Laura Quinn MSc, BSc

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Research Fellow

Contact details

Email: l.quinn@bham.ac.uk

Address: Department of Applied Health Sciences
Public Health building
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham, B15 2TT

Laura Quinn is a Medical Statistician working in the Department of Applied Health Sciences. She works part-time on a NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship in the Test and Prediction Group and part-time as a Research Fellow in the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West Midlands.

Since joining the University in 2016, Laura has worked on a range of projects with collaborators both within the university and globally.

Laura’s main research interests include interobserver variability in diagnostic test evaluation and interrupted time series analysis.

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Qualifications

MSc in Statistics with Applications in Medicine, University of Southampton, 2016
BSc (Hons) in Mathematics with Statistics, University of Limerick, 2015

Biography

Laura began working in the Test Evaluation Research Group (TERG) in 2016 as a Research Associate and later became a Research Fellow.

She worked primarily as a study statistician on three NIHR funded, multicentre, diagnostic test evaluation studies in imaging. From working on these projects, she developed an application and was awarded a NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship in 2020 to evaluate methods for estimating interobserver variability.

In 2020, Laura also began working at the NIHR Applied Research collaboration (ARC) West Midlands on a range of projects in different clinical areas using various statistical methods.

Laura teaches statistical concepts to non-statistical audiences through courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students in medicine and public health.

Teaching

Research

Laura works on a NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship to evaluate the methods for estimating interobserver variability as part of diagnostic test performance in imaging. Her work on interobserver variability originates from working on three NIHR funded, multicentre, diagnostic test evaluation studies (METRIC, STREAMLINE-C and STREAMLINE-L). The fellowship project consists of a methodological review, multiple case and simulation studies.

Laura works on a range of projects in different clinical areas using various statistical methods at the NIHR ARC West Midlands. These projects include evaluating public health and health service interventions, as well as global health projects. The statistical methods used in these projects include interrupted time series analysis, cluster randomised control trials, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, mediation analysis and Bayesian methods.

Other activities

Laura is a member of the RSS West Midlands Local Group.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Kudrna, L, Yates, J, Alidu, L, Hemming, K, Quinn, L, Schmidtke, KA, Jones, J, Al-Khudairy, L, Jolly, K, Bird, P, Campbell, N, Bharatan, I, Latuszynska, A, Currie, G & Lilford, R 2025, 'A Mixed-Methods Cluster Randomised Waitlist-Controlled Trial of a Goal-Based Behaviour Change Intervention Implemented in Workplaces', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 22, no. 3, 398. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22030398

Quinn, L, Bird, P, Hofer, TP & Lilford, R 2025, 'Cancelled elective operations and 28-day breaches in the NHS in England: an interrupted time series analysis of the 2002 penalty policy, 2008 recession, and COVID-19 pandemic (1994–2023)', The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, vol. 56, 101368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101368

Nishimwe, A, Ignatowicz, A, Davies, J & Quinn, L 2025, 'Developing and integrating a destination decision support algorithm into an innovative electronic communication platform to improve injury care service coordination in Rwanda: the Rwanda912 study protocol', BMJ open.

Edet, A, Kudrna, L & Quinn, L 2025, 'Impact of workforce characteristics and monetary incentives on uptake of health and wellbeing initiatives in the United Kingdom', PLOS Global Public Health, vol. 5, no. 3, e0003984. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003984

Jones, E, Quinn, L, Tanner, J-R, Jankovic, J, Berrisford, G, MacArthur, C & Taylor, B 2025, 'Prevalence and incidence of moderate and severe mental illness in the second postpartum year in England (1995–2020): a national retrospective cohort study using primary care data', The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, vol. 53, 101312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101312

Sheferaw, ED, Alyande, B, Munyura, O, Nuhu, A, Nishimwe, A, Nyinawankusi, J, Uwitonze, JM, Nepomuscene Sindikubwabo, J, Bagahirwa, I, Hagumimana, D, Hagenimana, F, Inkotanyi , CF, Semuto, JC, Rukundo, G, Ignatowicz, A, D’Ambruoso, L, Muhire, P, Jayaraman, S, Agabe Nkusi, E, Quinn, L, Bekele, A, Byiringiro, JC & Davies, J 2025, 'Reaching the right facility for emergency patients: destinations of patients transported by emergency medical services in Kigali, Rwanda', International Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 18, 75. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-025-00853-z

Schmidtke, KA, Kudrna, L, Quinn, L, Bird, P, Hemming, K, Venable, Z & Lilford, R 2024, 'Cluster randomised evaluation of a training intervention to increase the use of statistical process control charts for hospitals in England: making data count', BMJ Quality & Safety. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2024-017094

Macdonald, C, Cross-Sudworth, F, Quinn, L, MacArthur, C, Bick, D, Jones, E & Taylor, B 2024, 'Content and timing of the 6-8 week maternal postnatal check: a mixed methods study', BJGP Open. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0229

Quinn, L, Bird, P & Lilford, R 2024, 'Effect of cancer waiting time standards in the English National Health Service: a threshold analysis', BMC Health Services Research, vol. 24, 929. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11350-z

UK Audit and Research Collaborative in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (UKARCOG) Members 2024, 'Induction of labour care in the UK: A cross-sectional survey of maternity units', PLoS ONE, vol. 19, no. 2, e0297857. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297857

McDevitt, WM, Afshari, FT, Gallo, P, Quinn, L, Martin-Lamb, D, Pepper, J, Lo, WB, Rodrigues, D & Solanki, GA 2024, 'Intraoperative neuromonitoring and mapping during spinal cord untethering surgery; a single-centre paediatric neurosurgery unit experience', Child's Nervous System, vol. 41, no. 1, 20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-024-06665-5

O'Dowd, TM, Fleury, R, Power, E, Dooley, N, Quinn, L, Petropoulos, S, Healy, C, Smyth, B & Cannon, M 2024, 'Risk and protective factors for cannabis use in adolescence: a population-based survey in schools', Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2024.28

Quinn, L, Martin, J, Asamane, E, Manaseki-Holland, S, Lilford, RJ, Traore, L, Thompson, J, Watson, SI & Hemming, K 2024, 'Statistical analysis plan for cluster randomised trial to evaluate a community-level complementary food safety and hygiene and nutrition intervention in Mali: the MaaCiwara study', Trials, vol. 25, no. 1, 483. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08328-x

Quinn, L, Ahmed, T, Falk, H, Altamirano, AM, Muganza, A, Nakarmi, K, Nawar, A, Peck, M, Man Rai, S, Sartori, J, Vana, LPM, Wabwire, B, Moiemen, N & Lilford, R 2023, 'Burn admissions across low- and middle- income countries: a repeated cross-sectional survey', Journal of Burn Care and Research, vol. 44, no. 2, irac096, pp. 320–328. https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irac096

Kumar, S, Parry, T, Mallett, S, Plumb, A, Bhatnagar, G, Beable, R, Betts, M, Duncan, G, Gupta, A, Higginson, A, Hyland, R, Lapham, R, Patel, U, Pilcher, J, Slater, A, Tolan, D, Zealley, I, Halligan, S, Taylor, SA, METRIC study group & Quinn, L 2023, 'Diagnostic performance of sonographic activity scores for adult terminal ileal Crohn’s disease compared to magnetic resonance and histological reference standards: experience from the METRIC trial', European Radiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-023-09958-6

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