Education

• 1982-1985 BSc (Hons), Mathematics with Statistics, Department of Mathematics, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.
• 1992 Department of Mathematics, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. Phd thesis: "The Bayesian Analysis of Pharmacokinetic Models", under the supervision of Professor Adrian Smith.

Awards

• 2000, Guy Medal in Bronze, Royal Statistical Society.
• Fellow of the American Statistical Association.

Appointments

• July, 2002-Present. Professor in Statistics and Biostatistics, University of Washington.
• November, 2009-August, 2011. Chair of the Department of Statistics, University of Washington.
• October, 1999-June, 2002. Associate Professor in Statistics and Biostatistics, University of Washington.
• June, 1999-September, 1999. Reader in Statistics, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, St Mary's Campus, London.
• April, 1996-June, 1999. Senior Lecturer in Statistics, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, St Mary's Campus, London.
• 1990-1996. Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London.
• 1989-90. Temporary Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Nottingham University.
• 1988-89. Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Nottingham University, funded by Ciba-Geigy. Project title: "Methods for Compartmental Models".
• 1986-88. Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Nottingham University, funded by the Home Office. Project title: "A User-friendly Bayesian Analysis System for Forensic Science Evidence".
• 1985-86. Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Nottingham University, funded by SERC. Project title: "Numerical Integration Methods and Uses of Computer Graphics in Bayesian Statistics".

Professional Memberships

• Royal Statistical Society
• American Statistical Association

Editorial

• 2004-2006. Associate Editor, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Case Studies and Applications.
• 1999-2004, Associate Editor, Biostatistics
• 1993-1997, Associate Editor, Applied Statistics.
• 1997-2000, Associate Editor, Biometrics.
• Guest Associate Editor, "Analysis and interpretation of disease clusters and ecological studies", Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 164, 1-207.
• Disease and Exposure Mapping in Epidemiology (2000). Editors: Elliott, P., Wakefield, J.C., Best, N.G. and Briggs, D. (editors). Oxford University Press