PhD student in Genetic Epidemiology

212a Adrian Building

University Road

University of Leicester

Leicester LE1 7RH

Tel: 0116 229 7258

Email:jmb56@le.ac.uk

My research has so far been focused on developing Monte-Carlo statistical methods to analyse biomedical data in the presence of selection bias. Particular areas of interest include modeling publication biased data in meta-analysis and ascertainment biased data in genetic epidemiology.

Publications

A latent variable scorecard for neonatal baby frailty. J Bowden, J Whittaker, Statistical Modelling 2005, 5 159:172

Using pseudo-data to correct for publication bias in Meta Analysis. J Bowden, JR Thompson, PR Burton, Statistics in Medicine 2006  25:3798-3813.

Relationship of obesity to prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in a multi-ethnic population using NCEP-III and IDF definitions, K Khunti, M Davies, J Bowden, J Tringham. Diabetic Medicine 2006, 23, 96(P261)

A two-step approach to ascertainment bias correction in complex genetic models with variance components. J Bowden, JR Thompson, PR Burton,  Annals of Human Genetics 2006  71  220-229

Epidemiology and Genetic Epidemiology, P R Burton, JM Bowden, M Tobin. Chapter in Handbook of Statistical Genetics 3^rd edition. Wiley. In press.

Conference presentations

A scorecard for neonatal baby frailty – RSS/PSI conference 2005, Cardiff

Full and conditional likelihood inference in the presence of selection bias – IBC conference 2006, Montreal

Validating proposed selection criteria when correcting for publication bias in Meta-analysis – ISCB 27, 2006, Geneva