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Dr Fiona Matthews, Senior Statistician, Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
Dr Matthews specialises in longitudinal analysis and below is a short summary of her main research interest
Understanding the changes associated with ageing is vital now that there is increased longevity within the population. Investigating these raises interesting statistical challenges in terms of population representation, pathological versus 'normal' ageing, missing data due to drop out and death, and measurement within the ageing community. We investigate these challenges using a combination of epidemiological investigations together with implementing and developing appropriate statistical methodology. We have provided appropriate methodology to understand the changes associated with cognition in older age. Ageing is essentially a longitudinal process that shows a lot of variability between individuals and our statistical models both investigate the longitudinal change and the reasons behind the individual variability. These models are then used for developing public health models and influencing policy. There is always complexity in measuring factors associated with ageing and the challenge moving forward is to combine existing epidemiological data with information from new technologies (such as brain imaging) to further develop models of change.
- Speaker
- Dr Fiona Matthews, Senior Statistician, Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
- Hosted by
- Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre
- Venue
- Institute of Medical Sciences, Level 7 Conference Room