
Dr Daisy Gaunt
BSc, MSc, PhD
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Current positions
Senior Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
Daisy Gaunt is a medical statistician working within the registered UKCRC Bristol Trials Centre where she is a statistical co-applicant on grants, and involved in all aspects of trial design and analysis, from sample size calculations to analyses of outcomes.
Her NIHR Doctoral fellowship was titled "Missing data in paediatric clinical trials; why does it happen and what can we do about it?" She explored clinical trialists experiences of working with young people and their families in paediatric RCTs through qualitative interviews, and exploring methods to appropariately analyse completed paediatric RCTs where missing data is suspected to be Missing Not At Random. Supervised by Professor Chris Metcalfe, Dr Rachael Hughes, Professor Jeremy Horwood and Dr Lucy Beasant, former - Professor Esther Crawley.
She co-organises and teaches on the Advanced Stata short course, and teaches on the Introduction to Statistics, Linear and Logistic Regression, and Multiple Imputation short courses, and the MSc's in Public Health, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics and Health Data Science in Bristol Medical School, and the Digital Health MSc in the Faculty of Engineering.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Missing data in paediatric clinical trials; why does it happen and what can we do about it?
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2020 to 31/12/2022
Publications
Selected publications
14/06/2023Participant retention in paediatric randomised controlled trials published in six major journals 2015-2019
Trials
Investigating the factors associated with meaningful improvement on the SF-36-PFS and exploring the appropriateness of this measure for young people with ME/CFS accessing an NHS specialist service
BMJ Open
The Patient-Oriented Eczema Measure in young children
Allergy
Recent publications
03/03/2025A school-based intervention to improve mental health outcomes for children with cerebral visual impairment (CVI)
Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Comparison of cognitive behaviour therapy versus activity management, both delivered remotely, to treat paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis
Health Technology Assessment
Conservative management versus invasive management of significant traumatic pneumothoraces in the emergency department (the CoMiTED trial)
BMJ Open
Further development and validation of the Multimorbidity Treatment Burden Questionnaire (MTBQ)
BMJ Open
Graded exercise therapy compared to activity management for paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome / myalgic encephalomyelitis
European Journal of Pediatrics
Thesis
Missing Data in Paediatric Clinical Trials
Supervisors
Award date
05/12/2023