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Kevin McConway

Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics at The Open University

Kevin McConway worked full-time at the Open University from 1980 to 2016, taking part in teaching and research projects in ecology, biology, health, business, economics and music as well as directly in statistics. He also spent five years as an associate dean. Since retiring and having Emeritus status, he still has active interests in the way statistics is represented in the media, and in some applications in science and technology. He was the main academic adviser on the BBC Radio 4 series More or Less (an OU co-production) from 1995 to 2015, and his publication list includes The Big Issue and New Scientist as well as more conventional academic journals.

Visit website: http://www.open.ac.uk/research/people/kjm2

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See also: Academia The Open University (OU) - Public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students

Details last updated 13-Dec-2019

Kevin McConway News

Red and processed meat may lead to an early death

Guardian - 12-Jun-2019

Shift to a Mediterranean-style diet and limit red and processed meat

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‘Heart attack risk’ for common painkillers

BBC - 10-May-2016

May be a link between taking high doses of common anti-inflammatory painkillers – such as ibuprof...

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Cancer: lifestyle risk or just bad luck?

BBC - 17-Dec-2015

New study published in Nature concludes only 10-30% of cancers were down to “luck”. A January re...

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Survival benefits of metformin in non-diabetics: faulty analysis in a 2014 study

Science Media Centre - 08-Aug-2014

It's not logical to advise people without diabetes to take metformin

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