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