
Dr Gemma Clayton
MSc, MSci, PhD
Current positions
Research Fellow in Health Data Science
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
After obtaining an MSci (Hons) in Mathematics at the University of Birmingham, I pursued my interest in statistics and data, and its application in the real world by undertaking an MSc in Medical Statistics at the University of Leicester. Having gained experience working for two years as a Medical Statistician at the Bristol Clinical Trials and Evaluation Unit, I began my PhD in clinical trials methodology in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Bristol. After my PhD, I took up a Senior Research Associate post within the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU) to broaden my statistical skills in life course epidemiology.
My research interests relate to the application of epidemiological methods to assess the role of women’s reproductive health on cardiovascular and cardiometabolic risk. I am particularly interested in the potential causal inferences which can be made from such epidemiological studies.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
STAGE - Stay Healthy Through Ageing
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2024 to 31/12/2029
Thesis supervisions
Shared Decision-Making in Maternity Care
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
04/06/2025Women's perspectives of decision-making for labour and birth
BMJ Open
Women’s perspectives of decision-making for labour and birth: A qualitative antenatal-postnatal paired interview study
BMJ Open
Effects of the maternal and fetal proteome on birth weight
Effects of the maternal and fetal proteome on birth weight
Accounting for bias due to outcome data missing not at random
BMC Medical Research Methodology
Codesign and refinement of an optimised antenatal education session to better inform women and prepare them for labour and birth
BMJ Open Quality
Thesis
Incorporating external evidence syntheses in the design and analysis of trials
Supervisors
Award date
07/05/2019