My research interests are broadly the application and development of statistical methodology to real applied problems. I have specific areas of interest in: Bayesian methods and computational statistics.
My career as a statistician has allowed me to work in difference disciplines, starting in methods development in extreme weather predictions, medical screening and clinical trials, before progressing to applied work in psychology. Between October 2008 and July 2009, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher for the Fetal Medicine Foundation. This role looked at novel pre-natal screening algorithms for Down's Syndrome and Pre-eclampsia. I held the role of Senior Research Fellow in Applied Statistics at the Centre for Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Biomarkers, Peninsula school of Medicine and Dentistry (Plymouth and Exeter Universities). My role was supported by a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Grant entitled "Clinical Trials Methods in Neurodegenerative Diseases", where I was senior statistical modeller and method development researcher. The focus of this research was the development of statistical models within a Bayesian framework that showed individual differences in patient's disease trajectories (stratified medicine). In January 2014, I moved to Oxford University to work on the Wellcome Language and Reading Project as a statistician in Professor Maggie Snowling group (CRL, University of Oxford). Following completion of this project, I moved to OSCCI (Prof. Dorothy Bishop's research group) and worked on a diverse range of projects, in behavioural, genetics and neuroimaging studies. I joined CIDD at Warwick University in September 2021 as an Applied Statistician. I will be working on randomised controlled trials, observational studies, and research methods. I have additional interests in open science and reproducible research practices.
- Thompson, Paul A., Owen, Kaydee, Hastings, Richard P., 2024. Examining heterogeneity of education intervention effects using quantile mixed models : a re-analysis of a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a fluency-based mathematics intervention. International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 47 (1), pp. 49-64
- Liu, Wenyuan, Thompson, Paul A., Gray, Kylie M., Hastings, Richard P., 2024. Child behavior problems and parental psychological distress in Chinese families of children with autism : the putative moderating role of parental social support and cultural values. Autism Research
- Nicholls, Gemma, Thompson, Paul A., Grindle, Corinna F., Hastings, Richard P., 2024. Impact of COVID-19 lockdown in England on challenging behaviour and adaptive skills for children in a special school : a longitudinal study. British Educational Research Journal
- Moody, Gwenllian, Coulman, Elinor, Crocker-White, Emma, Gray, Kylie M., Hastings, Richard P., Longman, Andrea, Lugg-Widger, Fiona, Playle, Rebecca, Segrott, Jeremy, Thompson, Paul A., Badger, Julia, Langdon, Peter E., Flynn, Samantha, 2024. Solutions trial : solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) in 10?17-year-olds presenting at police custody : a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 25 (1)
- Sutherland, Daniel, Griffin, Joanna, Flynn, Samantha, Thompson, Paul A., Hastings, Richard P., 2024. Positive Family Connections for families of children with a developmental disability : cluster randomized controlled trial. Journal of Family Psychology
- Thompson, Paul A., Watkins, Kate E., Woodhead, Zoe V. J., Bishop, Dorothy V. M., 2023. Generalized models for quantifying laterality using functional transcranial Doppler ultrasound. Human Brain Mapping, 44 (1), pp. 35-48
- Williams, Caitlin A., Thompson, Paul A., Hastings, Richard P., 2023. Cross-lagged associations between inter-parental relationship satisfaction and sibling relationship quality in families of children with intellectualdisabilities. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities
- James, Emma, Thompson, Paul A., Bowes, Lucy, Nation, Kate, 2023. Heterogeneity in children's reading comprehension difficulties : a latent class approach. JCPP Advances, 3 (4)
- Taylor, Emma L., Thompson, Paul A., Manktelow, Nicholas, Flynn, Samantha, Gillespie, D., Bradshaw, J., Gore, N., Liew, Ashley, Lovell, M., Sutton, K., Richards, C., Petrou, S., Langdon, Peter E., Grant, G., Cooper, V., Seers, Kate, Hastings, Richard P., 2023. Mapping and identifying service models for community-based services for children with intellectual disabilities and behaviours that challenge in England. BMC Health Services Research, 23
- Williams, Caitlin, Thompson, Paul A., Hayden, Nikita, Hastings, Richard P., 2023. Sibling relationship and behavioral adjustment in families of disabled children : cross-lagged associations. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 129 (1), pp. 73-85
- Langdon, Peter E., Thompson, Paul A., Shepstone, Lee, Perez-Olivas, Gisela, Melvin, Clare L., Barnoux, Magali, Alexander, Regi, Roy, Ashok, Devapriam, John, 2022. Psychiatric inpatient admissions and discharges of people with intellectual disabilities : a time series analysis of English national data. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
- Parker, Adam J., Woodhead, Zoe V.J., Carey, David P., Groen, Margriet A., Gutierrez-Sigut, Eva, Hodgson, Jessica, Hudson, John, Karlsson, Emma M., MacSweeney, Mairéad, Payne, Heather, Simpson, Nuala, Thompson, Paul A., Watkins, Kate E., Egan, Ciara, Grant, Jack H., Harte, Sophie, Hudson, Brad T., Sablik, Maria, Badcock, Nicholas A., Bishop, Dorothy V.M., 2022. Inconsistent language lateralisation : testing the dissociable language laterality hypothesis using behaviour and lateralised cerebral blood flow. Cortex, 154, pp. 105-134
- Bruckert, L., Thompson, Paul A., Watkins, K. E., Bishop, D. V. M. (Dorothy V. M.), Woodhead, Z. V. J., 2021. Investigating the effects of handedness on the consistency of lateralization for speech production and semantic processing tasks using functional transcranial Doppler sonography. Laterality : Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, 26 (6), pp. 680-705
- Krishnan, Saloni, Asaridou, Salomi S., Cler, Gabriel J., Smith, Harriet J., Willis, Hannah E., Healy, Máiréad P., Thompson, Paul A., Bishop, Dorothy V.M., Watkins, Kate E., 2021. Functional organisation for verb generation in children with developmental language disorder. NeuroImage, 226
- Woodhead, Z. V. J., Thompson, Paul A., Karlsson, E. M., Bishop, D. V. M., 2021. An updated investigation of the multidimensional structure of language lateralization in left- and right-handed adults : a test?retest functional transcranial Doppler sonography study with six language tasks. Royal Society Open Science, 8 (2)
- Bradshaw, Abigail R., Woodhead, Zoe V. J., Thompson, Paul A., Bishop, Dorothy V. M., 2021. Profile of language abilities in a sample of adults with developmental disorders. Dyslexia, 27 (1), pp. 3-28
- Parker, Adam J., Woodhead, Zoe V. J., Thompson, Paul A., Bishop, Dorothy V. M., 2021. Assessing the reliability of an online behavioural laterality battery : a pre-registered study. Laterality : Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, 26 (4), pp. 359-397
- Thompson, Paul A., Newbury, Dianne F., Simpson, Nuala H., Thompson, Paul A., Bishop, Dorothy V. M., 2021. Stage 2 Registered Report : Variation in neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with sex chromosome trisomies : testing the double hit hypothesis [version 4; peer review: 2 approved]. Wellcome Open Research, 3
- Greenhalgh, Trisha, Thompson, Paul A., Weiringa, Sietse, Neves, Ana Luisa, Husain, Laiba, Dunlop, Merlin, Rushforth, Alexander, Nunan, David, de Lusignan, Simon, Delaney, Brendan, 2020. What items should be included in an early warning score for remote assessment of suspected COVID-19? qualitative and Delphi study. BMJ Open, 10 (11)
- Mountford, Hayley S., Bishop, Dorothy V. M., Thompson, Paul A., Simpson, Nuala H., Newbury, Dianne F., 2020. Copy number variation burden does not predict severity of neurodevelopmental phenotype in children with a sex chromosome trisomy. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, 184 (2), pp. 256-266
- Thompson, Paul A., Bishop, Dorothy V. M., Eising, Else, Fisher, Simon E., Newbury, Dianne F., 2020. Generalized structured component analysis in candidate gene association studies : applications and limitations [version 2; peer review: 3 approved]. Wellcome Open Research, 4
- Bradshaw, Abigail R., Woodhead, Zoe V. J., Thompson, Paul A., Bishop, Dorothy V. M., 2020. Investigation into inconsistent lateralisation of language functions as a potential risk factor for language impairment. European Journal of Neuroscience, 51 (4), pp. 1106-1121
- Bishop, Dorothy V. M., Thompson, Paul A., 2023. Evaluating what works : an intuitive guide to intervention research for practitioners.
Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
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Standard Teen Triple P for parents/carers of 11-15 year olds at the edge-of-care: A Randomised Controlled Trial with internal pilot (Full Application, outline 73702) | Youth Endowment Fund | 01 Feb 2023 | 31 Oct 2026 |
Digital Health Participation of People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Longitudinal Modelling and Digital Diary Study - (University of Wolverhampton Leading) (original 73330) | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), School of Social Care Research NIHR | 01 May 2023 | 31 Dec 2025 |
A digital parent skills training programme for parents of children with intellectual disabilities - NIHR HTA Application Acceleration Award ? adaptation and assessment of digital technologies for social care commissioning brief | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 01 Jan 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 |
Coronavirus and people with learning disabilities study: UK Survey Wave 4 | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 01 May 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 |