Fiona Pashazadeh

Fiona Pashazadeh is a Researcher at the Cathie Marsh Institute, University of Manchester. She specializes in social statistics, focusing on longitudinal survey methodologies and health-related data challenges. Her work addresses issues like nonresponse in biological data collection and the role of paradata in improving survey outcomes.

Education:

• PhD in Social Statistics
• MSc in Social Research Methods and Statistics (University of Manchester, 2015-2017)
• MSc in Economics and Econometrics (University of Bristol, 2001-2002)
• BSc in Economics (University of Manchester, 1998-2001)

Research: Fiona investigates how biological data collection impacts survey participation and employs nurse paradata to understand nonresponse patterns. Her projects span health inequality, statistical modelling, and migration studies.

Projects: She led the Lifelong Health project (2019-2022) exploring health disparities and co-led a project on International Migration analyzing migration trends via Bayesian methods. Both projects emphasized interdisciplinary collaboration across health, economics, and statistics.