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Benjamin Thorpe

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Biography

I was a student at Durham University, where I received my MMath, my PhD and the Willmore Pure Mathematics Prize. I was unhappy in pure maths and could not see a clear path for my career in that field, so I moved into statistics. This allowed me to work on research in engineering, education, medicine and health economics. My career is summarised below.

  • Lecturer in Statistics, University of York (2023 - present)
  • Teaching Fellow in Statistics, University of Leeds (2019 - 2023)
  • Associate Lecturer in Statistics, University of York (2018 - 2019)
  • Teaching Assistant, University of Leeds (2017 - 2018)
  • Research Methods Fellow, University of Leeds (2015 - 2017)
  • Mathematics Tutor, Durham University (2014 - 2015)
  • Research Associate, Durham University (2013 - 2014)
  • Research Associate, Durham University (2012 - 2013)
  • Mathematics Tutor, Durham University (2011 - 2012)

My research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals including Medical Decision Making, Health Technology Assessment, Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Pacific Journal of Mathematics, and Communications in Analysis & Geometry.

Departmental roles

  • Transition Officer (2026 -present)
  • First-Year Tutor (2026 - present)

Contact details

Dr Benjamin Thorpe
CSE/206

Tel: +44 1904 323890

Teaching

Undergraduate

Lecturing

I currently lecture three modules:

Previously, I lectured Probability & Statistical Inference at York and five modules at Leeds (Mixed Models with Medical Applications; Linear Regression, Robustness & Smoothing; Statistical Theory & Methods; Learning Skills Through Case Studies; and Survival Analysis).

Supervision

I supervise final-year BSc and MMath projects, including industrial projects related to medical research. Please talk to me if you are interested in such projects.

Postgraduate

Supervision

I supervise dissertation projects on two MSc programmes: Statistics & Computational Finance and Data Science (Artificial Intelligence & Statistics). I do not currently offer PhD supervision.