Stephen is Professor of Statistics & Epidemiology in the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care. Prior to joining King's in 2025, he was Professor of Medical Statistics at the Brighton & Sussex Medical School where he was closely involved with the development of the Brighton & Sussex Clinical Trials Unit.

His principal research interests centre on the design and analysis of pragmatic randomised controlled trials of complex interventions in community healthcare settings. He also has a strong interest in the rigorous design, analysis and reporting of pilot and feasibility studies i.e. research conducted to establish whether future larger-scale studies can be done.

Stephen is co-Editor-in-Chief of the BioMed Central journal, Pilot & Feasibility Studies, and is co-Chair of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration - Registered Clinical Trials Units - Statistics Operations Group.

Research interests

• Design, analysis and reporting of pragmatic randomised controlled trials
• Pilot and feasibility studies
• Research using routine patient data
• Health services research

Enquiring about potential PhD supervision

If you’re thinking of applying for one of our PhD programmes and are looking for potential supervisors, please email nmpc_pgr_enquiries@kcl.ac.uk listing the names of the supervisors you’ve identified as having expertise in your chosen area, along with your CV and a short research proposal. 

Our Postgraduate Research Team will contact supervisors on your behalf and get back to you. If you have any queries in the meantime, please use the email address above, rather than contacting potential PhD supervisors directly, because they are unable to respond to initial enquiries.

Research Profile