Professor Jonathan Sterne
B.A.(Oxon.), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Lond.)
Current positions
Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Health Data Science
HDR UK Chief Scientist
Epidemiology and Health Data Science
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Research interests
Clinical epidemiology of HIV and AIDS in the era of antiretroviral therapy; meta-analysis and systematic reviews; causal inference; methodology for epidemiology and health services research, epidemiology of asthma and allergic diseases
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
AI innovation to accelerate in health research
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
02/10/2023 to 01/04/2025
BRC1 Extension
Principal Investigator
Dates
01/04/2022 to 30/11/2022
8073 18 Month Extension to COVID Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (LLC) WP2
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2021 to 30/09/2022
8073 COVID Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (LLC)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/11/2020 to 31/03/2021
UK CIC Characterisation of COVID-19 long-term immunity (NCS_1)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/11/2020 to 31/03/2021
Thesis supervisions
Causal modelling in epidemiology and health services research
Supervisors
Opportunities and challenges in using English national Hospital Episode Statistics to study infectious disease epidemiology
Supervisors
Investigating historical and future patterns in causes of mortality among persons with HIV
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
18/02/2026Effectiveness of bivalent BA.1 mRNA booster vaccines during the autumn 2022 COVID-19 booster programme in adults aged 50+ in England: observational matched cohort study using OpenSAFELY
Vaccine
Evaluating Darbepoetin Treatment Strategies for Managing Anaemia in Haemodialysis Patients: Effects on All-Cause Mortality From a Target Trial Emulation Using Electronic Health Record Data
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
OpenSAFELY: Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccination in Children and Adolescents
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)
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