Social optimisation of public-facing digital tools for health protection and trial frameworks for non-pharmaceutical interventions.
Applications from graduates with interests in statistical epidemiology, public health and/or digital health are invited for a DPhil in Statistics, funded by the NIHR-funded Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections (HPRU-EZI), to work on a project in the field of Statistical Epidemiology.
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Applications for postgraduate study are now open for 2027–28 entry
Postgraduate study at Oxford Statistics offers the chance to work across a broad range of research, from statistical theory and methodology, probability and machine learning to applications in areas including genetics, epidemiology, computational biology, finance and the social sciences.
Tom Rainforth awarded full Professorial title
Tom Rainforth has been awarded the title of Professor of Statistics and, as of 1 September 2026, is also a Fellow of Jesus College.
What does a statistician do for the England football team?
From squad selection to modelling how footballs behave at altitude, statistician Matt Penn explains how data is helping shape the modern game, and why coaches will always matter more than the numbers.