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Overview
I am a research fellow in the Centre for Trials Research, where I have worked as a statistician, since June 2024.
I have a background in medical statistics and I work in the design, conduct, analysis and reporting of randomised controlled trials and other well designed studies.
Publication
2026
- Kotecha, S. J. et al. 2026. Obstetric Bleeding Study UK (OBS UK): protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial investigating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a maternity quality improvement programme to reduce excess bleeding and need for transfusion after childbirth. BMJ Open 16 e118723. (10.1136/bmjopen-2026-118723)
2025
- Joyce, K. et al., 2025. The DEXACELL trial—a protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised, parallel group, phase 3 superiority trial to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of DEXAmethasone as an adjunctive therapy for the management of CELLulitis in adults presenting to urgent secondary care in the UK. BMJ Open 15 (10) e109953. (10.1136/bmjopen-2025-109953)
- Hollingworth, W. et al., 2025. Paramedic or GP consultations in primary care: prospective study comparing costs and outcomes. British Journal of General Practice 75 (752), pp.166-172. (10.3399/BJGP.2024.0469)
- Bell, S. F. et al. 2025. Relationship between the dual platelet‐inhibited ROTEM ® Sigma FIBTEM assay and Clauss fibrinogen during postpartum haemorrhage. Anaesthesia: Peri-operative medicine, critical care and pain 80 (1), pp.104-106. (10.1111/anae.16455)
Articles
- Kotecha, S. J. et al. 2026. Obstetric Bleeding Study UK (OBS UK): protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial investigating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a maternity quality improvement programme to reduce excess bleeding and need for transfusion after childbirth. BMJ Open 16 e118723. (10.1136/bmjopen-2026-118723)
- Joyce, K. et al., 2025. The DEXACELL trial—a protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised, parallel group, phase 3 superiority trial to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of DEXAmethasone as an adjunctive therapy for the management of CELLulitis in adults presenting to urgent secondary care in the UK. BMJ Open 15 (10) e109953. (10.1136/bmjopen-2025-109953)
- Hollingworth, W. et al., 2025. Paramedic or GP consultations in primary care: prospective study comparing costs and outcomes. British Journal of General Practice 75 (752), pp.166-172. (10.3399/BJGP.2024.0469)
- Bell, S. F. et al. 2025. Relationship between the dual platelet‐inhibited ROTEM ® Sigma FIBTEM assay and Clauss fibrinogen during postpartum haemorrhage. Anaesthesia: Peri-operative medicine, critical care and pain 80 (1), pp.104-106. (10.1111/anae.16455)
Biography
Education
1994: MSc (Hons) Distinction. Statistics with Applications in Medicine. University of Southampton.
1993: BSc (Hons) First Class. Mathematics. University of Bristol.
Employment
2024 - present: Research Fellow. Centre for Trials Research. Cardiff University.
2006 - 2024: Senior Statistician, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. 0.4 FTE funded by Research Design Service.
2006 - 2006: Medical Statistician, North Bristol NHS Trust.
2001 - 2003: Medical Statistician, United Bristol Healthcare Trust.
1997 - 2000: Statistician, Renal Registy.
1994 - 1997: Research Assistant at Bristol University.