Jonathan Sterne
Jonathan A.C. Sterne | |
|---|---|
| Education | University of Oxford, University College of London |
| Known for | Causal inference, Meta-analysis |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medical statistics |
| Institutions | University of Bristol |
Jonathan A.C. Sterne is a British statistician, NIHR Senior Investigator, Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, and the former Head of School of Social and Community Medicine at the University of Bristol.[1] He is co-author of “Essential Medical Statistics”, which received Highly Commended honors in the 2004 BMA Medical Book Competition.[2]
Work
Sterne has been identified by Clarivate Analytics as a "Highly Cited Researcher" in the last three years, based on multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science.[3]
His research interests include methodology for systematic reviews and meta-analyses, clinical epidemiology of HIV and AIDS in the era of antiretroviral therapy, causal inference, methodology for epidemiology and health services research, and epidemiology of asthma and allergic diseases.[1]
Sterne has led the development of the ROBINS-I tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomized studies of interventions and the Cochrane Risk of Bias (RoB) tool for randomized trials. He also leads a large collaboration of HIV cohort studies, which has advanced understanding of prognosis in HIV positive people. He also authored a number of meta-analysis software routines used by students and researchers worldwide.[4]
On 28 August 2019 Sterne, along with Julian Higgins and colleagues, published in The RoB 2 tool in the British Medical Journal, an updated version of the leading tool for assessing risk of bias in randomized trials included in systematic reviews.[5]
Education
Sterne completed his undergraduate studies in mathematics at the University of Oxford. He holds an MSc and PhD in statistics from the University College London.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Bristol, University of. "Professor Jonathan Sterne". www.bristol.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- ^ "Essential Medical Statistics". Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- ^ "Jonathan Sterne". Archived from the original on 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- ^ Ross Harris & Mike Bradburn & Jon Deeks & Roger Harbord & Doug Altman & Thomas Steichen & Jonathan Sterne, 2006. "METAN: Stata module for fixed and random effects meta-analysis," Statistical Software Components S456798, Boston College Department of Economics, revised 23 Sep 2010.
- ^ Sterne Jonathan A C, Savović Jelena, Page Matthew J, Elbers Roy G, Blencowe Natalie S, Boutron Isabelle et al. RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials BMJ 2019; 366 :l4898.