Summary
I am a clinical trial statistician at Imperial. I have an interest in digital mental health interventions and their evaluation. I am currently an NIHR Doctoral Fellow, where my PhD is exploring how we should incorporate user engagement into the trial efficacy analysis of interventions. I hope the outputs of my research will help provide trialists with much needed guidance to help improve how we evaluate digital mental health interventions.
I have worked on several digital health studies, both with research investigators and with my mhealth, a commercial compnay, who develop a suite of apps to support self-management of chronic diseases. Around my role as a statistician I'm a mental health first aider for Imperial, and I am involved in the community at Imperial Clinical Trials Unit (ICTU), having given talks such as the “Stress Buster” session during Mental Health Awareness week. Outside of my role at Imperial I also work on the communications team of PSI, a professional organization who offer career training to help statistician develop their leadership and technical skills. In my role I am responsible for the digital strategy and assessing how PSI can better engage with members in our digital outreach and communication.
Before joining ICTU, I received my BSc in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Brighton. After which I worked as a database administrator prior to completing an MSc in Medical Statistics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In my previous clinical trial experience, I worked at IQVIA in their biostatistics department where I have worked on phase I, II and IV trials. Therapeutic areas in which I have had experience includes respiratory, rheumatology, oncology.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Sin J, Henderson C, Elkes J, et al., 2022, Effect of digital psychoeducation and peer support on the mental health of family carers supporting individuals with psychosis in England (COPe-support): a randomised clinical trial, The Lancet Digital Health, Vol:4, ISSN:2589-7500, Pages:e320-e329
Sin J, Elkes J, Batchelor R, et al., 2021, Mental health and caregiving experiences of family carers supporting people with psychosis, Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, Vol:30, ISSN:2045-7979, Pages:1-9
North M, Bourne S, Green B, et al., 2020, A randomised controlled feasibility trial of E-health application supported care vs usual care after exacerbation of COPD: The RESCUE trial, Npj Digital Medicine, Vol:3, ISSN:2398-6352, Pages:1-8
Crooks M, Elkes J, Storrar W, et al., 2020, Evidence generation for the clinical impact of myCOPD in patients with mild, moderate and newly diagnosed COPD: a randomised controlled trial, Erj Open Research, Vol:6, ISSN:2312-0541, Pages:1-10
Sin J, Henderson C, Cornelius V, et al., 2020, COPe-support-a multi-component digital intervention for family carers for people affected by psychosis: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, BMC Psychiatry, Vol:20, ISSN:1471-244X, Pages:1-14