Biography

Dr Tom Palmer, Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics

Interests

  • Causal inference
  • Medical statistics / Biostatistics
  • Mendelian randomization
  • R and Stata programming
  • Statistical methods for Epidemiology
  • PhD thesis pdf

Education

  • Postgradute Certificate in Academic Practice, 2018

    Lancaster University

  • PhD Extensions to Mendelian randomization, 2009

    University of Leicester

  • MSc in Medical Statistics, 2005

    University of Leicester

  • BSc in Mathematics and Economics, 2002

    University of Nottingham

Awards

Secondment to software development team at the Bennett Institute

Prof. Ben Goldacre’s Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford Sep 2024 – Mar 2025
Two day per week secondment to the Reproducible Analytics Pipeline software development team in Prof. Ben Goldacre’s Bennett Institute, University of Oxford. I will work on R related projects within the OpenSAFELY programme.

Paper in top 10% of downloaded papers from Statistics in Medicine in 2022

Statistics in Medicine Jul 2024

OneSampleMR included in RStudio’s R Views November 2021: “Top 40” New CRAN Packages

R Views Dec 2021

Co-chair of the organising committe for the 5th International Mendelian randomization conference

MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit Jul 2021

Article in Best of IJE 2019

International Journal of Epidemiology Dec 2019
Spiller, et al., Software application profile: mrrobust–a tool for performing two-sample summary Mendelian randomization analyses, IJE, 48, 3, 684–690, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy195 was the second most cited IJE paper in 2019.

Co-editor, with Prof. Jonathan Sterne, of Meta-Analysis in Stata: An Updated Collection from the Stata Journal, Second Edition

Stata Press Oct 2015

Student conference award, Alexandroupolis, Greece

International Society for Clinical Biostatistics Aug 2007

Pfizer studentship to study MSc in Medical Statistics, University of Leicester

Pfizer Sep 2004 – Aug 2005

Recent Posts

Supercharge your #rstats web searching in Google Chrome with Site Search Shortcuts

Google Chrome site search shortcuts for R and statistics to enable convenient #rstats web searching.
Last updated on Jun 14, 2024 Blog
Supercharge your #rstats web searching in Google Chrome with Site Search Shortcuts

Running MLwiN using mlnscript via the R2MLwiN R package on Apple Silicon Macs

How to run MLwiN natively on Apple Silicon Macs via R and the R2MLwiN package.
Last updated on Apr 1, 2024 Blog
Running MLwiN using mlnscript via the R2MLwiN R package on Apple Silicon Macs

Creating a simple Automator app to launch a new instance of RStudio Desktop on macOS

A convenient way to open a new instance of RStudio Desktop on macOS.
Last updated on Mar 30, 2024 Blog
Creating a simple Automator app to launch a new instance of RStudio Desktop on macOS

My #GitHubUnwrapped 2023!

My #GitHubUnwrapped 2023!
Last updated on Jan 7, 2024 Blog
My #GitHubUnwrapped 2023!

Fuller reproducibility in Stata ado-files and programs: setting the version and user version

For fuller reproducibility in Stata ado-files and programs set both the version and the user version.
Last updated on Sep 10, 2023 Blog
Fuller reproducibility in Stata ado-files and programs: setting the version and user version
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R packages

ieugwasr R package

R Mar 2024

MRCIEU R-Universe 🚀

R-Universe Jun 2023

Personal R-Universe 🚀

R-Universe Jun 2023

Statamarkdown R package

R Feb 2023

tmsens R package

R Feb 2022

OneSampleMR R package

R Nov 2021

TwoSampleMR R package

R Feb 2020

knitexercise R package

R Feb 2020

mrbayes R package

R Jul 2019

bpbounds R package

R Oct 2018

Stata packages

ivonesamplemr Stata package

Stata Sep 2021

mrrobust Stata package

Stata Sep 2018

bpbounds Stata package

Stata Oct 2011

confunnel Stata package

Stata Jun 2008

winbugsfromstata Stata package

Stata Nov 2006

Talks

The MRC IEU R-Universe of Mendelian randomization related R packages 🚀

Jun 19, 2024 Mendelian Randomization Conference, Bristol
Tom Palmer
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The MRC IEU 🚀 R-Universe of Mendelian randomization related R packages

Jan 26, 2024 Goldney House, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Tom Palmer
Slides

Using Git, GitHub Desktop, and GitHub for novice and experienced users

Dec 1, 2023 MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Tom Palmer, Yi Liu
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Using allele scores to identify confounding by reverse causation: Studies of alcohol consumption as an exemplar

May 22, 2023 MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Tom Palmer, Hannah Sallis, Kate Tilling, George Davey Smith, Marcus Munafò
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A review of group-based methods for teaching statistics in higher education

Jun 29, 2022 Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference, University College London, London
Tom Palmer, Elinor Jones
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