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Bernie HigginsBernard Higgins

Name: Bernie Higgins
Title: Mr
Qualifications: BSc (Hons), PgCert, MRSS
Department: Mathematics
Address: Room 1.10, LionGate Building, Lion Terrace, Portsmouth PO1 3HF 
Email: bernie.higgins@port.ac.uk          
Telephone: 023 92 84 6361

What is your role on the Professional Doctorate?

Unit Lecturer on the Advanced Research Methods Unit (U09713B), provider of statistical support for projects.

What is your background?

Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics Portsmouth, Part-time Statistician for the Research Design Service (South Central).

What are your research interests?

Medical statistics, experimental design, multivariate methods.

How many times have you supervised as:-

Director of Studies (completed supervisions only) - 1

2nd Supervisor (completed supervisions only) - 1

Publications (up to three)

Venter C, Pereira B, Voigt K, Grundy J, Clayton CB, Higgins B, Arshad SH, Dean T.
Factors associated with maternal dietary intake, feeding and weaning practices, and the development of food hypersensitivity in the infant. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2009, 20, 320 – 327.

C. Sheppard, B. Higgins, M. Wise, C. Yiangou, D. Dubois and S. Kilburn
Breast cancer follow up: A randomised controlled trial comparing point of need access versus routine 6-monthly clinical review Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2009 Feb;13(1):2-8. Epub 2008 Dec 31.

G B Smith, D Prytherch, P I Featherstone, P Schmidt, B Higgins
A review, and performance evaluation, of single-parameter "track and trigger" systems.
Resuscitation Ms. Ref. No.:  RESUS-D-08-00211.

Current Projects: 

Statistician on the HipHop flooring study, Tuning fork study.