Information
Membership Number: FCA3501
Membership Type: Fellowship
Division: Social Sciences
Corresponding Email: derrick.bennett@ndph.ox.ac.uk
Homepage(s): https://www.ndph.ox.ac.uk/team/derrick-bennett
Present and Previous Positions
Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, NDPH, University of Oxford
Statistical Lead, China Kadoorie Biobank study, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
Senior Statistician, China Kadoorie Biobank study, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
Senior Statistician, Heart Studies Group, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
Fields of Scholarship and Research Interests
Epidemiology, Medical Statistics, Machine Learning, Modifiable Risk Factors, Risk Prediction, Non-communicable Diseases, Clinical Trials, Statistical Literacy, Medical Statistics, Mendelian Randomization, Public Health
Derrick has a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and Statistics, an MSc in Medical Statistics, and a PhD in Epidemiology and Statistics. He has been a Royal Statistical Society-accredited Chartered Statistician since 2005.
His research is interdisciplinary, integrative and collaborative and uses large-scale observational studies and randomised trials to generate reliable evidence for the prevention of premature deaths and disability from chronic diseases. Derrick's work involves applying statistical, epidemiological, computational, and genetic tools to understand associations of exposures with chronic diseases. Since 2015, he has contributed to securing over £20M in competitive grant funding as the statistical lead or as a co-investigator
His research aims to drive improvements in population health by identifying novel treatment targets and implementing precision strategies for primary and secondary prevention of major disease outcomes such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer.
Derrick co-leads the Statistical Group in the China Kadoorie Biobank and oversees a portfolio of research related to aging, cardiovascular, respiratory, and lifestyle factors. He is responsible for ensuring that the study design methodology is robust, appropriate and deliverable as well as for securing grant income as the statistical lead. Derrick also co-leads the Principles of Data Science module of the MSc in Global Health Science and Epidemiology, and leads the curriculum development for data science teaching.
He has also contributed chapters to four textbooks and was named as a highly cited researcher in 2018 for papers that rank in the top 1% in his field of research. In 2022 he was listed among the top 1000 scientists in the UK in the Research.com Medicine rankings.
Honors, Awards and Other Membership
Member of Academia Europaea
Named as a Highly Cited Researcher for 2018 based on the production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science.
Listed in the top 1000 scientists in the UK in the Research.com Medicine Rankings. The rankings are constructed using the H-index data gathered by Microsoft Academic and include only prominent scientists with an H-index of at least 70.
Chartered Statistician and Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
Selected Publications
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jnoUSi8AAAAJ&hl=en
Dr Bennett has more than 200 original publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and he has an h-Index of 88 according to Scopus and a h-Index of 102 according to Google Scholar. Dr. Bennett is considered among the Top 0.01% of World Scientists based on Impact by the Web of Science Group-Clarivate Analytics. He is also a member of numerous international scientific societies, Editorial Boards and reviewer for many journals and funding agencies. Dr Bennett is an editorial board member for the journals Heart, BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, and also Associate Editor for Neuroepidemiology. He is a former editorial board member of the journal Stroke (2016- 2020).
Other Information
https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Bennett_Derrick