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Staff Profile

Dr Nan Lin

Senior Lecturer Biostatistics

Background
I am a Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics. I am interested in statistical methodology and medical applications. 

APPOINTMENTS
2022 –                         Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics, Newcastle University, UK.

2015 – 2022                Senior Lecturer in Statistics, Northumbria University, UK

2012 – 2015                Research Fellow, University of Exeter Medical School, UK

2010 – 2012                Research Fellow, Centre for Health& Environmental
                                    Statistics, University of Plymouth, UK

 
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
2006 – 2010                PhD in Statistics, Newcastle University, UK. 
                                    Thesis: Inference and Bias Analysis
                                    Supervisors: Profs. Robin Henderson and Jian Qing Shi
                                    

2005 – 2006                MSc in Financial Mathematics with Management (with
                                    Distinction), Newcastle University, UK

2001 – 2005                BSc in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics,
                                    East China Normal University, Shanghai, China



Research
  • Time-to-event data, survival analysis, Cox model, recurrent events, and multivariate failure time data
  • Cross-over, before-and-after and difference-in-differences designs with sample size and power calculations
  • Electronic medical record data
  • Sensitivity analysis and test
  • Uncertainty quantification
  • Confounding problem
  • Quasi-likelihoods 
  • Model misspecification
Publications