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Professor
SE5 8AF
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Biography
Before joining King's in January 2018, I held a personal Chair at The University of Manchester as Professor of Medical Statistics and was Deputy Director of the Manchester Clinical Trials Unit.
I studied mathematics as an undergraduate in Manchester and was then awarded an MRC-funded PhD studentship in Biostatistics under the supervision of Prof Graham Dunn and Prof Andrew Pickles. Following my PhD, I worked as a Research Associate in the Centre for Biostatistics, and was awarded personal fellowships as an MRC Career Development Award in Biostatistics (2009-2012) and an MRC Early Career Centenary Award (2012-2013), before being appointed as a Lecturer (2012), and promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2015 and Professor in 2016. During my fellowships, I spent several months as a visiting researcher at the Department of Epidemiology and Department of Biostatistics at Harvard Chan School of Public Health.
My research interests are in clinical trials methodology, and developing statistical methods for efficacy and mechanisms evaluation using causal inference approaches. Our research group develop clinical trial designs which aim to answer questions about treatments more quickly and using fewer patients, and promote trial designs and associated analysis methods for precision medicine.
The applications of these methods focus on randomised trials of complex interventions in mental health - a full list of projects is shown below.
Leadership roles
Externally, I am an elected member of Council and Trustee of the Royal Statistical Society, an investigator on the MRC-NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership, and co-lead of its Statistical Analysis Working Group. I am the founder of the European Causal Inference Meeting (Euro-CIM), and an Associate Editor of the journal Clinical Trials.
For the National Institute of Health Research, I hold a number of roles including as Chair of NIHR Academy Member's Voices Group and member of the NIHR Academy Board, and a member of the NIHR EME funding committee.
Within the Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, I founded the Trials Methodology Research Group, and was the co-lead for the joint department and NIHR Maudsley BRC Methodology Patient and Public Involvement group.
Methodology projects
Some of my current methodological projects are:
Clinical projects
Some of my current clinical projects are:
Psychosis and schizophrenia:
Depression and self-harm:
Autism:
Other projects:
Teaching and Education
I teach on the MSc in Applied Statistical Modelling and Health Informatics, on the following modules:
I was Chair of the Assessment SubBoard for the MSc from 2019-2023.
I deliver lectures on clinical trials and intervention studies on various MSc courses and external short courses.
Supervision
I welcome enquiries for potential PhD students. If you are interested in studying for a PhD, please get in contact directly using email.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy, Statistical models of selection and causation, University of Manchester
Award Date: 30 Jul 2007
Mathematics, Bachelor of Science, University of Manchester
Award Date: 30 Jun 2003
Member, NIHR EME Funding Committee, NIHR
1 Jan 2025 → 31 Dec 2028
Chair, NIHR Academy Member's Group, NIHR
1 Jan 2023 → 31 Dec 2025
Member, NIHR Academy Board, NIHR
1 Jan 2023 → 31 Dec 2025
Board member, NIHR Strategy Board, NIHR
1 Jan 2022 → 31 Dec 2022
Chair, Executive Committee, NIHR Statistics Group, NIHR
1 Jan 2022 → 31 Dec 2024
Council Member, Royal Statistical Society
1 Jan 2022 → 31 Dec 2025
Member, NIHR Clinical Trials Unit Standing Advisory Committee
2020 → 2023
NIHR Research Professor, NIHR National Institute For Health & Care Research
1 Nov 2019 → 30 Oct 2025
Member, Clinical Evaluation and TrialsCommittee, NIHR Health Technology Assessment
1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2021
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Di Forti, M. (Primary Investigator), Emsley, R. (Co-Investigator), Murray, R. (Co-Investigator) & academic, A. (Co-Investigator)
1/02/2025 → 31/01/2028
Project: Research
McLoughlin, G. (Primary Investigator), Bolland, E. (Co-Investigator) & Emsley, R. (Co-Investigator)
NIHR National Institute For Health & Care Research
1/01/2025 → 31/12/2026
Project: Research
Simonoff, E. (Primary Investigator), Emsley, R. (Co-Investigator), McAlonan, G. (Co-Investigator), O'Muircheartaigh, J. (Co-Investigator) & academic, A. (Co-Investigator)
NIHR National Institute For Health & Care Research
1/12/2024 → 31/01/2031
Project: Research
Hardy, A. (Primary Investigator), Emsley, R. (Co-Investigator) & Ward, T. (Co-Investigator)
1/08/2024 → 31/07/2028
Project: Research
Emsley, R. (Primary Investigator) & Howes, O. (Co-Investigator)
1/04/2024 → 30/09/2026
Project: Research