DrRachel Phillips

Associate Prof in Medical Statistics and Clinical Trials

School of Public Health - Faculty of Medicine

RESEARCH

Stata Software
aevolcano - creates a volcano plot for adverse event data from a two-arm clinical trial, as proposed by Zink, Wolfinger, and Mann (2013). The volcano plot is a means of displaying the incidence of multiple adverse events simultaneously. The volcano plot can help to identify potential differences in the adverse event profile between treatment arms.

Available for download at: aevolcano

To install from within Stata type: ssc install aevolcano

aedot - aedot creates a dot plot for adverse event data from a two-arm clinical trial, as proposed by Amit, Heiberger, and Lane (2008). The dot plot produces two graphs plotted adjacent to each other. The first plot on the left of the graph displays the incidence of each event by treatment arm giving a visual summary of absolute differences. The second plot on the right of the graph displays either the relative risk with corresponding 95% confidence interval or the risk difference with corresponding 95% confidence interval.

Available for download at: aedot

To install from within Stata type: ssc install aedot

aefdr: aefdr performs a false discovery rate (FDR) p-value adjustment for adverse event data where events are nested within bodysystems from a two-arm clinical trial as proposed by Mehrotra and Adewale (Stat. in Med., 2012). The FDR procedure is a two-step approach that utilises the structure of adverse event data to adjust p-values to reduce the false discovery rate.

Available for download at: aefdr

To install from within Stata type: ssc install aefdr

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Faecal Transplantation for Alcohol-Related Hepatitis
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation programme1 Apr 2026 - 1 May 2028
  • GRANT
    Precision medicine Adaptive Network platform Trial in Hypoxemic acutE respiratory failuRe (PANTHER)
    National Institute for Health Research1 Jun 2024 - 31 May 2029
    NIHR: Precision medicine Adaptive Network platform Trial in Hypoxemic acutE respiratory failuRe (PANTHER) (2024-2029)
  • GRANT
    Analgesia with ibuprofen for patients undergoing elective major Gastro-Intestinal Surgery (AEGIS) Trial: A randomised feasibility trial
    RfPB1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2025
  • GRANT
    Development of Resources to promote best practice for the Analysis of Harm outcomes in RCTs (DoRAH)
    22/17 Efficient / innovative delivery of NIHR research 20223 Oct 2022 - 29 Sep 2023
  • GRANT
    A prospective 2 arm randomised controlled trial comparing the use of open label pentoxifylline and tocopherol versus current standard of care for the prevention of fibrosis related outcomes in irradiated head and neck oncology patients (Feasibility Study)
    RfPB30 Aug 2018 - 15 Jan 2024
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Hannah Wallace NIHR Pre-Doctoral Award
    National Institute for Health Research
    NIHR: Hannah Wallace NIHR Pre-Doctoral Award (2025-2027)
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Improving the monitoring and analysis of harm outcomes in phase II and III pharmacology trials to facilitate early detection of adverse drug reactions (ADRs)
    National Institute for Health Research
  • FELLOWSHIP
    NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (Spyridon Bissas)
    National Institute for Health Research
    NIHR: NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (Spyridon Bissas) (2024-2026)
  • STUDENTSHIP
    NIHR Undergraduate Internship Programme (R1 2023)
    Research Trainees Coordinating Centre
  • CLINICAL TRIAL
    PB0735 NIHR EME Preventing childhood asthma using prophylactic house dust mite allergen immunotherapy (Hasan Arshad PAPA)
    National Institute for Health Research
    NIHR: PB0735 NIHR EME Preventing childhood asthma using prophylactic house dust mite allergen immunotherapy (Hasan Arshad PAPA) (2025-2031)
  • FELLOWSHIP
    PB1816 NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (Xiao Xuan Tan)
    National Institute for Health Research
    NIHR: PB1816 NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (Xiao Xuan Tan) (2024-2026)
  • CLINICAL TRIAL
    US Precision Medicine Adaptive Network Platform Trial in Hypoxemic Acute Respiratory Failure (US-PANTHER)
    Usamraa
    Usamraa: US Precision Medicine Adaptive Network Platform Trial in Hypoxemic Acute Respiratory Failure (US-PANTHER) (2025-2030)