Dr David Young
Reader
Mathematics and Statistics
Personal statement
Personal statement
Following a degree in mathematics and a PhD in statistics, David worked as a Senior Statistician for Sanofi Pharmaceuticals in Newcastle and Paris, before returning to academic research at Harvard University in Boston developing statistical algorithms to identify brain cells targeted by anti-psychotic drugs. After a two-year contract with the Robertson Centre for Biostatistics at the University of Glasgow as a Statistician/Data Manager, David took up a joint post as lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Strathclyde and Consultant Statistician for the NHS.
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Qualifications
Chartered Statistician
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Publications
- The Postcode Lottery : How the study of SQA Advanced Higher Mathematics impacts academic performance at university
- Burns Nathan, Young David, Sherriff Andrea, Kelly Louise
- British Socieety for Research into Learning Mathematics Summer Conference (2024)
- Does delay to theatre influence morbidity or mortality in femoral periprosthetic fractures?
- Kennedy John W, Rooney Elliot J, Ryan Paul J, Siva Soorya, Kennedy Matthew J, Wheelwright Ben, Young David, Meek R M D
- Bone & Joint Open Vol 5, pp. 452-456 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.56.BJO-2024-0017.R1
- Impact of maternal body mass index (BMI) and the challenges of fetal echocardiography
- Hunter L, Panagiotopoulou O, Mulholland J, Bannerman K, Young D, Anderson L
- Public health Vol 233, pp. 22-24 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2024.04.020
- The impact of student dropouts on Scotland’s Widening Access Agenda
- Burns Nathan, Young David, Sherriff Andrea, Kelly Louise
- The 7th World Conference on Research in Teaching and Education (2024)
- Neuroception of psychological safety scale (NPSS) : validation with a UK based adult community sample
- Cogan Nicola, Morton Liza, Irvine Fitzpatrick Linda, Lamb Danielle, De Kock Johannes Hannes, Alisha Ali, Young David, Porges Stephen
- European Journal of Psychotraumatology (2024)
- Mal-positioned nasogastric feeding tubes : are medical students safe to identify them?
- Chew Cindy, O’Dwyer Patrick J, Young David, Banziger Carina, Hope Sarah, Rodolfo Sana, Obaro Anu E
- British Journal of Radiology Vol 97, pp. 640-645 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bjr/tqae007
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Research Interests
Medical Statistics
Professional Activities
- FEBOS 2024 Dublin Examinations
- Consultant
- 31/5/2024
- Mathematics & Statistics Teaching Away Day
- Invited speaker
- 22/5/2024
- EBO Spring 2024 Paris Examinations
- Consultant
- 3/5/2024
- Variability in DDK rate productions in typically-developing children in Scotland
- Contributor
- 22/2/2024
- SQA Higher Applications of Mathematics Reviewer
- Advisor
- 25/11/2023
- SQA Advanced Higher Statistics Reviewer
- Advisor
- 14/10/2023
Projects
- A pilot randomised controlled trial of sleep restriction therapy versus sleep hygiene education for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients with acute insomnia
- Fleming, Leanne (Principal Investigator) Young, David (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Variability in child speech (VariCS)
- Kuschmann, Anja (Principal Investigator) Barry, Sarah (Co-investigator) Cleland, Joanne (Co-investigator) Young, David (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 25-Jan-2026
- Improving older adults' vaccination uptake: are existing measures of vaccine hesitancy valid and reliabe for older people?
- Williams, Lynn (Principal Investigator) Brown Nicholls, Louise (Co-investigator) Cogan, Nicola (Co-investigator) Rasmussen, Susan (Co-investigator) Young, David (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2020
- Psychological barriers to seasonal influenza vaccination uptake in those with chronic respiratory disease: A mixed methods study
- Williams, Lynn (Principal Investigator) Cogan, Nicola (Co-investigator) Rasmussen, Susan (Co-investigator) Young, David (Co-investigator)
- Psychological barriers to seasonal influenza vaccination uptake in those with chronic respiratory disease: A mixed methods study
- 01-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2020
- Epsrc Doctoral Training Grant | Carragher, Raymond Bernard
- Robertson, Chris (Principal Investigator) Young, David (Co-investigator) Carragher, Raymond Bernard (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2013 - 19-Jan-2017
- Developing an infancy feeding and eating scale
- Young, David (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2007 - 31-Jan-2008
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Contact
Dr
David
Young
Reader
Mathematics and Statistics
Email: david.young@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3806