
Dr Richard Parker
B.Sc., Ph.D.(Bristol)
Current positions
Senior Research Associate in Applied Statistics / Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
I joined the Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU) in 2017 to work on my current project, developing methods to explore the relationship between how variable different people are with regard to some repeatedly-measured indicator (for example their blood pressure) and a later outcome of interest (for instance a marker of cardiovascular disease). I work on this MRC-funded project with Kate Tilling (PI), Harvey Goldstein, Jon Heron, Laura Howe, George Leckie and Graciela Muniz-Terrera.
Prior to this role, I was based at the School of Education, as a researcher on an ESRC-funded project investigating the use of interactive electronic-books in the teaching and application of modern quantitative methods in the social sciences, and working as a part-time lecturer in Social Statistics/Quantitative Methods as well. The research work was with Bill Browne (PI), Chris Charlton, and colleagues formerly in the University of Southampton, including Luc Moreau and Danius Michaelides.
My earlier background is in biology and psychology, and the areas they intersect. I conducted my PhD, developing novel indicators of emotional state in animals, in the Animal Welfare and Behaviour group at Bristol’s Veterinary School, with Mike Mendl, Liz Paul and Oliver Burman. This followed my undergraduate degree in Joint Honours Psychology and Zoology (BSc); as such, I’m a graduate member of the British Psychological Society.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
The use of interactive electronic-books in the teaching and application of modern, quantitative social science methods
Principal Investigator
Role
Researcher
Description
The importance of the statistically trained researcher in the social sciences has increased dramatically over recent years, with a huge range of opportunities for exploration and understanding that have risen…Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/10/2013 to 30/09/2017
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2025Assessing disability progression using the WHODAS 2.0 in multiple sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
Modeling Risk Factors for Intraindividual Variability
American Journal of Epidemiology
Mixed-effects location scale models for joint modeling school value-added effects on the mean and variance of student achievement
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics
Joint modelling of individual trajectories, within-individual variability and a later outcome
American Journal of Epidemiology
Multilevel models with random residual variances for joint modelling school value-added effects on the mean and variance of student achievement
Multilevel models with random residual variances for joint modelling school value-added effects on the mean and variance of student achievement
Thesis
Cognitive bias as an indicator of emotional states in animals
Supervisors
Award date
01/01/2008