Highlight publications
I. Watson, S 2021, 'Efficient design of geographically-defined clusters with spatial autocorrelation', Journal of Applied Statistics. https://doi.org/10.1080/02664763.2021.1941807
Watson, SI, Lilford, RJ, Sun, J & Bion, J 2021, 'Estimating the effect of health service delivery interventions on patient length of stay: a Bayesian survival analysis approach', Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics), vol. 70, no. 5, pp. 1164-1186. https://doi.org/10.1111/rssc.12501
Watson, S, Girling, A & Hemming, K 2021, 'Design and analysis of three-arm parallel cluster randomized trials with small numbers of clusters', Statistics in Medicine, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 1133-1146. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.8828
Watson, SI, Dixon-Woods, M & Lilford, RJ 2020, 'Randomised evaluation of government health programmes does present a challenge to standard research ethics frameworks', Journal of Medical Ethics, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 34-35. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2019-106003
Recent publications
Article
Watson, S & Smith, TA 2025, 'Design and analysis of randomized trials to estimate spatio-temporally heterogeneous treatment effects', Journal of the American Statistical Association.
Watson, S & Hooper, R 2025, 'Grand rounds in methodology: Improving the design of staggered implementation cluster randomised trials', BMJ Quality & Safety.
Girling, AJ & Watson, SI 2025, 'Optimal allocation of observations in stepped-wedge and other cluster studies with correlated cluster-period effects', Statistics in Medicine, vol. 44, no. 13-14, e70100. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.70100
Dibba, Y, Boima, F, Jerome, JG, Watson, SI, Chery, L, Higgins, J, Chung, V, Joseph, S, Mulailwa, KP, Mukherjee, J & Mekonnen, ZA 2025, 'Patient satisfaction and its associated factors in selected primary healthcare facilities in Kono District, Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study', BMJ open, vol. 15, no. 4, e093501. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093501
Lilford, R, Daniels, B, McPake, B, Bhutta, Z, Mash, R, Griffiths, F, Omigbodun, A, Pereira Pinto, Jr, E, Jain, R, Asiki, G, Webb, E, Scandrett, K, Chilton, P, Sartori, J, Chen, Y-F, Waiswa, P, Ezeh, A, Kyobutungi, C, Leung, GM, Machado, C, Sheikh, K, Watson, S & Das, J 2025, 'Policy and service delivery proposals to improve primary care services in low-income and middle-income country cities', Lancet Global Health, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. E954-E966. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00536-9
Reeves, K, Watson, S, Crothers, H, Bird, P, Lawson, A, Skrybant, M & Lilford, R 2025, 'Prevalence of Malnutrition Among Hospital Admissions to English NHS Hospitals Over Two Economically Constrained Decades: Evidence from Routine Health Data', BMJ Public Health.
Lilford, RJ, Daniels, B, McPake, B, Bhutta, ZA, Mash, R, Griffiths, F, Omigbodun, A, Pereira Pinto, Jr, E, Jain, R, Asiki, G, Webb, E, Scandrett, K, Chilton, PJ, Sartori, J, Chen, Y-F, Waiswa, P, Ezeh, A, Kyobutungi, C, Leung, GM, Machado, C, Sheikh, K, Watson, SI & Das, J 2025, 'Supply-side and demand-side factors affecting allopathic primary care service delivery in low-income and middle-income country cities', Lancet Global Health, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. e942-e953. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00535-7
McBain, RK, Mwale, O, Mpinga, K, Kamwiyo, M, Kayira, W, Ruderman, T, Connolly, E, Watson, SI, Wroe, EB, Munyaneza, F, Dullie, L, Raviola, G, Smith, SL, Kulisewa, K, Udedi, M, Patel, V & Wagner, GJ 2024, 'Effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and positive externalities of integrated chronic care for adults with major depressive disorder in Malawi (IC3D): a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised, controlled trial', The Lancet, vol. 404, no. 10465, pp. 1823-1834. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01809-9
Watson, SI, Ul Alam, MA, Rego, RTT, Lilford, R, Barman, AK, Alam, B, Faruque, ASG & Islam, MS 2024, 'Low cost and real-time surveillance of enteric infection and diarrhoeal disease using rapid diagnostic tests in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh', Conflict and Health, vol. 18, 62. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-024-00617-1
Watson, SI, Gkini, E, Bishop, J, Scandrett, K, Napit, I & Lilford, R 2024, 'Modelling wound area in studies of wound healing interventions', BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 24, 206 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-024-02326-y
Comment/debate
Lilford, RJ, Daniels, B, McPake, B, Bhutta, Z, Mash, R, Griffiths, F, Omigbodun, A, Pereira Pinto, Jr, E, Jain, R, Asiki, G, Webb, E, Scandrett, K, Chilton, PJ, Sartori, J, Chen, Y-F, Waiswa, P, Ezeh, A, Kyobutungi, C, Leung, GM, Machado, C, Sheikh, K, Watson, SI & Das, J 2025, 'Improving primary health-care services in LMIC cities', Lancet Global Health, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. E795-E796. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00537-0
Review article
Thompson, J, Watson, SI, Middleton, L & Hemming, K 2025, 'Estimating relative risks and risk differences in randomised controlled trials: a systematic review of current practice', Trials, vol. 26, 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08690-w
Thompson, JY, Shaw, J, Watson, S, Wang, Y, Robinson, C, Taljaard, M & Hemming, K 2025, 'Review of the quality of reporting of statistical analysis plans for cluster randomized trials', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111726
Napit, IB, Shrestha, D, Choudhury, S, Gkini, E, Ilozumba, O, Gill, P, Bishop, J, Neupane, K, Adhikari, A, Sartori, J, Watson, SI & Lilford, R 2024, 'A randomised Trial of Autologous Blood products, leukocyte and platelet-rich fibrin (L-PRF), to promote ulcer healing in LEprosy: The TABLE trial', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, vol. 18, no. 5, e0012088. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012088
Kachapila, M, Watson, S, Pinkney, T, Hall, JA, Andronis, L & Oppong, R 2024, 'Economic considerations in designs and modifications of multi-arm, multi-stage adaptive, and adaptive-platform randomised control trials: A systematic literature review', Value in Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2024.10.3849
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