Staff in BESTEAM In 'BESTEAM' Biostatistics, Evidence Synthesis, Test Evaluation and prediction Models (BESTEAM) Professor Jon Deeks Jon Deeks is Professor of Biostatistics and leads the Biostatistics, Evidence Synthesis and Test Evaluation Research Group in the Institute of Applied Health Research. Professor Richard Riley Richard Riley is a Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Birmingham, leading a team of statisticians undertaking applied and methodology research for healthcare, especially in regard to prognosis, prediction models, and evidence synthesis. Ridhi Agarwal Medical Statistician with primary interests in evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of medical tests in clinical trial setting and risk prediction modelling. Esther Albon Esther works as a systematic reviewer in the BESaTE team conducting evidence syntheses, systematic reviews, meta-analysis and health technology assessments (HTA) to aid decision making within local and national healthcare. Sophie Beese Systematic reviewer with specialist knowledge in evidence synthesis and research methods. Sarah Berhane Medical statistician working in diagnostic and prognostic modelling, and test accuracy evaluation. Hayley Walton Senior Administrator for BESTEAM PA to Jon Deeks April Coombe Information specialist developing search strategies to identify appropriate research literature for systematic reviews. Clare Davenport Consultant in Public Health specialising in methods for undertaking systematic reviews of test accuracy, methods for development of evidence based testing policy and the process of diagnostic decision making. Jac Dinnes Senior methodologist and systematic reviewer with a special interest in the evaluation of medical tests used for diagnostic and monitoring purposes. Janine Dretzke Senior Systmatic Reviewer with considerable experience in conducting evidence syntheses, systematic reviews, meta-analyses and health technology assessments (HTA) to inform local and national healthcare decision making. Christina Easter Medical statistician specialising in cluster randomised trials and prognostic modelling Sayeed Haque Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics Karla Hemming Karla Hemming leads a research programme related to stepped wedge trials, this includes both theoretical and applied research. Beth Hillier Bethany is finishing her MSc Medical Statistics at the University of Leicester. Once complete, Bethany will be exposed to a variety of projects, methods and techniques under the guidance of the research group. James Martin Medical Statistician specialising in designing and analysing cluster randomised trials and statistical lead of the Research Support Service Birmingham Hub. David Moore Associate Professor specialising in directing multidisciplinary teams of researchers undertaking systematic reviews, health technology assessments and associated research. Breanna Morrison Breanna Morrison is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Applied Health Research. Breanna has an MSc in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and a PhD in Educational Statistics and Research Methods. Malcolm Price Lecturer in Biostatistics with a keen interest in tackling important applications in evidence synthesis and decision modelling that require development of new methodology. Laura Quinn Medical statistician with main research interest in diagnostic test evaluation, including interobserver variability and time to diagnosis studies. Katie Scandrett Katie is a NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellow and a member of the test evaluation research group. Last year she completed an MSc in Medical Statistics. Alice Sitch Medical statistician specialising in designing and evaluating monitoring tests and studies of biological variability Yemisi Takwoingi Biostatistician with primary interests in systematic review methodology, especially meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy studies, and applied health research projects related to diagnostic test evaluation. Honorary Researchers: Sian Taylor-Phillips Methodologist and systematic reviewer specialising in developing methods and conducting reviews for the evaluation of screening programmes and screening tests PhD students: Simon Baldwin PhD title: 'Opportunities and Challenges in Using Routine Data Sources to Evaluate Biomarkers' Expected year of completion: 2024 Supervisors: Professor Jon Deeks; Professor Yemisi Takwoingi; Dr Alice Sitch Siwanon Rattanakanokchai PhD title: 'Methods of induction of labour at or beyond term: evidence synthesis and exploration of challenges in evidence-based health care' Expected year of completion: 2024Supervisors: Dr Malcolm Price ; Dr David Moore and Professor Arri Coomarasamy