Prof John Norrie

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Bio

Professor John Norrie is Chair of Medical Statistics and Trials Methodology at the University of Edinburgh, and Director of the Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit (ECTU). John is a medical statistician and clinical trialist and is dedicated to improving health through randomized trials. John has led the academic Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) in Aberdeen (the Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials, CHaRT), having spent over 15 years in the Glasgow CTU (the Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, RCB). John is involved in global health initiatives and is currently Chair of the MRC/NIHR Efficacy and Mechanisms Evaluation (EME) Funding Board, and provides independent oversight for landmark trials (Trial Steering Committees and Data Monitoring Committees).

John was elected Fellow Society for Clinical Trials (FSCT, 2015) Faculty of Public Health (FFPH, 2018), and the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE, 2022).  John is fascinated by using randomized designs not just in medicine but in social care, business, education, justice, and agriculture; and is at his most productive when designing trials and developing the skills and expertise of the next generation of trialists.