Biography

I joined the University of Portsmouth in 2015. I previously worked in the Faculty of medicine (Primary Care and Population Sciences, University of Southampton) as a Lecturer in Medical Statistics. I qualified in Social Statistics (Applied Statistics) from the University of Southampton. I graduated with a degree in Economics and Computer Sciences in 2005 and returned to academia in 2008 to study for an MSc in Social Statistics followed by a PhD at the University of Southampton.

"I am certain that it is by using big data that we can answer many health related questions of today and of the future”

Research interests

I have diverse research interests embracing the application of statistics in public/global health, maternal and child health, statistical modelling, generalised linear models, analysis of discrete data, multilevel modelling, survival analysis, epidemiological methods and longitudinal data analysis, and synthesis of research findings, meta analysis, and Evidence Based Medicine.

Research outputs

2024

A randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of parent‐based models of language intervention for 2‐ to 3‐year‐old children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) in areas of social disadvantage

Gibbard, D., Harding, S., Kandala (Shadrack), N. I., Markham, C., Morgan, L., Roulstone, S., Smith, C.

29 Jan 2024, In: International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders

2023

The effectiveness of a web-based application for a balanced diet and healthy weight among Indonesian pregnant women: randomized controlled trial

Kandala, N., Koeryaman, M. T., Pallikadavath, S., Ryder, I. H.

30 Jan 2023, In: JMIR Formative Research. 7, 15p., e38378

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