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
Pro/synbiotics reduce systemic inflammation and improve gut health in Kenyan infants: an open label, randomised, 4-arm, phase II trial – Journal: Cell Reports Medicine – Published: 16th June 2026
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
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