Professor Peter Diggle

Professor Emeritus

Research Overview

My research concerns the development and application of statistical methods relevant to the biomedical and health sciences. In addition to my substantive post in the Lancaster Medical School, I hold a part-time post at the University of Liverpool Department of Epidemiology and Population Health and adjunct appointments at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Columbia University International Research Institute for Climate and Society, and Yale University School of Public Health. I am a trustee for the Biometrika Trust, a member of the Advisory Board for the journal Biostatistics, chair of the Medical Research Council’s Strategic Skills Fellowship Panel and President-Elect of the Royal Statistical Society.

Selected Publications

Statistics and scientific method: an introduction for students and researchers
Diggle, P., Chetwynd, A. 2011 New York : Oxford University Press. 172 p. ISBN: 9780199543199.
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Model-based Geostatistics.
Diggle, P.J., Ribeiro, P.J. 03/2007 New York, USA : Springer. 228 p. ISBN: 0387329072 978-0387329079.
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Handbook of spatial statistics
Gelfand, A., Diggle, P., Guttorp, P., Fuentes, M. 2010 CRC Press. 619 p. ISBN: 978-1420072877.
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Statistical analysis of spatial point patterns.
Diggle, P.J. 2003 London : Edward Arnold. 159 p. ISBN: 0340740701.
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Time series: a biostatistical introduction
Diggle, P. 1990 Oxford : Oxford University Press. 257 p. ISBN: 0198522061.
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Discrete mathematics.
Chetwynd, A.G., Diggle, P.J. 1995 London : Arnold. 209 p. ISBN: 0340610476.
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Approximating optimal survey designs in low prevalence environments
01/05/2023 → 31/10/2024
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Predictive mapping of STH and schistomsomiasis prevalence in Rwanda
08/12/2022 → 31/12/2022
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DSI: secondment to the TMF Wastewater project
01/12/2022 → 31/03/2023
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DSI: Independent research leadership and modelling expertise to The Joint Biosecurity Centre (01/04/22 - 30/06/22)
01/04/2022 → 30/06/2022
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DSI: NTD Modelling Consortium: informing program decision-making
02/11/2021 → 31/10/2024
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Efficient post-elimination surveillance strategies for NTDs
01/11/2021 → 30/04/2024
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Predicting STH prevalence with minimal re-mapping
01/10/2021 → 31/03/2023
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DSI : Independent research leadership and modelling expertise to The Joint Biosecurity Centre (01/09/21 – 31/03/22)
01/09/2021 → 31/03/2022
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DSI: Geostatistical design and analysis of randomised evaluations with a geographic basis
01/09/2021 → 31/08/2024
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Predictive Personalized Public Health (P3H): A Novel Paradigm to Treat Infectious Disease - Year 2
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2021
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DSI: Independent Research Leadership and Modelling Expertise to the Joint Biosecurity Centre
31/08/2020 → 30/08/2021
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DSI: Covid 19: Efficient geostatistical sampling to estimate the fraction of the population recovered from Covid-19
20/08/2020 → 19/11/2020
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DSI: Using Geostatistical Tools to Develop a Stop MDA Survey for LF Triple Drug Therapy
10/08/2020 → 30/11/2024
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DSI: Covid: Controlling COVID19 through enhanced population surveillance and intervention (Con-COV): a platform approach
01/08/2020 → 31/07/2021
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DSI: Design, Modelling and Analysis for Longitudinal Population Studies Involving High-Dimensional Molecular Measurements
01/12/2019 → 30/11/2023
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Predictive Personalized Public Health (P3H): A Novel Paradigm to Treat Infectious Disease
01/09/2019 → 31/08/2020
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Loa loa prevalence and post-validation surveillance modelling (part III)
23/04/2019 → 30/11/2024
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DSI: Data Science of the Natural Environment
16/04/2018 → 15/04/2024
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Quantitative analysis and modelling on targets and strategies for alleviating the burden of priority neglected tropical diseases
01/03/2018 → 28/02/2021
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Connected Health Cities (DSI)
01/04/2016 → 31/03/2020
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ESRC centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science - CASS
31/03/2013 → 30/03/2018
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Web-based Integrated Bipolar Parenting Intervention )IBPI) for Bipolar Parents of Young Children
03/09/2012 → 02/03/2015
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Transmission biology of leishmaniasis in Ghana
01/10/2011 → 30/09/2015
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National Centre for Research Methods Node Phase 2 Lancaster - Warwick - Stirling
01/10/2008 → 31/03/2012
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  • CHICAS
  • DSI - Health