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leena.elhussein@csm.ox.ac.uk


+44 (0) 1865 223448

Leena Elhussein

Postdoctoral Data Scientist

Motivated by the challenges in medical statistics

As a postdoctoral data scientist, I provide statistical and data analysis support for the production of real world evidence. This includes research projects and post-authorisation safety studies (PASS).

In 2024, I finished a DPhil in Clinical Epidemiology and Meical Statistics with the Pharmaco- and Device epidemiology team at NDORMS. My research aimed to apply longitudinal methods for the analysis of real world data. I investigated how frailty and polypharmacy develop and progress in older people, and whether certain progression patterns are associated with a higher risk of mortality.

I joined the Pharmaco- and Device epidemiology (PDE) team as a research assistant in statistics and data science in 2019. Prior to joining the PDE team, I worked as a medical statistician with Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit (OCTRU) since 2017 where I was mainly responsible for early-phase oncology trials. 

Before coming to Oxford, I obtained a BSc in Biotechnology/Biochemical Engineering from International Islamic University Malaysia, followed by an MSc in Statistics with Applications in Medicine from the University of Southampton.