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Professor Deborah Stocken is a NIHR Research Professor at the University of Leeds' School of Medicine, leading the Surgical Interventions, Diagnostics and Devices Division. She specializes in early/late phase clinical trials, biostatistics, and surgical innovation. Her work includes methodological advancements for surgical trials and collaborations with NIHR-funded initiatives like the SIGMA-S program. She holds a PhD in Prognostic Modelling from the University of Birmingham and is a Chartered Statistician with the Royal Statistical Society.
Her research focuses on statistical design for surgical and medical technology trials, including dose escalation studies, non-inferiority trials, and IPD meta-analyses. Current projects involve evaluating robotic surgical frameworks, vagus nerve stimulation for postoperative ileus, and knee arthroplasty versus distraction for osteoarthritis.
Key awards include the NIHR Research Professorship (2022). She contributes to funding committees (NIHR EME, BHF) and oversees trials through roles in the NIHR Leeds Surgical MedTech Cooperative and Centre for HealthTech Innovation. Teaching includes postgraduate medical statistics and supervision of NIHR fellows.
Her articles span cardiac risk stratification (GRACE score analysis), robotic surgery frameworks, and clinical trial methodologies. She collaborates on economic evaluations and qualitative process assessments for surgical interventions.
