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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
- Williams, E. and Tuson, M. 2025. Optimising cardiology services: forecasting and simulation for strategic planning. Presented at: SW25, Exeter, UK, 31March - 02 April 2025Proceedings of the Operational Research Society Simulation Workshop 2025. Operational Research Society Ltd. pp. 462-463.
- Harper, P., Gartner, D., Knight, V., Palmer, G. and Tuson, M. 2025. Transforming emergency and urgent care services with mathematical modelling. In: Aston, P. J. ed. More UK Success Stories in Industrial Mathematics. Springer, pp. 131-137., (10.1007/978-3-031-48683-8_17)
- Harper, P., Gartner, D., Knight, V., Palmer, G. and Tuson, M. 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)
2024
- Brice, S., Boutilier, J., Palmer, G., Harper, P. R., Knight, V., Tuson, M. and Gartner, D. 2024. Close-up on ambulance service estimation in Indonesia: Monte Carlo simulation study. Interactive Journal of Medical Research 13, article number: e54240. (10.2196/54240)
2023
- Tuson, M., Harper, P., Gartner, D. and Behrens, D. 2023. Understanding the impact of social networks on the spread of obesity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20(15), article number: 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, article number: 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., England, T., Behrens, D., Bowen, R., Edwards, D., Frankish, J. and Kay, J. 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., Boutilier, J., Palmer, G., Harper, P. R., Knight, V., Tuson, M. and Gartner, D. 2024. Close-up on ambulance service estimation in Indonesia: Monte Carlo simulation study. Interactive Journal of Medical Research 13, article number: e54240. (10.2196/54240)
- Tuson, M., Harper, P., Gartner, D. and Behrens, D. 2023. Understanding the impact of social networks on the spread of obesity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20(15), article number: 6451. (10.3390/ijerph20156451)
- 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, article number: 639. (10.1186/s12913-022-08061-8)
- Tuson, M., England, T., Behrens, D., Bowen, R., Edwards, D., Frankish, J. and Kay, J. 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)
Book sections
- Harper, P., Gartner, D., Knight, V., Palmer, G. and Tuson, M. 2025. Transforming emergency and urgent care services with mathematical modelling. In: Aston, P. J. ed. More UK Success Stories in Industrial Mathematics. Springer, pp. 131-137., (10.1007/978-3-031-48683-8_17)
- Harper, P., Gartner, D., Knight, V., Palmer, G. and Tuson, M. 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 2025Proceedings 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
