Dr Amardeep Legha BSc, MSc, PhD

Dr Amardeep Legha

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Research Fellow in Biostatistics

Contact details

Email
a.legha@bham.ac.uk
Address
Public Health Building
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT

Amardeep is a Research Fellow based in the Biostatistics, Evidence Synthesis, Test Evaluation and Modelling (BESTEAM) team at the University 麻豆精选.

Amardeep’s current main focus is on prediction modelling methodology projects with an application to machine learning.  He recently graduated with a PhD at Keele University and has also previously held a NIHR Research Methods Fellowship. Amardeep has prior experience in application of systematic reviews and IPD meta-analysis, latent class analysis methods, and analysing electronic healthcare records.

Qualifications

  • PhD “Trajectories of work absence in England due to a musculoskeletal or mental health condition: an electronic health record study”, Keele University, 2024
  • MSc Medical Statistics, University of Leicester, 2016
  • BSc Mathematics, Imperial College London, 2011

Teaching

Amardeep teaches on the ‘Systematic Reviews and Evidence Synthesis’ and ‘Epidemiology Statistics and Research Methods’ modules as part of the Masters in Public Health.

Amardeep also contributes to the delivery of CPD courses, for example, leading the design and delivery of a practical session on the pre-YSM course: ‘An Introduction to Risk Prediction Models & Sample Size Calculations for Development & Validation’ (June 2024), and assisting in the running of an IPD meta-analysis CPD course (October 2024).

Doctoral research

PhD title
Trajectories of work absence in England due to a musculoskeletal or mental health condition: an electronic health record study.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Martin, J, Scandrett, K, Easter, C, Whittle, R, Legha, A, Hillier, B, Thompson, J & Archer, L 2025, '', Education in Practice, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 107-116. <>

Riley, RD, Legha, A, Jackson, D, Morris, TP, Ensor, J, Snell, KIE, White, IR & Burke, DL 2020, '', Statistics in Medicine, vol. 39, no. 19, pp. 2536-2555.

Legha, A, Riley, RD, Ensor, J, Snell, KIE, Morris, TP & Burke, DL 2018, '', Statistics in Medicine, vol. 37, no. 29, pp. 4404-4420. ,

Review article

Holden, MA, Burke, DL, Runhaar, J, Van der windt, D, Riley, RD, Dziedzic, K, Legha, A, Evans, AL, Abbott, JH, Baker, K, Brown, J, Bennell, KL, Bossen, D, Brosseau, L, Chaipinyo, K, Christensen, R, Cochrane, T, De rooij, M, Doherty, M, French, HP, Hickson, S, Hinman, RS, Hopman-Rock, M, Hurley, MV, Ingram, C, Knoop, J, Krauss, I, Mccarthy, C, Messier, SP, Patrick, DL, Sahin, N, Talbot, LA, Taylor, R, Teirlinck, CH, Van middelkoop, M, Walker, C & Foster, NE 2017, '', BMJ open, vol. 7, no. 12, e018971.