Alex Mitchell
Research Fellow (Statistician)

Profile

Biography

Alex joined the York Trials Unit in 2017, after completing undergraduate and postgraduate studies at King's College London and The University of Sheffield respectively. He has experience providing statistical support in a range of areas, including smoking cessation, orthopaedic surgery and diagnostic accuracy studies. He also works as an advisor for the Research Design Service, Yorkshire and Humber (RDS-YH).

Qualifications

• MSc Statistics With Medical Applications (2017), University of Sheffield
• MSci Mathematics and Physics (2016), King’s College London

Departmental roles

• Advisor, Research Design Service, Yorkshire and Humber (RDS-YH)

Research

Projects

• ACTIVE - A RCT assessing the effectiveness of internal plate fixation versus external fine wire fixation for the management of Type C, closed pilon fractures of the distal tibia
• BAY - An RCT investigating behavioural activation for moderately to severely depressed young people in CAMHS settings
• ComBAT - Community-Based Behavioural Activation Training for Depression in Adolescents: Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) with Economic and Process Evaluations
• FARSTER-Care
• IMPASS

• REDUCE - A pilot study of the effectiveness of an intervention to prevent diabetic foot ulcer recurrence

• SCEPTRE
• TIDE - An RCT investigating whether there are effective alternatives to nasal mupirocin for early decolonisation of MRSA amongst adult hospital in-patients

Previous Projects

• ABRA
• CPIT III
• FARSTER
• Gateway
• KReBS
• SCI-napse

Research group(s)

• Trials and Statistics

Publications

Full publications list

Alex Mitchell's publications

External activities

Memberships

• York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Research and Development Group Committee Member