Dr Daniel Lawson
MSc(Bristol), PhD(Lond.)
Current positions
Associate Professor in Data Science
School of Mathematics
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Research interests
Mathematical techniques
Bayesian modelling
Statistical Genetics
Statistical analysis of Big Data
Statistical methods for intractible models
Dynamical systems and game theory
Networks
Application areas
Genetics
Epidemiology
Historical dynamics
Ecology
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
OCeanic and South East Asian Navigators.
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of MathematicsDates
01/01/2020 to 31/12/2023
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Selected publications
01/01/2012Inference of population structure using dense haplotype data
PLoS Genetics
Recent publications
23/03/2023HTRX
Bioinformatics Advances
A Chromosome-Painting Based Pipeline to Infer Local Ancestry under Limited Source Availability
Genome Biology and Evolution
CLARITY
Royal Society Open Science
Estimating the COVID-19 epidemic trajectory and hospital capacity requirements in South West England
BMJ Open
Genetic drift from the out-of-Africa bottleneck leads to biased estimation of genetic architecture and selection
European Journal of Human Genetics
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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor George Davey Smith
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Patrick Rubin-Delanchy
Professor of Statistics
School of Mathematics
Dr Gibran Hemani
Associate Professor in Statistical Genetics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Mr Simon Haworth
Clinical Lecturer
Bristol Dental School