William Henley

Professor William Henley is a leading academic at the University of Exeter Medical School, where he serves as Professor of Medical Statistics and Head of the Health Statistics Group. His work focuses on advanced statistical methodologies for public health research.

• Qualifications: BA (Oxford), MSc (Southampton), PhD (Open University)

Research Interests:
Specializes in longitudinal data analysis for chronic disease progression, quasi-experimental designs for causal inference in observational studies, and treatment stratification frameworks for type 2 diabetes. Explores statistical applications in epidemiology of ageing, bioinformatics, and survival analysis.

Scientific Contributions:
Recent publications emphasize real-world evidence generation, including biologic therapies for asthma, corticosteroid pneumonia risk in COPD, and diabetes treatment optimization. Methodological innovations include prior event rate ratio adjustments for confounding bias.