Andy sits within the Cente for Biostatistics in the School of Health Sciences and contributes to the NIHR Research Support Unit, NIHR Statistics Group and Division of Research & Innovation at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.  His time is divided between offices in the Centre for Biostatistics and at Salford Royal Hospital, where he collaborates with and supports clinician-led research.

Most of his clinical research collaboration is within the field of neurosciences.  Andy is a member of the Stroke Association's grant-funding panel and works across experimental medicine, acute stroke and rehabilitation research with a focus on intervention studies.

Methodological interests include issues arising in the meta-analysis of subfertility trials, identified through his longstanding role as lead Statistical Editor of the Cochrane Gynaecology and Fertility Review Group (formerly Menstrual Disorders & Subfertility).  He regularly provides critical appraisal of the available evidence to advise the UK Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA) patient-facing advice on 'treatment add-ons' offered by fertility clinics.

Andy completed his MSc under a Special Training Award at the WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyons.  His first post, under the mentorship of Sheila Bird (MRC Biostatistics Unit), was a national cohort study of corneal transplant outcome based at the UK Transplant Service in Bristol.  This was followed by seven years at the University of Leeds Institute of Epidemiology & Health Services Research, where he developed a portfolio of collaborative research in gynaecology, obstetrics & midwifery.

In 1999 Andy crossed the Pennines to join Graham Dunn's Biostatistics Group. He developed and expanded a statistical team at Salford Royal using funding raised through successful research bids. His research collaborations have focused on clinical neuroscience, and stroke in particular.

Royal Statistical Society

International Society for Clinical Biostatistics

NIHR Statistics Group (Steering Committee)

Cochrane Collaboration: Review Group Editor

Reproduction: Statistical Associate Editor

NIHR Research Support Service (Lancaster Hub Executive)

Stroke Association: Project Grant Adjudication Panel

NIHR PGfAR Funding Panel (2017-2020)

NIHR HTA Clinical Evaluation and Trials Funding Board (2010-2014)

BSc. Pure Mathematics & Mathematical Statistics, University of Exeter, 1988

MSc. Medical Statistics & Information Technology, University of Leicester, 1989