Jamie Sergeant

Dr. Jamie Sergeant is a Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics at the University of Manchester's Centre for Biostatistics. He holds affiliations with the Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care and collaborates with the Centre for Epidemiology versus Arthritis. His research focuses on developing statistical models to predict disease progression and outcomes, particularly in musculoskeletal conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and breast cancer. He also emphasizes improving statistical education and communication for diverse audiences.

Education:

• MSci Mathematics (Imperial College)
• DPhil Statistics (University of Oxford)

Research Interests: Biostatistical methods for clinical prediction, musculoskeletal disease modeling, health services research, and translational statistics. He collaborates on projects like HOD2 (clinical prediction of multi-morbidity) and Cloudy with a Chance of Pain (weather-pain associations).

Key Projects:

• Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis (2018–2025): Focus on rheumatoid arthritis and musculoskeletal epidemiology.
• HOD2: Holistic clinical prediction models for multi-morbidity (2020–2023).
• Stratification of Psoriasis Patients at High Risk of Psoriatic Arthritis (2016–2019).

Grants & Advising: Supervised 7 research projects. Active in grant review panels (e.g., NIHR Pre-doctoral Fellowship Selection Committee).

Labs/Teams: Centre for Biostatistics, Institute for Data Science and AI. Collaborates with the Genesis Prevention Centre and Nightingale Centre.