Dr Tom Palmer
PG Cert, PhD, MSc, BSc
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics Applied to Genetics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
Mendelian randomization, causal inference, and statistical methods for Epidemiology.
I have written several packages for R (bpbounds, mrbayes, OneSampleMR) and Stata (mrrobust, confunnel, ivonesamplemr). Please see my GitHub account for more information:
https://github.com/remlapmot
Projects and supervisions
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
17/02/2025A structural mean modelling Mendelian randomization approach to investigate the lifecourse effect of adiposity
American Journal of Epidemiology
COVID-19 and Mental Illnesses in Vaccinated and Unvaccinated People
JAMA Psychiatry
Effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines as first booster doses in England
Epidemiology
Impact of vaccination on the association of COVID-19 with cardiovascular diseases
Nature Communications
Incidence of diabetes after SARS-CoV-2 infection in England and the implications of COVID-19 vaccination
Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
Related people
Professor George Davey Smith
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Kate Tilling
Professor of Medical Statistics and MRC Investigator
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Jonathan Sterne
Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Venexia Walker
Senior Lecturer
Bristol Medical School (PHS)