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Overview
My current role sees me splitting my time between Cardiff University and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. This means I spend half my time lecturing and researching and the other half putting what I teach into practise.
I'm a relatively late entrant into academia having completed my PhD in 2020. I started my career in the Forces and subsequent worked in manufacturing industries and then the public sector before completing a PhD in operational research.
I have travelled extensively or worked abroad for most of my career and one of the things I really enjoy about the academic environment is the cultural diversity of my colleagues and students.
Publication
2025
- Brice, S. N. et al. 2025. Survey of ambulance usage by patients in metropolitan and provincial cities in Indonesia for Emergency Medical Services utilization. International Journal of Emergency Services (10.1108/IJES-02-2024-0010)
- Harper, P. et al. 2025. Transforming emergency and urgent care services with mathematical modelling. In: Aston, P. ed. More UK Success Stories in Industrial Mathematics. Vol. 42, Mathematics in Industry Cham, Switzerland: Springer. , pp.131-137. (10.1007/978-3-031-48683-8_17)
- Palmer, G. I. et al. 2025. On the optimisation of heterogeneous ambulance fleet allocations. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics 36 (4), pp.691-726. (10.1093/imaman/dpaf027)
- Williams, E. and Tuson, M. 2025. Optimising cardiology services: forecasting and simulation for strategic planning. Presented at: SW25 Exeter, UK 31March - 02 April 2025. Proceedings of the Operational Research Society Simulation Workshop 2025. Operational Research Society Ltd.. , pp.462-463.
2024
- Brice, S. et al. 2024. Close-up on ambulance service estimation in Indonesia: Monte Carlo simulation study. Interactive Journal of Medical Research 13 e54240. (10.2196/54240)
2023
- Tuson, M. et al. 2023. Understanding the impact of social networks on the spread of obesity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20 (15) 6451. (10.3390/ijerph20156451)
2022
- Brice, S. et al. 2022. Emergency services utilization in Jakarta (Indonesia): A cross-sectional study of patients attending hospital emergency departments. BMC Health Services Research 22 639. (10.1186/s12913-022-08061-8)
2019
- Tuson, M. 2019. Understanding the impact of social networks on the spread of obesity. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
2018
- Tuson, M. et al. 2018. Modelling for the proposed roll-out of the ‘111’ service in Wales: a case study. Health Care Management Science 21 (2), pp.159-176. (10.1007/s10729-017-9405-7)
Articles
- Brice, S. et al. 2022. Emergency services utilization in Jakarta (Indonesia): A cross-sectional study of patients attending hospital emergency departments. BMC Health Services Research 22 639. (10.1186/s12913-022-08061-8)
- Brice, S. et al. 2024. Close-up on ambulance service estimation in Indonesia: Monte Carlo simulation study. Interactive Journal of Medical Research 13 e54240. (10.2196/54240)
- Brice, S. N. et al. 2025. Survey of ambulance usage by patients in metropolitan and provincial cities in Indonesia for Emergency Medical Services utilization. International Journal of Emergency Services (10.1108/IJES-02-2024-0010)
- Palmer, G. I. et al. 2025. On the optimisation of heterogeneous ambulance fleet allocations. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics 36 (4), pp.691-726. (10.1093/imaman/dpaf027)
- Tuson, M. et al. 2018. Modelling for the proposed roll-out of the ‘111’ service in Wales: a case study. Health Care Management Science 21 (2), pp.159-176. (10.1007/s10729-017-9405-7)
- Tuson, M. et al. 2023. Understanding the impact of social networks on the spread of obesity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20 (15) 6451. (10.3390/ijerph20156451)
Book sections
- Harper, P. et al. 2025. Transforming emergency and urgent care services with mathematical modelling. In: Aston, P. ed. More UK Success Stories in Industrial Mathematics. Vol. 42, Mathematics in Industry Cham, Switzerland: Springer. , pp.131-137. (10.1007/978-3-031-48683-8_17)
Conferences
- Williams, E. and Tuson, M. 2025. Optimising cardiology services: forecasting and simulation for strategic planning. Presented at: SW25 Exeter, UK 31March - 02 April 2025. Proceedings of the Operational Research Society Simulation Workshop 2025. Operational Research Society Ltd.. , pp.462-463.
Thesis
- Tuson, M. 2019. Understanding the impact of social networks on the spread of obesity. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Modelling and simulation
- Optimisation
- Predictive Analytics
- Stochastic analysis and modelling
- Complex systems
