Prof. Rhiannon Owen
Professor Rhiannon Owen is an internationally recognised applied statistical methodologist, whose research has informed healthcare policy and practice.
Her research focuses on the development and application of statistical methods for the analysis of population-scale, linked electronic health records. She has extensive experience of national healthcare decision-making for the NHS as a long-standing member of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Technology Appraisal Committee.
Rhiannon has extensive experience of cross-sector collaboration including as a statistical consultant. She has provided methodological and strategic advice to the global pharmaceutical industry and international health technology assessment agencies.
Rhiannon graduated with a BSc in Mathematics and Sports Science from Loughborough University. She completed an MSc and PhD in Medical Statistics from the University of Leicester, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research Methods Fellowship and NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship. She was previously a Research Associate, Assistant Professor, and Associate Professor in Biostatistics at the University of Leicester, and Associate Professor in Statistics at Swansea University. She is currently Professor of Statistics at Swansea University Medical School, and Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW) Senior Research Leader.
