Mr James Dodd
- Medical Statistician, Clinical Sciences
- Global Health Trials Unit
Biography
I obtained my undergraduate degree in Physics from Durham University in 2000, and have worked in the field of clinical trials since 2008.  In 2014 I obtained an M.Sc. in Quantitative Methods for Science, Social Science and Medicine from Lancaster University.
I worked from 2008-2018 at the Liverpool Cancer Trials Unit (LCTU), based at the University of Liverpool. At the LCTU I worked variously as a data manager, trial coordinator, and statistician in medical statistics. Disease areas of the studies on which I worked included haematological and pancreatic cancer, and chronic non-cancer conditions such as diabetes.
In April 2018 I joined the Global Health Trials Unit at LSTM as a medical statistician, where I have provided statistical support to clinical trials and studies in a variety of diseases including malaria In pregnancy, diagnostic studies for TB, RSV, sepsis, and administering probiotics to infants to improve gut health.
I have also served on the LSTM Research Ethics Committee (REC) as co-Chairman and provide teaching support for modules in epidemiology and statistics for M.Sc. courses run at LSTM.
I am currently a member of the Ministry of Defecnce Research Ethics Committee (MODREC).
Research interests
I provide statistical support to clinical trials and studies in a variety of diseases including malaria In pregnancy, diagnostic studies for TB, RSV, sepsis, and administering probiotics to infants to improve gut health.
I have also served on the LSTM Research Ethics Committee (REC) as co-Chairman.
I am currently a member of the Ministry of Defecnce Research Ethics Committee (MODREC).
Teaching
I provide teaching support for modules in epidemiology and statistics for M.Sc. courses run at LSTM.
Selected research publications
Evaluating community digital data linkage with or without community data use to increase antenatal care uptake in Western Kenya: protocol for a pragmatic open-label, cluster-randomised controlled superiority trial – Journal: Frontiers in Health Services – Published: 27th January 2026
Environmental enteric dysfunction, systemic inflammation, growth hormones, and linear growth in infants in western Kenya: a prospective observational cohort study – Journal: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition – Published: 1st January 2026
Pilot implementation of intermittent preventive treatment with dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine to prevent adverse birth outcomes in Papua, Indonesia: a mixed-method evaluation – Journal: The Lancet Primary Care – Published: 24th July 2025
Chronic Strongyloides stercoralis infection in Fijian migrants to the UK – Journal: Journal of Medical Microbiology – Published: 12th November 2024
Delivery effectiveness of and adherence to intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy with dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine with or without targeted information transfer or sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine in western Kenya: a three-armed, pragmatic, open-label, cluster-randomised trial – Journal: The Lancet Global Health – Published: 18th September 2024
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