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Abdel Douiri

Professor Abdel Douiri

Chair in Medical Statistics and Clinical Trials

  • Head of Medical Statistics - Clinical Trials

Research interests

  • Population Health

Biography

Abdel leads Medical Statistics in the School of Population Health & Environmental Sciences. He is an applied mathematician by background, MSc at Paris-Sorbonne University 1999 and PhD at Paris-Orsay University 2002. He has been involved in a variety of clinical research with world leading research groups in UK and France, and in both academia and industry. His research interests include epidemiology of long-term conditions, predictive medicine and clinical trials design and methodology. Since July 2009, at the School of Population Health & Environmental Sciences he teaches statistics and epidemiology for both undergraduate medical students and postgraduate Masters of Public Health. Abdel is postgraduate module lead of both further epidemiology and statistics for Master of Public Health (MPH) and Public Health Interventions and Evaluation (MSc). He is the director of the statistical consultancy services at KCL and he is also a statistical advisor with the Research Design Service London, Biomedical Research Centre, and King’s College Hospital. He is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and active member with quality improvement section. Abdel is a statistical editor and health economic advisor with Thorax.

    Research

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    Unit for Medical Statistics

    A group medical statisticians with a broad range of collective expertise who undertake research, consultancy, training and teaching at King’s and beyond.

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    Stroke Research Group

    We are a multidisciplinary group (epidemiologists, stroke physicians, GPs, social scientists, statisticians, health informaticians and health economists) focused on stroke and with a wider interest in vascular long-term conditions and analytics.

    Improving the lives of stroke survivors with data

    We aim to improve the lives of stroke survivors through a programme of stakeholder engagement, data collection, analysis and modelling, and use in practice.

    Project status: Ongoing

    Mind and Skin Consortium

    A prospective cohort study evaluating the impact of inflammation, itch and sleep disturbance on the brain, mental health and cognition, in patients with eczema.

    Project status: Ongoing

    Pulmonary Obstruction
    EPiC-HFT

    EPiC-HFT aims to identify whether adjunctive home HFT can improve 12-month admission-free survival following severe AECOPD.

    Project status: Ongoing

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    Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Twins for Healthcare

    DT4Health brings together a world-class multidisciplinary team of supervisors to train future innovation leaders to articulate and materialise the Digital Twin vision in healthcare.

    News

    Physiotherapy programme improves walking in people with poor leg circulation

    Adults with poor leg circulation who took part in one-to-one physiotherapy sessions that aimed to improve motivation and commitment to exercise were able to...

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    Events

    05JunFoLSM Inaugural Lectures 2023-24 thumbnail

    Inaugural Lecture: Professor Abdel Douiri

    Inspiring talks from our new professor on using predictive methods in recovery after strokes

    Please note: this event has passed.

      Research

      Med statistics hero
      Unit for Medical Statistics

      A group medical statisticians with a broad range of collective expertise who undertake research, consultancy, training and teaching at King’s and beyond.

      Stroke Research Group thumbnail 780×440
      Stroke Research Group

      We are a multidisciplinary group (epidemiologists, stroke physicians, GPs, social scientists, statisticians, health informaticians and health economists) focused on stroke and with a wider interest in vascular long-term conditions and analytics.

      Improving the lives of stroke survivors with data

      We aim to improve the lives of stroke survivors through a programme of stakeholder engagement, data collection, analysis and modelling, and use in practice.

      Project status: Ongoing

      Mind and Skin Consortium

      A prospective cohort study evaluating the impact of inflammation, itch and sleep disturbance on the brain, mental health and cognition, in patients with eczema.

      Project status: Ongoing

      Pulmonary Obstruction
      EPiC-HFT

      EPiC-HFT aims to identify whether adjunctive home HFT can improve 12-month admission-free survival following severe AECOPD.

      Project status: Ongoing

      AdobeStock_276394749
      Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Twins for Healthcare

      DT4Health brings together a world-class multidisciplinary team of supervisors to train future innovation leaders to articulate and materialise the Digital Twin vision in healthcare.

      News

      Physiotherapy programme improves walking in people with poor leg circulation

      Adults with poor leg circulation who took part in one-to-one physiotherapy sessions that aimed to improve motivation and commitment to exercise were able to...

      Pedometer walking main

      Events

      05JunFoLSM Inaugural Lectures 2023-24 thumbnail

      Inaugural Lecture: Professor Abdel Douiri

      Inspiring talks from our new professor on using predictive methods in recovery after strokes

      Please note: this event has passed.