Biography

Dr Tom Palmer, Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics applied to Genetics

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

November 2021: Top 40 New CRAN Packages

R Views Dec 2021
OneSampleMR included in R Views November 2021 Top 40 New CRAN Packages

Best of IJE 2019

International Journal of Epidemiology Dec 2019

Student conference award, Alexandroupolis, Greece

International Society for Clinical Biostatistics Aug 2007

Recent Posts

My #GitHubUnwrapped 2022!

My #GitHubUnwrapped 2022!
Last updated on Jan 7, 2023 Blog
My #GitHubUnwrapped 2022!

Make your own CRAN-like repository with Linux binary R packages

Make your own CRAN-like repository serving not only bundled source packages and Windows and macOS binary packages but also Linux binary packages.
Last updated on Nov 30, 2022 Blog
Make your own CRAN-like repository with Linux binary R packages

R packages

Statamarkdown R package

R Feb 2023

tmsens R package

R Feb 2022

OneSampleMR R package

R Nov 2021

TwoSampleMR 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

Talks

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
Slides

Investigating and fixing a new CRAN check error in my OneSampleMR package

May 20, 2022 MRC IEU Programme 3 meeting, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School
Tom Palmer
Slides

R and Stata packages for one-sample Mendelian randomization analyses: OneSampleMR and ivonesamplemr

Jan 20, 2022 Statistics Discussion Group, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School
Tom Palmer
Slides

Parameter collapsibility and noncollapsibility in statistical models: what you need to know

Jan 18, 2021 Statistics Discussion Group, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School
Tom Palmer
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