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Dr Neil Scott

Dr Neil Scott
Dr Neil Scott
Dr Neil Scott

MA, MSc, PhD

Senior Lecturer

Accepting PhDs

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Email Address
n.w.scott@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 437108
Office Address
1:004 Polwarth Building
Foresterhill Campus
Foresterhill
AB25 2ZD

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School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Biography

Dr Neil Scott is a medical statistician within the Biostatistics and Health Data Science department. 

He graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1995 with an MA in Mathematics and has an MSc in Applied Statistics from Napier University.  He obtained a PhD from the 51cg in 2007. 

From 1997 to 2001 he worked as a medical statistician in the Health Services Research Unit, 51cg, where he worked on clinical trials and systematic reviews, particularly in surgery.

He joined the Biostatistics and Health Data Science department (originally the Department of Public Health, then the Medical Statistics Team) in 2001, and has collaborated on a large number of medical research projects in a wide variety of clinical areas.

He has an interest in the development and validation of quality-of-life instruments.  His PhD project involved using differential item functioning (DIF) analyses to determine whether there were linguistic or cultural differences in responses to the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire.

He has a major interest in systematic reviews and meta-analysis and has co-authored many systematic reviews including several Cochrane reviews.  He is also interested in complex evidence synthesis methodologies, such as network meta-analysis, and is a member of the Aberdeen team critiquing technology assessments for the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

He previously acted as a statistical consultant to NHS Grampian staff and is interested in statistical consultancy in general.

He contributes to a variety of teaching activities.  He is course co-ordinator for the PU5522 online Applied Statistics course and is a lecturer on the Systematic Reviewing (PU5526) and Evidence Based Health (PU5031) courses.

External Memberships

Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS)

Research

Research Overview

Neil’s main research interests include:

  • Randomised controlled trials, including methods of randomisation
  • Systematic reviews and meta-analysis, including individual patient data (IPD) reviews and network meta-analyses
  • Health-related quality of life (HRQoL)
  • Differential item functioning (DIF) methods
  • Methods to assess translations of HRQoL questionnaires
  • Case-control studies
  • Statistical consultancy

Current PhD opportunity: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/comprehensive-meta-analyses-of-surgical-repair-of-groin-hernia/?p172221

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Applied Health Sciences.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

Applied Health Sciences

  • Supervising
  • Accepting PhDs
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Research Specialisms

  • Medical Statistics

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is , published under the licence.

Teaching

Courses

Teaching Responsibilities

Contribution to:

PU5522 Applied Statistics (online) (lecturer and course co-ordinator)

PU5017 Applied Statistics (lecturer and previous course co-ordinator)

PU5526 Systematic Reviewing (lecturer)

PU5031 Evidence-Based Health (online) (lecturer)

SPSS staff course (previous lecturer)

Intermediate Statistics staff course (previous lecturer)

PhD Statistics Course (previous tutor)

Statistical consultancies (NHS and University staff)

Student clinics

Publications

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  • Nemolizumab for adults with moderate to severe prurigo nodularis [ID6451]

    Kennedy, C., Scott, N., Boyers, D., Robertson, C.
    Commissioned by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Aberdeen HTA Group
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
    • [ONLINE]

  • Diversity in core surgical training: Trends between 2012 and 2022

    Newman, M., Scott, N., Ellis, R., Myint, P. K.
    The Surgeon, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 1-7
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Spirometry to manage asthma in children: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (SPIROMAC)

    Bell, V., Sergenson, N., Cotton, S., Emele, C. D., Thomas, R., Aucott, L., Forrest, M., Gaillard, E. A., Kennington, E., MacLennan, G., Sinha, I., Vadiveloo, T., Scott, N., Turner, S.
    Trials, vol. 26, 373
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Long Covid in healthcare workers: longitudinal mixed-methods study

    Grant, A., Adams, N., MacIver, E., Skatun, D., Scott, N., Kennedy, C., Douglas, F., Hernandez Santiago, V., Torrance, N.
    Occupational Medicine, vol. 75, no. 3-4, pp. 171–178
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Could paramedics use the HEART Pathway to identify patients at low-risk of myocardial infarction in the prehospital setting?

    Cooper, J. G., Ferguson, J., Donaldson, L. A., Black, K. M., Livock, K. J., Horrill, J. L., Davidson, E. M., Scott, N. W., Lee, A. J., Fujisawa, T., Lee, K. K., Anand, A., Shah, A. S., Mills, N. L.
    American Heart Journal, vol. 271, pp. 182-187
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Tailoring CONSORT-SPI to Improve the Reporting of Smoking Cessation Intervention Trials: An expert consensus study

    Swithenbank, Z., Bricca, A., Black, N., Hartmann-Boyce, J., Johnston, M., Scott, N., West, R., Courtney, R. J., Treweek, S., Michie, S., de Bruin, M.
    Addiction, vol. 119, no. 2, pp. 225-235
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Lived experience of work and long COVID in healthcare staff

    Torrance, N., MacIver, E., Adams, N., Skatun, D., Scott, N., Kennedy, C., Douglas, F., Hernandez Santiago, V., Grant, A.
    Occupational Medicine, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 78–85
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Netarsudil-latanoprost for previously treated openangle glaucoma or ocular hypertension [ID1363]: NICE Single Technology Appraisal

    Boyers, D., Scott, N., Cruickshank, M., Azharuddin, M., Hernández, R. A., Ayansina, D., Manson, P., Virgili, G., Azuara-Blanco, A., Brazzelli, M.
    Commissioned by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Aberdeen HTA Group
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
    • [ONLINE]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Performance of a prehospital HEART score in patients with possible myocardial infarction: a prospective evaluation

    Cooper, J. G., Ferguson, J., Donaldson, L. A., Black, K. M. M., Livock, K. J., Horrill, J. L., Davidson, E. M., Scott, N. W., Lee, A. J., Fujisawa, T., Lee, K. K., Anand, A., Shah, A. S. V., Mills, N. L.
    Emergency Medicine Journal, vol. 40, no. 7, pp. 474-481
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Comparing characteristics and outcomes of individuals who participated in a trial versus those that did not

    Beasley, M., Scott, N., Jones, G., Macfarlane, G.
    British Pain Society 56th Annual Scientific Meeting, pp. 43
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Secukinumab for Moderate-to-Severe Hidradenitis Suppurativa [ID4039]: NICE Single Technology Appraisal

    Scott, N., Kumar, S., Tsehaye, M., Imamura, M., Cruickshank, M., Manson, P., Ormerod, A., Brazzelli, M., Boyers, D.
    Commissioned by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Aberdeen HTA Group
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
    • [ONLINE]
    • [ONLINE]

  • The Effect of Macular Hole Duration on Surgical Outcomes: An Individual Participant Data Study of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Murphy, D. C., Al-Zubaidy, M., Lois, N., Scott, N., Steel, D. H., Qu, J., Zhao, M., Sadda, S., Manasa, S., Agarwal, D., Kumar, A., Kakkar, P., Bourgault, S., Tourville, E., Velez-Montoya, R., Hernandez-Da Mota, S. E., Ramirez-Estudillo, J. A., Nawrocki, J., Nawrocka, Z. A., Lange, C., Bainbridge, J., Yorston, D., Alberti, M., la Cour, M., Christensen, U., Ho Alvin, K. K., Macular Hole Duration Study Group
    Ophthalmology, vol. 130, no. 2, pp. 152-163
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Skin cancer in essential thrombocythaemia and polycythaemia vera patients treated with hydroxycarbamide

    Mathur, A., Edman, J., Liang, L., Scott, N., Watson, H.
    eJHaem, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 1305-1309
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Mesh fixation techniques for inguinal hernia repair: an overview of systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials

    Alabi, A., Haladu, N., Scott, N., Imamura, M., Ahmed, I., Ramsay, G., Brazzelli, M.
    Hernia, vol. 26, pp. 973–987
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Open versus laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia: an overview of systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials

    Haladu, N., Alabi, A., Brazzelli, M., Imamura, M., Ahmed, I., Ramsay, G., Scott, N. W.
    Surgical Endoscopy, vol. 36, pp. 4685–4700
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Axicabtagene ciloleucel for treating relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after one systemic therapy

    Boyers, D., Cruickshank, M., Scott, N., Jacobsen, E., Kumar, S., Imamura, M., Manson, P., Preston, G., Brazzelli, M.
    London: Evidence Review Group report in support of NICE STA Programme. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. 128 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
    • [ONLINE]
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  • Reducing asthma attacks in children using exhaled nitric oxide (RAACENO) as a biomarker to inform treatment strategy: a multicentre, parallel, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial

    Turner, S., Cotton, S., Wood, J., Bell, V., Raja, E. A., Scott, N., Morgan, H., Lawrie, L., Emele, D., Kennedy, C., Scotland, G., Fielding, S., MacLennan, G., Norrie, J., Forrest, M., Gaillard, E. A., de Jongste, J. C., Pijnenburg, M. W., Thomas, M., Price, D.
    The Lancet. Respiratory medicine, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 584-592
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    • [ONLINE]

  • Treatment guided by fractional exhaled nitric oxide in addition to standard care in 6- to 15-year-olds with asthma: the RAACENO RCT

    Turner, S., Cotton, S., Wood, J., Bell, V., Raja, E. A., Scott, N., Morgan, H., Lawrie, L., Emele, D., Kennedy, C., Scotland, G., Fielding, S., MacLennan, G., Norrie, J., Forrest, M., Gaillard, E. A., de Jongeste, J., Pijnenburg, M. W., Thomas, M., Price, D.
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation, vol. 9, no. 4
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Emergency General Surgery: Impact of Distance and Rurality on Mortality

    Ramsay, G., Scott, N., Bekheit, M., Watson, A., Jansen, J. J., Wohlgemut, J.
    BJS Open, vol. 6, no. 2, zrac032
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Predictors of recruitment and retention in randomised controlled trials of behavioural smoking cessation interventions: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis

    Bricca, A., Swithenbank, Z., Scott, N., Treweek, S., Johnston, M., Black, N., Hartmann-Boyce, J., West, R., Michie, S., de Bruin, M.
    Addiction, vol. 117, no. 2, pp. 299-311
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Risk of Recurrent Stillbirth in Subsequent Pregnancies

    Lamont, K., Scott, N., Gissler, M., Gatt, M., Bhattacharya, S.
    Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 139, no. 1, pp. 31-40
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Could High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Testing Rule Out Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Prehospital Setting?

    Cooper, J., Ferguson, J., Donaldson, L. A., Black, K. M., Horrill, J. L., Davidson, E. M., Scott, N., Fujisawa, T., Chapman, A. R., Mills, N. L.
    Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 78, no. 23, pp. 2392-2394
    Contributions to Journals: Letters
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  • Cross-cultural differences and psychometric properties of the Japanese Actions and Feelings Questionnaire (J-AFQ)

    Huggins, C., Cameron, I., Scott, N., Williams, J. H., Yoshikawa, S., Sato, W.
    Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 12, 722108
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Reproductive pattern of parous women and the risk of cancer in later life

    Pasdar, Z., Scott, N., Iversen, L., Hannaford, P., Myint, P. K., Bhattacharya, S.
    Cancers, vol. 13, no. 15, 3731
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Palforzia for treating peanut allergy

    Cruickshank, M., Boyers, D., Scott, N., Robertson, C., Manson, P., Lumsden, C., Scotland, G., Brazzelli, M.
    London: Evidence Review Group report in support of NICE STA Programme. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. 125 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
    • [ONLINE]
    • [ONLINE]
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