Derrick Bennett#
| Membership Number: | 5968 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.ndph.ox.ac.uk/team/derrick-bennett |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-9170-8447 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - present Associate Professor, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
- 2018 - present Statistical Lead, China Kadoorie Biobank study, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
- 2017 - present University Research Lecturer, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
- 2012 - present Senior Statistician, China Kadoorie Biobank study, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
- 2004 - present Senior Statistician, Heart Studies Group, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
- 1999 - 2004 Senior Biostatistician/Biostatistics Manager, National Institute of Health and Innovation (formerly Clinical Trials Research Unit), University of Auckland. Part-time Lecturer in Statistics, Department of Statistics, University of Auckland (2000-2004)
- 1997 - 1999 Lecturer in Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
- 1995 - 1997 Lecturer in Medical Statistics, Division of Epidemiology, Queens University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- 1992 - 1995 ESRC Teaching Fellow, School of Management, The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (U.M.I.S.T.)
- 1989 - 1992 Medical Statistician at the University Hospital of South Manchester, Withington, Manchester, United Kingdom
Fields of Scholarship
- Epidemiology
- Medical Statistics
- Machine Learning
- Modifiable risk factors
- Risk prediction
- Non-communicable diseases
- Clinical Trials
- Statistical Literacy
- Medical Statistics
- Mendelian Randomization
- Public Health
Honours and Awards
- Named as a Highly Cited Researcher for 2018 based on the production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science. Listed in the top 1000 scientists in the UK in the Research.com Medicine Rankings. The rankings are constructed using the H-index data gathered by Microsoft Academic and include only prominent scientists with an H-index of at least 70.
