Academic recognised in the Research.com Ranking of Best Scientists

Patrick Royston, Emeritus Professor of Statistics at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, has been named in the 2024 Research.com Ranking of Best Scientists in the field of Mathematics.
 
Patrick is ranked #89 in the world and #4 in the UK. He was also recognised with the Mathematics Leader Award for 2024.
 
Patrick spent most of his working life researching statistical methods in medicine and allied disciplines. His main interests centred on statistical modelling and its applications in medicine, with a special interest in cancer clinical trials. He joined the MRC CTU at UCL in 2000 and worked on a number of cancer trials and methodology projects before retiring in 2023.
 
Now in an emeritus professor role, Patrick continues to contribute to the MRC CTU at UCL’s work on trial design and analysis, including a project on flexible parametric models in survival analysis.
 
Learn more about Patrick Royston on the MRC CTU at UCL website and find the full UK rankings on Research.com.