Ian White

Ian White is Professor of Statistical Methods for Medicine at the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, UK. He originally studied Mathematics at Cambridge University, and his first career was as a teacher of mathematics in The Gambia, Cambridge, and London. He obtained his MSc in Statistics from University College London, where he subsequently worked in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. He was then Senior Lecturer in the Medical Statistics Unit at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and for 16 years Program Leader at the Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit in Cambridge. He received his PhD by publication in 2011.

His research interests are in statistical methods for the design and analysis of clinical trials, observational studies, and meta-analyses. He is particularly interested in developing methods for handling missing data, correcting for departures from randomized treatment, novel trial designs, simulation studies, and network meta-analysis. He runs courses on various topics and has written a range of Stata software.