Laura Quinn MSc, BSc

Laura Quinn

Institute of Applied Health Research
Research Fellow

Contact details

Email
l.quinn@bham.ac.uk
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Institute of Applied Health Research
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University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham, B15 2TT

Laura Quinn is a Medical Statistician working in the Institute of Applied Health Research. She works part-time on a NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship in the Test Evaluation Research Group (TERG) 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

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

Asamane, EA, Quinn, L, Watson, SI, Lilford, RJ, Hemming, K, Sidibe, C, Rego, RT, Bensassi, S, Diarra, Y, Diop, S, Gautam, OP, Islam, MS, Jackson, L, Jolly, K, Kayentao, K, Koita, O, Manjang, B, Tebbs, S, Gale, N, Griffiths, PL, Cairncross, S, Toure, O & Manaseki-Holland, S 2023, 'Protocol for a parallel group, two-arm, superiority cluster randomised trial to evaluate a community-level complementary-food safety and hygiene and nutrition intervention in Mali: the MaaCiwara study (version 1.3; 10 November 2022)', Trials, vol. 24, no. 1, 68. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06984-5

McDevitt, W, Quinn, L, Wimalachandra, B, Carver, E, Stendall, C, Solanki, G & Lawley, A 2022, 'Amplitude-reduction alert criteria and intervention during complex paediatric cervical spine surgery', Clinical Neurophysiology Practice, vol. 7, pp. 239-244. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.cnp.2022.07.003

Quinn, L, Hosier , I, Adderley, N & Marshall, T 2022, 'An interrupted time series analysis of the effects of withdrawal of financial incentives on diagnosis of atrial fibrillation as resolved: Does withdrawal of an incentive reverse its unintended effects?', BJGP Open, vol. 2022, BJGPO.2022.0089. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0089

METRIC study investigators 2022, 'Influence of oral contrast type and volume on patient experience and quality of luminal distension at MR Enterography in Crohn's disease: an observational study of patients recruited to the METRIC trial', European Radiology, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 5075-5085. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-022-08614-9

METRIC study investigators 2022, 'Interobserver variation in the interpretation of magnetic resonance enterography in Crohn's disease', British Journal of Radiology, vol. 95, no. 1134, A12. https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20210995

Osuh, ME, Oke, GA, Lilford, RJ, Owoaje, E, Harris, B, Taiwo, OJ, Yeboah, G, Abiona, T, Watson, SI, Hemming, K, Quinn, L, Chen, Y & Trevisan, M (ed.) 2022, 'Prevalence and determinants of oral health conditions and treatment needs among slum and non-slum urban residents: evidence from Nigeria', PLOS Global Public Health, vol. 2, no. 4, e0000297. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000297

Kudrna, L, Bird, P, Hemming, K, Quinn, L, Schmidtke, K & Lilford, R 2022, 'Retrospective evaluation of an intervention based on training sessions to increase the use of control charts in hospitals', BMJ Quality & Safety. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2021-013514

Schmidtke, KA, Kudrna, L, Quinn, L, Vlaev, I, Hemmings, K & Lilford, R 2021, 'An online randomized controlled trial and survey of behavioural factors influencing patients' willingness to attend a video consultation', British Journal of Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12545

Cochrane COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group 2021, 'Rapid, point-of-care antigen and molecular-based tests for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2021, no. 3, CD013705. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013705.pub2

McDevitt, WM, Quinn, L, Bill, PR, Morris, KP, Scholefield, BR & Seri, S 2021, 'Reliability in the assessment of paediatric somatosensory evoked potentials post cardiac arrest', Clinical Neurophysiology, vol. 132, no. 3, pp. 765-769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2020.12.016

Cochrane COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group 2021, 'Thoracic imaging tests for the diagnosis of COVID-19', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2021, no. 3, CD013639. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013639.pub4

Review article

Quinn, L, Veenith, T, Bion, J, Hemming, K, Whitehouse, T & Lilford, R 2022, 'Bayesian analysis of a systematic review of early versus late tracheostomy in ICU patients', British Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 129, no. 5, pp. 693-702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2022.08.012

Parker, SG, . Mallett, S, Quinn, L, Wood, CPJ, Boulton, RW, Jamshaid, S, . Erotocritou, M, . Gowda, S, . Collier, W, Plumb, AAO, Windsor, ACJ, Archer, L & Halligan, S 2021, 'Identifying predictors of ventral hernia recurrence: systematic review and meta-analysis', BJS Open, vol. 5, no. 2, zraa071. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zraa071

Deeks, J, Dinnes, J, Takwoingi, Y, Davenport, C, Spijker, R, Taylor-Phillips, S, Adriano, A, Beese, S, Dretzke, J, Ferrante di Ruffano, L, Harris, I, Price, M, Dittrich, S, Emperador, D, Hooft, L, Leeflang, MMG, Van De Bruel, A, McInnes, MDF, Stuyf, T, Domen, J, Horn, S, Yang, B, Langendam, M, Ochodo, E, Guleid, F, Holtman, G, Verbakel, J, Wang, J, Stegeman, I, Salameh , JP, McGrath , TA, van der Pol , CB, Frank , RA, Prager , R, Hare , SS, Dennie , C, Jenniskens, K, Korevaar , DA, Cohen , JF, van de Wijgert, J, Damen , JAAG, Agarwal, R, Baldwin, S, Berhane, S, Herd, C, Kristunas, C, Quinn, L & Scholefield, B 2020, 'Antibody tests for identification of current and past infection with SARS-CoV-2', Cochrane Library, vol. 2020, no. 6, CD013652. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013652

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