MA, MSc, PhD
Advanced Research Fellow
- About
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- Email Address
- n.w.scott@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 437108
- Office Address
Medical Statistics Team, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, ABERDEEN AB25 2ZD, UK.
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Dr Neil Scott graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1995 with an MA in Mathematics and has an MSc in Applied Statistics from Napier University. He obtained a PhD from the University of Aberdeen in 2007.
From 1997 to 2001 he worked as a medical statistician in the Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, where he worked on clinical trials and systematic reviews, particularly in surgery.
Since joining the Medical Statistics Team (originally part of the Dept of Public Health) in 2001, he has collaborated on a large number of medical research projects in a wide variety of clinical areas.
He has an interest in the development and validation of quality-of-life instruments. His PhD project involved using differential item functioning (DIF) analyses to detemine whether there were linguistic or cultural differences in responses to the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire.
He has an interest in systematic reviews and meta-analysis and has co-authored many systematic reviews including several Cochrane reviews. He is also interested in complex systematic review methodologies, such as network meta-analysis, and is a member of the Aberdeen team critiquing technology assessments for NICE.
He also worked as a statistical consultant for NHS staff and participates in a variety of teaching activities including delivering statistical courses for staff. He is course co-ordinator for the PU5522 and PU5017 courses (Applied Statistics) and is a lecturer for the Systematic Reviewing and Evidence Based Health courses.
- Research
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Research Overview
Neil’s main research interests include:
- Randomised controlled trials, including methods of randomisation
- Systematic reviews and meta-analysis, including individual patient data (IPD) reviews and network meta-analyses
- Health-related quality of life (HRQoL)
- Differential item functioning (DIF) methods
- Methods to assess translations of HRQoL questionnaires
- Case-control studies
- Statistical consultancy
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Applied Health Sciences.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Medical Statistics
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Contribution to:
PU5522 Applied Statistics (online) (lecturer and course co-ordinator)
PU5017 Applied Statistics (lecturer and course co-ordinator)
PU5526 Systematic Reviewing (lecturer)
PU5031 Evidence-Based Health (online) (lecturer)
SPSS staff course (lecturer)
Intermediate Statistics staff course (lecturer)
PhD Statistics Course (tutor)
Statistical consultancies (NHS and University staff)
Student clinics
- Publications
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Lived experience of work and long COVID in healthcare staff
Occupational MedicineContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqad117
Tailoring CONSORT-SPI to Improve the Reporting of Smoking Cessation Intervention Trials: An expert consensus study
AddictionContributions to Journals: ArticlesPerformance of a prehospital HEART score in patients with possible myocardial infarction: a prospective evaluation
Emergency Medicine Journal, vol. 40, no. 7, pp. 474-481Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2022-213003
The Effect of Macular Hole Duration on Surgical Outcomes: An Individual Participant Data Study of Randomized Controlled Trials
Ophthalmology, vol. 130, no. 2, pp. 152-163Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSkin cancer in essential thrombocythaemia and polycythaemia vera patients treated with hydroxycarbamide
eJHaem, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 1305-1309Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMesh fixation techniques for inguinal hernia repair: an overview of systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials
Hernia, vol. 26, pp. 973–987Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOpen versus laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia: an overview of systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials
Surgical Endoscopy, vol. 36, pp. 4685–4700Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAxicabtagene ciloleucel for treating relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after one systemic therapy
London: Evidence Review Group report in support of NICE STA Programme. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. 128 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsReducing asthma attacks in children using exhaled nitric oxide (RAACENO) as a biomarker to inform treatment strategy: a multicentre, parallel, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial
The Lancet. Respiratory medicine, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 584-592Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTreatment guided by fractional exhaled nitric oxide in addition to standard care in 6- to 15-year-olds with asthma: the RAACENO RCT
Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 1-153Contributions to Journals: Articles