Dr Kate Ren BSc (York), MPhil (Cantab), PhD (Sheffield)

HEDS, ScHARR
The University of Sheffield
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
UK

Office: 1019

Tel: (+44) (0)114 222 0696
Fax: (+44) (0)114 272 4095

E-mail: s.ren@sheffield.ac.uk

Biography

I joined HEDS in July 2011 as a research associate. I obtained a BSc in Mathematics with Statistics at the University Of York, an MPhil in Statistical Science at the University of Cambridge and a PhD in Probability and Statistics specialising in Bayesian methods in clinical trial design at the University Of Sheffield.

Research Interests

My Research interests are:

• Bayesian statistics in clinical trials and health economics
• Eliciting probability distributions

Current Projects

I am currently working on methods of extrapolating RCT evidence for economic evaluation project funded by Medical Research Council.