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I am a Research assistant in the Department of Population Health Science. I have a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Aberystwyth, and a MSc in Medical statistics from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ. Currently, half of my time is spent completing my NIHR pre-doctoral fellowship and the other half is as a research assistant on the Survmark3 project where I am completing my PhD within this role. My field of interest is survival analysis where I primarily focus on analysis of population-based registry data. Research: NIHR Pre-doctoral Fellow I investigate the most suitable modelling framework to predict long term restricted mean survival time and life expectancy. This project also explores the importance of suitable follow-up time and the impact of model complexity to produce suitable extrapolations of this metric. I am also a member of the PPI-SMART group where I have been fortunate to attend MEMTAB hosted by the university of Birmingham in 2025 and present a poster titled: Patient and public involvement in prognostic modelling papers- a missed opportunity? International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership Research Assistant/ PhD Student PhD Title: The impact of data collection practice and quality on international comparisons of cancer survival Comparing improvements in survival across both calendar time and within a given country, we can quantify the extent to which improvements in outcomes occur for individuals diagnosed with cancer. To quantify the maximal improvements in survival that could be achieved under the current “best” treatment, diagnostic and care pathways for cancer patient we also compare cancer survival estimates internationally. However, differences in data collection practice, and differences in the quality/completeness of the data held by each contributing cancer registry could lead to unfair comparisons of survival. This role will involve assisting in methodological research to explore methods to assess the impact of differences in definition, collection, availability of data or analytical approach on cancer survival estimates by key variables of interest (age, stage, Socioeconomic status etc.). This project will allow me to also complete my PhD where the aim is to seek to understand how and why progress in improving cancer survival differs across ICBP countries, in order to inform policies in each contributing jurisdiction to remove inequalities.