Honours and Memberships. Imperial College London. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Deborah Ashby confirmed as new RSS president elect". Statslife. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. pp. 8–9.
- ^ "Professor Deborah Ashby OBE FMedSci". Fellows. The Academy of Medical Sciences. 2013. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Honours and Memberships - Professor Deborah Ashby". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2022.