Professor Brad Manktelow

I am Professor of Medical Statistics and Research Group Lead for the TIMMS research group in the Department of Population Health Sciences.

My work primarily centres on the development and use of statistical methods in perinatal and neonatal research but I am also interested in the methods used for quality improvement and quality assurance in healthcare.

I was awarded my undergraduate degree by the Open University in 1995, having successfully completed modules in applied mathematics and statistics. I completed the MSc Medical Statistics & IT at the University of Leicester in 1997 and then remained at the university taking up a post as a research associate. I have remained at the University of Leicester since and I subsequently completed my PhD here in 2006. I took up my first academic post in 2016 and I was promoted to Professor of Medical Statistics in 2020

My current research is focused on the use and development of statistical methods for quality improvement and quality assurance in healthcare. I am also interested in the statistical issues arising from research in perinatal, neonatal, and paediatric medicine.

I am a co-investigator and perinatal lead for MBRRACE-UK, the national collaborative programme of work undertaking the surveillance and investigation of stillbirths, neonatal deaths, and maternal deaths in the UK. As the lead statistician for MBRRACE-UK, I supervise the analysis of data for the UK's national perinatal mortality surveillance report.

A full list of peer-reviewed publications can be found on my ORCID page.

I am interested to hear from prospective PhD students interested in projects investigating the development and application of statistical methods to patient safety and quality improvement in healthcare.

Recent students have investigated the topics:

• Modelling neonatal care pathways for babies born very preterm
• Continuous real-time monitoring of extended perinatal mortality
• The association between socioeconomic circumstances, ethnicity and stillbirth
• Clinical frailty and hospital adverse events in the elderly

I am Programme Director for the Quality and Safety in Healthcare programme at the University of Leicester. The awards available from the programme include MSc, PG Diploma, and PG Certificate, as well as CPD accreditation.

The modules within this postgraduate programme cover both the theoretical and the practical aspects of healthcare quality improvement and patient safety. On the programme, you will learn the practice and theories of healthcare quality and patient safety from our academics, who are leading world-class research in this area, and from experts in quality and safety at our NHS partners. 

I currently lead the postgraduate module Measuring and Monitoring in Healthcare and supervise Dissertation projects.

The application of statistical methods to patient safety and quality improvement in healthcare.

• PhD Statistical issues in the comparison of mortality in neonatal intensive care units within a UK health region
  The University of Leicester (2006)
• MSc Medical Statistics & IT 
  The University of Leicester (1997)
• BSc Applied Mathematics
  The Open University (1995)

• Diploma in Mathematics
  The Open University (2006)
• Certificate in Spanish
  The Open University (2005)

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 2019