MA, MSc, PhD
Senior 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 a major interest in systematic reviews and meta-analysis and has co-authored many systematic reviews including several Cochrane reviews. He is also interested in complex evidence synthesis methodologies, such as network meta-analysis, and is a member of the Aberdeen team critiquing technology assessments for the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
He previously acted as a statistical consultant to NHS Grampian staff and is interested in statistical consultancy in general.
He contributes to a variety of teaching activities. He is course co-ordinator for the PU5522 online Applied Statistics course and is a lecturer on the Systematic Reviewing (PU5526) and Evidence Based Health (PU5031) courses.
External Memberships
Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS)
- 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 previous course co-ordinator)
PU5526 Systematic Reviewing (lecturer)
PU5031 Evidence-Based Health (online) (lecturer)
SPSS staff course (previous lecturer)
Intermediate Statistics staff course (previous lecturer)
PhD Statistics Course (previous tutor)
Statistical consultancies (NHS and University staff)
Student clinics
- Publications
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Vitrectomy with Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling versus No Peeling for Idiopathic Full-Thickness Macular Hole
Ophthalmology, vol. 121, no. 3, pp. 649-655Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.10.020
Psychological, surgical, and sociodemographic predictors of pain outcomes after breast cancer surgery: A population-based cohort study
Pain, vol. 155, no. 2, pp. 232-243Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2013.09.028
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A randomised controlled trial of platelet activity before and after cessation of clopidogrel therapy in patients with stable cardiovascular disease
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 233-239Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2013.10.018
Recurrence risk of unexplained stillbirth: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, vol. 99, no. Suppl. 1, pp. A153Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2014-306576.450
Relationship between socioeconomic deprivation or urban/rural residence and visual acuity before cataract surgery in Northern Scotland
European Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 831-835Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5301/ejo.5000302
Systematic Review of Adrenalectomy and Lymph Node Dissection in Locally Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
European Urology, vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 799-810Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2013.04.033
Comparing health status in Belarus between 2001-2010: a novel method using surveys with different response categories
European Journal of Public Health, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 840-845Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cks139
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Reply for "Retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) atrophy in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration undergoing anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy"
Retina, vol. 33, no. 9, pp. 1998-1999Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/IAE.0b013e31829f3f0a
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An evaluation of the response category translations of the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire
Quality of Life Research, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 1483-1490Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-012-0276-6
The short and long-term effects on the visual system of children following exposure to maternal substance misuse in pregnancy
American Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 156, no. 1, pp. 190-194Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2013.02.004