1975 BA Natural Sciences , University of Cambridge 1976 M.Sc. in Statistics, University of Edinburgh 1998 PhD Statistics, University of Dundee Formerly in Depts of Community Medicine, Public health Statistician member of Tayside Research ethics committee, 2005-2011

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