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Sofia Massa
PhD in Statistical Sciences (Padua)
OCTRU Lead Statistician
- Lead the design, statistical methods and analysis of a portfolio of randomised controlled trials and health research studies conducted by OCTRU and CSM.
- Associate Editor for Biometrical Journal
- Member of the Statistics Senior Management Group
- Mentor and Line Manager for junior Statisticians
- Supervisor of DPhil and MSc students
- Assessor for MSc dissertations and also acted as internal and external examiner for DPhil students
- Developing and teaching short courses for the MSD Skills Training program and OCTRU training program
Before joining NDORMS I was a Senior Statistician and Module Lead in Statistics for the MSc in Epidemiology and Global Health in NDPH. I co-lead projects on large population studies (UKB, CKB, Cuba Prospective Study, Life Line Screening, TILDA among others) on developing risk prediction models for cardiovascular disease. I also investigated the association of infectious respiratory diseases with smoking and adiposity and was involved in further research in frailty and its assessment in the older population. During this period I was also a Statistical Editor for Cochrane Reviews.
Recent publications
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Barrett's Oesophagus Surveillance versus endoscopy at need Study (BOSS): a randomized controlled trial.
Journal article
Old O. et al, (2025), Gastroenterology
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Five-year outcomes for patients sustaining severe fractures of the lower limb from the Wound Healing in Surgery for Trauma (WHIST) trial.
Journal article
Costa ML. et al, (2024), Bone joint j, 106-B, 858 - 864
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The protocol of a clinical effectiveness trial comparing standard step-up care, early combination DMARD therapy and early use of TNF inhibitors for the treatment of moderate to severe psoriatic arthritis: the 3-arm parallel group SPEED randomized controlled trial
Journal article
Watson M. et al, (2024), Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease, 16
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Anti-TNF (adalimumab) injection for the treatment of pain-predominant early-stage frozen shoulder: the Anti-Freaze-Feasibility randomised controlled trial.
Journal article
Hopewell S. et al, (2024), Bmj open, 14
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Real-World Treat-to-Target Strategy in Psoriatic Arthritis: Baseline Characteristics from the MONITOR-PsA Cohort
Conference paper
James L. et al, (2024), Arthritis & rheumatology, 76, 2953 - 2956
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The protocol of a clinical effectiveness trial comparing standard step-up care, early combination DMARD therapy and early use of TNF inhibitors for the treatment of moderate to severe psoriatic arthritis: the 3-arm parallel group SPEED randomized controlled trial.
Journal article
Watson M. et al, (2024), Ther adv musculoskelet dis, 16
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Cigarette smoking and risk of severe infectious respiratory diseases in UK adults: 12-year follow-up of UK biobank.
Journal article
McGeoch LJ. et al, (2023), J public health (oxf), 45, e621 - e629
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Body Mass Index and Risk of Hospitalization or Death Due to Lower or Upper Respiratory Tract Infection.
Journal article
Bohrmann B. et al, (2023), Jama, 329, 1512 - 1514
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Systematic review of the utility of the frailty index and frailty phenotype to predict all-cause mortality in older people.
Journal article
Kim DJ. et al, (2022), Syst rev, 11
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Independent effects of adiposity measures on risk of atrial fibrillation in men and women: a study of 0.5 million individuals.
Journal article
Camm CF. et al, (2022), Int j epidemiol, 51, 984 - 995
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Development of a Model to Predict 10-Year Risk of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke and Ischemic Heart Disease Using the China Kadoorie Biobank.
Journal article
Yang S. et al, (2022), Neurology, 98, e2307 - e2317