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Dr Tim Jones
BSc(Kent), GDip(Cardiff), PhD(Bristol)
Current positions
Research Fellow in Medical Statistics and Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (THS)
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Research interests
Tim Jones is a Research Fellow using quantitative methods in Applied Data Science, Epidemiology, and Health Economics. Tim's interest has always been in using knowledge to increase the common good. This has taken many forms: helping to provide internet services to schools and universities; supporting adults with learning disabilities to live independently in the community; experimental research into the powerhouse of our thinking - working memory; and epidemiological analysis of large, routinely-collected, healthcare datasets.
Tim is currently working on analysis of National Joint Registry data, focussing on outcomes following joint replacements, which are amongst the most common elective hospital procedures. This includes producing annual reports summarising the performance of different types and brands of joint replacements; identifying potential outlier surgeons and hospitals for further exploration; and producing academic research articles on this topic. Previously, at NIHR ARC West, Tim contributed to a broad range of applied health research projects in collaborations between academia, the NHS, local authorities, and third sector organisations. In health economics his focus was on using NHS resources wisely, and reducing the use of clinical procedures of limited cost effectiveness. He was involved in maintaining the university licence for primary care data (CPRD) and secondary care data (HES) and supporting other researchers at the university to use these datasets. Prior to this, Tim worked for Public Health England analysing data from the National Cancer Registry, responding to local requests in the South West of England for information about any cancers, and producing national reports about skin and urological cancers.
Tim has taught on Bristol Medical School short courses on epidemiology, survival analysis, and STATA programming; NIHR ARC West training courses on Basic Statistics and Health Economics; modules about propensity scores and health economics on the Masters courses in Epidemiology and Public Health; and modules about interrupted time series analysis on the MSc in Health Economics.
Publications
Recent publications
09/05/2024Identifying potentially low value surgical care
Journal of Health Services Research and Policy
Risk factors for prolonged length of hospital stay following elective hip replacement surgery: a retrospective longitudinal observational study
BMJ Open
The recovery from the COVID-19 induced joint replacement deficit in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has not yet begun
Bone and Joint Journal
Access to publicly funded weight management services in England using routine data from primary and secondary care (2007-2020)
PLoS Medicine
Development and application of simulation modelling for orthopaedic elective resource planning in England
BMJ Open
Thesis
Cognitive Biases in Short-Term Memory for Serial Order
Supervisors
Award date
14/05/2013