Thomas Fanshawe
MPhil MA PhD
Senior Medical Statistician
- Departmental Lecturer
- University Research Lecturer
My research is based on the development and application of statistical methods to studies in primary care. My main areas of current interest include diagnosis and clinical risk prediction, and the application of meta-analytic methods.
I work in the Methodology theme of the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre - Community Healthcare, and provide statistical support for the TOUCAN study, the EVOLUTION study, and the Mental Health theme of the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Oxford and Thames Valley.
Previously I worked on the OxRisk forensic psychiatry risk prediction programme, the RAPSS study in collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry, the RAPTOR-C19 workstream of the CONDOR (COVID-19 National Diagnostic Research and Evaluation) Platform, and with the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group.
I coordinate the Year 1 & 2 medical statistics teaching of the Oxford pre-clinical (First BM) course and an accredited short course on Clinical Prediction Rules. I also contribute to other modules on the postgraduate programmes in Evidence-Based Health Care and Applied Digital Health, as well as supervising for the department's DPhil programmes.
Recent publications
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Diagnostic accuracy evaluation of a point-of-care antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza in UK primary care (RAPTOR-C19)
Journal article
Fanshawe TR. et al, (2025), Plos One, 20
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The impact of inter-infection time on antimicrobial resistance profiles in women with multiple urinary tract infections over time.
Journal article
Honda T. et al, (2025), J Antimicrob Chemother
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Bridging assessment and treatment for repeat suicidality in prisons: Development and validation of a risk model
Journal article
Fazel S. et al, (2025), BMJ Mental Health, 28
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plaTform fOr Urinary tract infection diagnostiC evAluatioN (TOUCAN): a protocol for a prospective diagnostic accuracy study of point-of-care testing in patients suspected of acute uncomplicated urinary tract infection in primary care clinics in England.
Journal article
Turner PJ. et al, (2025), BMJ Open, 15
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Differences in the effectiveness of individual-level smoking cessation interventions by socioeconomic status
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Theodoulou A. et al, (2025), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2025
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Interventions for quitting vaping
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Butler AR. et al, (2025), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2025
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Introduction of point-of-care blood testing in early intervention in psychosis services: effects on physical health screening
Journal article
Lyman M. et al, (2025), British Journal of Psychiatry
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Response to comment from Egger and McKee entitled ‘Unreliable evidence from problematic risk of bias assessments: Comment on Begh et al., ‘Electronic cigarettes and subsequent cigarette smoking in young people: A systematic review”’
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Hartmann-Boyce J. et al, (2025), Addiction

