Jack Wilkinson

Jack Wilkinson is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Trial Statistics at the University of Manchester's Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care within the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health. He has an extensive research portfolio focused on evaluation of health interventions and clinical trial methodology, with particular expertise in reproductive medicine and detection of research fraud.

His research interests include:

• Clinical Trial Statistics and Methodology
• Reproductive Medicine and Fertility Treatments
• Research Authentication and Fraud Detection
• Health Interventions Evaluation
• Medical Statistics Education

Dr. Wilkinson currently leads the NIHR-funded INSPECT-SR (INveStigating ProblEmatic Clinical Trials in Systematic Reviews) project, an international collaborative effort to develop tools for assessing the authenticity of randomized controlled trials. His publication record shows a strong focus on clinical trial methodology, reproductive medicine, and mental health services research, with recent work examining fertility clinic advertising practices, mental health literacy interventions, and pandemic-related healthcare worker support systems.

His scientific contributions include:

• Development of methods for detecting problematic clinical trials
• Analysis of fertility clinic advertising practices and transparency
• Research on mental health support systems during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Work on health services utilization and costs

As an educator, Dr. Wilkinson leads the MSc Health Data Science unit "Design and Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials" and teaches on the undergraduate mathematics unit "Medical Statistics." He is actively accepting PhD students and has supervised doctoral research in areas related to his expertise.