Matthew Gillman

After graduating with a BSc in Physics, and "conversion" MSc in Computer Science, Matthew worked as a programmer in various organisations using C++, R, Perl and Java on UNIX/Linux and Windows.

After completing an MSc in Advanced Computer Science (Essex), he joined Professor Sasieni’s team at the Wolfson Institute (QMUL) in 2016. His work at the Cancer Prevention Group focusses on microsimulation models. He contributed to a recently published simulation study showing that HPV-vaccinated women only need 3 lifetime cervical screens rather than 12. This was widely reported (e.g. BBC, Guardian, ITV). The simulation is currently being used for similar projects.

He and Dr Pesola have developed a tool for cancer registries in low- and middle-income countries. It runs a statistical analysis and produces a standard report. A C++ GUI (using wxWidgets) communicates with a running Numerics by Stata instance.

GENESIS is a generic microsimulation model (e.g. for different diseases), using Perl/C++ to generate an arbitrary number of states and inter-state transitions, on Windows and Linux.

He is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Scientist and a EUR ING.