ProfessorDeborahAshby

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Dean of the Faculty of Medicine

Contact

+44 (0)20 7594 8704deborah.ashby Website

Location

2.15Faculty BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

Summary

Professor Deborah Ashby is Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London where she holds the Chair in Medical Statistics and Clinical Trials. She was previously Director of the School of Public Health and was Founding Co-Director of Imperial Clinical Trials Unit. Her research interests are in clinical trials, risk-benefit decision making for medicines, and the utility of Bayesian approaches in these areas.

She is a Chartered Statistician and Honorary Member of both the Royal College of Radiologists and the Faculty of Public Health Medicine. She was awarded the OBE for services to medicine in 2009, appointed an NIHR Senior Investigator in 2010, elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2012 and was President of the Royal Statistical Society for 2019 and 2020.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Hughes D, Waddingham E, Mt-Isa S, et al.Hughes D, Waddingham E, Mt-Isa S, Goginsky A, Chan E, Downey GF, Hallgreen CE, Hockley KS, Juhaeri J, Lieftucht A, Metcalf MA, Noel RA, Phillips LD, Ashby D, Micaleff A, PROTECT Benefit-Risk Group close, 2016, Recommendations for benefit-risk assessment methodologies and visual representations., Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, Vol:25, ISSN:1053-8569, Pages:251-262

Hallgreen CE, Mt-Isa S, Lieftucht A, et al.Hallgreen CE, Mt-Isa S, Lieftucht A, Phillips LD, Hughes D, Talbot S, Asiimwe A, Downey G, Genov G, Hermann R, Noel R, Peters R, Micaleff A, Tzoulaki I, Ashby D close, 2015, Literature review of visual representation of the results of benefit-risk assessments of medicinal products, Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, Vol:25, ISSN:1099-1557, Pages:238-250

Alton EWFW, Armstrong DK, Ashby D, et al.Alton EWFW, Armstrong DK, Ashby D, Alton EWFW, Armstrong DK, Ashby D, Bayfield KJ, Bilton D, Bloomfield EV, Boyd AC, Brand J, Buchan R, Calcedo R, Carvelli P, Chan M, Cheng SH, Collie DDS, Cunningham S, Davidson HE, Davies G, Davies JC, Davies LA, Dewar MH, Doherty A, Donovan J, Dwyer NS, Elgmati HI, Featherstone RF, Gavino J, Gea-Sorli S, Geddes DM, Gibson JSR, Gill DR, Greening AP, Griesenbach U, Hansell DM, Harman K, Higgins TE, Hodges SL, Hyde SC, Hyndman L, Innes JA, Jacob J, Jones N, Keogh BF, Limberis MP, Lloyd-Evans P, Maclean AW, Manvell MC, McCormick D, McGovern M, McLachlan G, Meng C, Montero MA, Milligan H, Moyce LJ, Murray GD, Nicholson AG, Osadolor T, Parra-Leiton J, Porteous DJ, Pringle IA, Punch EK, Pytel KM, Quittner AL, Rivellini G, Saunders CJ, Scheule RK, Sheard S, Simmonds NJ, Smith K, Smith SN, Soussi N, Soussi S, Spearing EJ, Stevenson BJ, Sumner-Jones SG, Turkkila M, Ureta RP, Waller MD, Wasowicz MY, Wilson JM, Wolstenholme-Hogg P close, 2015, Repeated nebulisation of non-viral CFTR gene therapy in patients with cystic fibrosis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2b trial, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Vol:3, ISSN:2213-2600, Pages:684-691

Alton EWFW, Armstrong DK, Ashby D, 2015, Repeated nebulisation of non-viral CFTR gene therapy in patients with cystic fi brosis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2b trial (vol 3, pg 684, 2015), Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Vol:3, ISSN:2213-2600, Pages:E33-E33

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Mt-Isa S, Hallgreen CE, Wang N, et al.Mt-Isa S, Hallgreen CE, Wang N, Callreus T, Genov G, Hirsch I, Hobbiger SF, Hockley KS, Luciani D, Phillips LD, Quartey G, Sarac SB, Stoeckert I, Tzoulaki I, Micaleff A, Ashby D close, 2014, Balancing benefit and risk of medicines: a systematic review and classification of available methodologies, Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, Vol:23, ISSN:1053-8569, Pages:667-678

Lamb SE, Gates S, Williams MA, et al.Lamb SE, Gates S, Williams MA, Williamson EM, Mt-Isa S, Withers EJ, Castelnuovo E, Smith J, Ashby D, Cooke MW, Petrou S, Underwood MR close, 2013, Emergency department treatments and physiotherapy for acute whiplash: a pragmatic, two-step, randomised controlled trial, The Lancet, Vol:381, ISSN:0140-6736, Pages:546-556

Priebe S, Yeeles K, Bremner S, et al.Priebe S, Yeeles K, Bremner S, Lauber C, Eldridge S, Ashby D, David AS, O'Connell N, Forrest A, Burns T close, 2013, Effectiveness of financial incentives to improve adherence to maintenance treatment with antipsychotics: cluster randomised controlled trial., British Medical Journal, Vol:347, ISSN:0959-535X

Elliott P, Chambers JC, Zhang W, et al.Elliott P, Chambers JC, Zhang W, Clarke R, Hopewell JC, Peden JF, Erdmann J, Braund P, Engert JC, Bennett D, Coin L, Ashby D, Tzoulaki I, Brown IJ, Mt-Isa S, McCarthy MI, Peltonen L, Freimer NB, Farrall M, Ruokonen A, Hamsten A, Lim N, Froguel P, Waterworth DM, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Jarvelin M-R, Mooser V, Scott J, Hall AS, Schunkert H, Anand SS, Collins R, Samani NJ, Watkins H, Kooner JS close, 2009, Genetic Loci Associated With C-Reactive Protein Levels and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease, JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol:302, ISSN:0098-7484, Pages:37-48

Eldridge S, Ashby D, Bennett C, et al.Eldridge S, Ashby D, Bennett C, Wakelin M, Feder G close, 2008, Internal and external validity of cluster randomised trials: systematic review of recent trials, British Medical Journal, Vol:336, ISSN:1756-1833, Pages:876-880

Underwood M, Ashby D, Cross P, et al.Underwood M, Ashby D, Cross P, Hennessy E, Letley L, Martin J, Mt-Isa S, Parsons S, Vickers M, Whyte K close, 2008, Advice to use topical or oral ibuprofen for chronic knee pain in older people: randomised controlled trial and patient preference study, British Medical Journal, Vol:336, ISSN:1756-1833, Pages:138-142

Ashby D, 2006, Bayesian statistics in medicine: A 25 year review, Statistics in Medicine, Vol:25, ISSN:0277-6715, Pages:3589-3631

Reports

Hughes D, Waddingham EAJ, Mt-Isa S, et al.Hughes D, Waddingham EAJ, Mt-Isa S, Goginski A, Chan E, Downey G, Hallgreen CE, Juhaeri J, Lieftucht A, Metcalf MA, Noel RA, Phillips LD, Ashby D, Micaleff A close, 2013, Recommendations for the methodology and visualisation techniques to be used in the assessment of benefit and risk of medicines

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