Dr Chao Wang
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education
- Department of Social Work and Social Care
- School of Education, Midwifery and Social Work
- Centre for Health and Social Care Research
- Kingston Hill
Associate Professor in Health & Social Care Statistics
- Email:
- c.wang@kingston.ac.uk
About
I am an experienced statistician and have been doing research using applied statistics throughout my academic career, including PhD at Loughborough University, various research and statistician positions previously held at Loughborough University, University of Oxford, and Queen Mary University of London.
Throughout my career, I have acquired a range of statistical expertise particularly in the field of Bayesian analysis, discrete response models, spatial analysis, multilevel and panel data analysis, feature / variable selection, time-series data analysis, structural equation models, missing data handling, and survival analysis. I am also interested in and have gained sound knowledge in "machine learning" techniques such as artificial neural networks, and medical image analysis such as mammographic feature extraction.
I actively collaborate with other researchers to develop new research grant. I am interested in and open to any potential opportunities for research collaboration and PhD level student supervision.
Qualifications
- BEng in Transportation Management, Dalian Maritime University
- MSc in Transport, Imperial College London
- PhD, Loughborough University
- FHEA
Domains
I teach Introduction to Statistics as a part of the Clinical Leadership MSc course. In addition, I am also invited to give lectures and workshops internally and externally on statistics, especially for clinicians.
Qualifications
- FHEA
Courses taught
I have participated a number of funded projects as a co-investigator or named statistician:
- 2024: What kinds of children's homes work well for which children: a mixed methods study using linked national administrative data. Funded by NIHR. £356k.
- 2023: Lumella: Using glycosylated fibronectin in a Point of Care test for pre-eclampsia. Funded by NIHR. £701k.
- 2023: Linking household benefits, financial precarity and child welfare. Funded by Nuffield Foundation (co-investigator). £299k.
- 2021: A prospective cohort study, understanding blood pressure changes in the immediate twelve weeks postpartum for women who had a hypertensive disorder in pregnancy and how existing care pathways identify and monitor women at risk of cardiovascular disease. Funded by NIHR (CDRF, Supervisor Participant). £406k.
- 2021: Implementation of the non-medical practitioner workforce into the urgent and emergency care system skill-mix in England: a mixed methods study of configurations and impact. Funded by NIHR (co-investigator). £771k.
- 2021: Non-Ambulance Paramedic Placement. Funded by Health Education England (statistician). £29k.
- 2021: Women's experiences of induction of labour. Funded by Kingston University (co-investigator). £4.3k.
- 2021: An investigation of Maladaptive Schemas correlated with Co-dependency – a pilot study. Funded by Kingston University (co-investigator). £5.4k.
- 2019: The FRAIL-T study: nurse-led frailty assessment in elderly major trauma and the impact on outcome. Funded by The Burdett Trust for Nursing (co-investigator). £58k.
- 2018: A scoping project on the knowledge, attitudes and practices of paramedics report regarding pharmacology and the legal and regulatory issues of medicine management and administration within the UK NHS ambulance service (co-researcher). Funded by College of Paramedics. £1.3k.
Current PhD student:
- Elaine Sheehan (St George's, University of London)
Qualifications
- Statistical modelling
- Medical statistics
- Quasi-experiment design and analysis
Specialisms
- Applied statistics in medical and health research
Scholarly affiliations
- Royal Statistical Society
- The National Institute for Health Research Statistics Group
I provide consultancy and training for healthcare providers. I have also engaged the public with my expertise in data analysis and interpretation, with the aim to make a positive impact on the wider society, on national and social media. Some work on pandemic was reported on national newspapers: Daily Mail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9507449/Scientists-say-vaccines-cut-deaths-98-call-end-restrictions.html), The Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/24/exclusive-scrap-social-distancing-june-give-people-control-lives/). I was also interviewed by BBC Radio on this topic.
Areas of interest
- Medical statistics
Industry links
- South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals
- Advanced Global Health Limited
- Family Rights Group
- Policy in Practice
- Observia
Publications
Comparison of glycosylated fibronectin versus soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase/placental growth factor ratio testing for the assessment of pre-eclampsia : protocol for a multicentre diagnostic test accuracy study
Elbarbary, Nouran, Wang, Chao, Ganapathy, Ramesh, Green, Marcus, Fisher, Sarah, Thilaganathan, Basky and Bhide, Amarnath, 2025, BMJ Open (15), pp e093586
Point of care tests for preeclampsia : systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies
Elbarbary, Nouran, Pritsini, Filippa, Kazi, Ayisha, Wang, Chao, Thilaganathan, Baskaran and Bhide, Amarnath, 2024, BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Perceptions of patient safety competence among undergraduate nursing and nursing associate students : a comparative cross‐sectional study
De Rezende, Helena, Ooms, Ann, Kaya, Guldane Damla, Wang, Chao and Al Sabei, Sulaiman, 2024, Nursing Forum, pp 2808815
Investigating the effects of frailty on six-month outcomes in older trauma patients admitted to UK major trauma centres : a multi-centre follow up study
Cole, Elaine, Crouch, Robert, Baxter, Mark, Wang, Chao, Sivapathasuntharam, Dhanupriya, Peck, George, Jennings, Cara and Jarman, Heather, 2024, Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine (32), 1
Diagnostic test accuracy of the YEARS algorithm for pulmonary embolism : a systematic review and meta-analysis
Te Haara, Sean R., De Rezende, Helena and Wang, Chao, 2024, Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal (1), 1
The effect of BMI and other factors on post-operative length of stay : a multivariable regression analysis of 860 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty
Fu, Howell, Wang, Chao, Afzal, Irrum, Kader, Deiary, Asopa, Vipin and Sochart, David, 2023, The Knee (42), pp 82-89
The effect of HIV prevalence, CD4 counts and disease severity on the outcome of total knee arthroplasty for haemophilic arthropathy : a systematic review and meta-analysis
Fu, Howell, Peacock, Christian, Wang, Chao, Kader, Deiary, Clement, Nick, Asopa, Vipin and Sochart, David, 2023
Long-term persistence of IgG antibodies in recovered COVID-19 individuals at 18 months post-infection and the impact of two-dose BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) mRNA vaccination on the antibody response : analysis using fixed-effects linear regression model
Dehgani-Mobaraki, Puya, Wang, Chao, Floridi, Alessandro, Floridi, Emanuela, Dawoodi, Sunny and Zaidi, Asiya K., 2023, Virology (578), pp 111-116
SPUR : a patient-reported medication adherence model as a predictor of admission and early readmission in patients living with type 2 diabetes
Wells, Joshua, Wang, Chao, Dolgin, Kevin and Kayyali, Reem, 2023, Patient Preference and Adherence (17), pp 441-455
Reunification and re-entry to care : an analysis of the national datasets for children looked after in England
Goldacre, A., Hood, R., Davis, A., Jones, E. and Wang, C., 2022, The British Journal of Social Work (52), 8, pp 4756-4777
Periprosthetic femoral fractures around the original cemented polished triple-tapered C-stem femoral implant : a consecutive series of 500 primary total hip arthroplasties with an average follow-up of 15 years
Baryeh, Kwaku, Wang, Chao and Sochart, David H., 2022, Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
Understanding maternal postnatal blood pressure changes following hypertensive disorders in pregnancy : protocol for a prospective cohort study
Sheehan, Elaine, Wang, Chao, Cauldwell, Matthew, Bick, Debra and Thilaganathan, Basky, 2022, BMJ Open (12), 4, pp e060087
The incidence of sympathetic ophthalmia after trauma : a meta-analysis
He, Bonnie, Tanya, Stuti M., Wang, Chao, Kezouh, Abbas, Torun, Nurhan and Ing, Edsel, 2022, American Journal of Ophthalmology (234), pp 117-125
Comparison of the accuracy of 2D and 3D templating methods for planning primary total hip replacement : a systematic review and meta-analysis
Bishi, Habeeb, Smith, Joshua B V, Asopa, Vipin, Field, Richard E, Sochart, David H and Wang, Chao, 2022, EFORT Open Reviews (7), 1, pp 70-83
Long-term persistence of IgG antibodies in recovered COVID-19 individuals at 18 months and the impact of two-dose BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) mRNA vaccination on the antibody response
Dehgani-Mobaraki, Puya, Wang, Chao, Floridi, Alessandro, Floridi, Emanuela and Zaidi, Asiya, 2022, medRxiv
Migraine in the emergency department : a retrospective evaluation of the characteristics of attendances in a major city hospital in the United Kingdom
Logan, A-M, Reid, I, Yogarajah, M, Wang, C, Greenwood, N, Edwards, M, Jarman, H and Nirmalananthan, N, 2022, Cephalalgia Reports (5)
The accuracy and reliability of preoperative digital 2D templating in prosthesis size prediction in uncemented versus cemented total hip arthroplasty : a systematic review and meta-analysis
Smith, Joshua B.V., Bishi, Habeeb, Wang, Chao, Asopa, Vipin, Field, Richard E. and Sochart, David H., 2021, EFORT Open Reviews (6), 11, pp 1020-1039
Feasibility and accuracy of ED frailty identification in older trauma patients : a prospective multi-centre study
Jarman, Heather, Crouch, Robert, Baxter, Mark, Wang, Chao, Peck, George, Sivapathasuntharam, Dhanupriya, Jennings, Cara and Cole, Elaine, 2021, Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine (29), pp 54
Comparing physician associates and foundation year two doctors in training undertaking emergency medicine consultations in England : a mixed methods study of processes and outcomes
Halter, Mary, Drennan, Vari, Wang, Chao, Wheeler, Carly, Gage, Heather, Nice, Laura, de Lusignan, Simon, Gabe, Jonathan, Brearley, Sally, Ennis, James, Begg, Philip and Parle, Jim, 2020, BMJ Open (10), pp e037557
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of UK paramedics regarding pharmacology and the legal, management and administration aspects of medicines : a cross-sectional online quantitative survey
Laws, Samantha, Wang, Chao and Halter, Mary, 2020, British Paramedic Journal (5), 2, pp 1-9
The frailty in major trauma study (FRAIL-T) : a study protocol to determine the feasibility of nurse-led frailty assessment in elderly trauma and the impact on outcome in patients with major trauma
Jarman, Heather, Crouch, Robert, Baxter, Mark, Cole, Elaine, Dillane, Bebhinn and Wang, Chao, 2020, BMJ Open (10), 8
Rapid assessment and discharge, optimizing emergency department bed space allocation : an interrupted time-series analysis
Jones, Gabriel, Herrera, Marie Angelique, Wang, Chao, Moss, Phil and Blazejova, Lenka, 2020, European Journal of Emergency Medicine (27), 1, pp 64-65
External validation of a mammographic texture marker for breast cancer risk in a case–control study
Wang, Chao, Brentnall, Adam R., Mainprize, James, Yaffe, Martin, Cuzick, Jack and Harvey, Jennifer A., 2020, Journal of Medical Imaging (7), 1, pp 14003
Measurement challenge : protocol for international case–control comparison of mammographic measures that predict breast cancer risk
Dench, Evenda, Bond-Smith, Daniela, Darcey, Ellie, Lee, Grant, Aung, Ye K, Chan, Ariane, Cuzick, Jack, Ding, Ze Y, Evans, Chris F, Harvey, Jennifer, Highnam, Ralph, Hsieh, Meng-Kang, Kontos, Despina, Li, Shuai, Mariapun, Shivaani, Nickson, Carolyn, Nguyen, Tuong L, Pertuz, Said, Procopio, Pietro, Rajaram, Nadia, Repich, Kathy, Tan, Maxine, Teo, Soo-Hwang, Trinh, Nhut Ho, Ursin, Giske, Wang, Chao, dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, McCormack, Valerie, Nielsen, Mads, Shepherd, John, Hopper, John L and Stone, Jennifer, 2019, BMJ Open (9), 12, pp e031041
Exploring the prediction performance for breast cancer risk based on volumetric mammographic density at different thresholds
Wang, Chao, Brentnall, Adam R., Cuzick, Jack, Harkness, Elaine F., Evans, D. Gareth and Astley, Susan, 2018, Breast Cancer Research (20), 49
A novel and fully automated mammographic texture analysis for risk prediction : results from two case-control studies
Wang, Chao, Brentnall, Adam R, Cuzick, Jack, Harkness, Elaine F, Evans, D Gareth and Astley, Susan, 2017, Breast Cancer Research (19), 114
The impact of car ownership and public transport usage on cancer screening coverage: Empirical evidence using a spatial analysis in England
Wang, Chao, 2016, Journal of Transport Geography (56), pp 15-22
Exploring the propensity to travel by demand responsive transport in the rural area of Lincolnshire in England
Wang, Chao, Quddus, Mohammed, Enoch, Marcus, Ryley, Tim and Davison, Lisa, 2015, Case Studies on Transport Policy (3), 2, pp 129-136
Quantifying the impacts of subsidy policies on home-to-school pupil travel by bus in England
Van Ristell, Jessica A., Quddus, Mohammed A., Enoch, Marcus P., Wang, Chao and Hardy, Peter, 2015, Transportation (42), 1, pp 45-69
Spatial mapping of building energy demand in Great Britain
Taylor, Simon C, Firth, Steven K, Wang, Chao, Allinson, David, Quddus, Mohammed and Smith, Pete, 2014, GCB Bioenergy (6), 2, pp 123-135
The effect of traffic and road characteristics on road safety : a review and future research direction
Wang, Chao, Quddus, Mohammed A. and Ison, Stephen G., 2013, Safety Science (57), pp 264-275
A spatio-temporal analysis of the impact of congestion on traffic safety on major roads in the UK
Wang, Chao, Quddus, Mohammed A and Ison, Stephen, 2013, Transportmetrica A: Transport Science (9), 2, pp 124-148
Identifying potential market niches for Demand Responsive Transport
Davison, Lisa, Enoch, Marcus, Ryley, Tim, Quddus, Mohammed and Wang, Chao, 2012, (3), pp 50-61
Predicting accident frequency at their severity levels and its application in site ranking using a two-stage mixed multivariate model
Wang, Chao, Quddus, Mohammed A and Ison, Stephen G, 2011, (43), 6, pp 1979-1990
Road traffic congestion and crash severity : econometric analysis using ordered response models
Quddus, Mohammed A., Wang, Chao and Ison, Stephen G., 2010, Journal of Transportation Engineering (136), 5, pp 424-435
Impact of traffic congestion on road accidents : a spatial analysis of the M25 motorway in England
Wang, Chao, Quddus, Mohammed A. and Ison, Stephen G., 2009, (41), 4, pp 798-808
Data Study Group final report : NHS Scotland – predicting risk of hospital admission in Scotland
Mateen, Bilal, Kiraly, Franz, Vollmer, Sebastian, Aslett, Louis, Sonabend, Raphael, Manolopoulou, Ioanna, Zor, Cemre, Jankovicova, Nada, Cunningham, Nathan, Kazlauskaite, Ieva, Rao, Anil, Wang, Chao and Oduro, Samuel (2019). (Zenodo)
Exploring mathematics anxiety and attitude among student teachers in the first year of their initial teacher training
Kler, Su, Dimitriadis, Christos, Hammad, Sali, Wang, Chao and Wood, Ruth(2023). In: ECER 2023 : The value of diversity in education and educational research, 22-25 Aug 2023 :Glasgow, U.K.
An observational cohort study to examine SPUR, a patient-reported outcome measure of medication adherence, as a predictor of admission and early readmission in patients living with type 2 diabetes
Wells, J.S., Wang, C., Dolgin, K. and Kayyali, R.(2023). In: Health Services Research and Pharmacy Practice (HSRPP) Conference 2023 : Partnerships in Healthcare: Advancing Sustainable Medicines Optimisation, 17-18 Apr 2023 :Bradford, U.K.
Nurses’ preference for tools to identify frailty in major trauma patients : findings from the FRAIL-T in major trauma study
Jarman, H, Crouch, R, Baxter, M, Wang, Chao and Cole, E(2022). In: BGS Spring Meeting 2022, 06-08 Apr 2022 :Held online
Total knee arthroplasty in haemophilia patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of long-term survivorship, functional outcomes and complications
Fu, Howell, Peacock, Christian, Wang, Chao, Kader, Deiary, Asopa, Vipin and Sochart, David(2022). In: ASiT Annual Conference 2022, 04-06 Mar 2022 :Aberdeen, U.K.
A prospective multi-centre study of feasibility and accuracy of ED frailty identification in older trauma patients (FRAIL-T)
Jarman, Heather, Crouch, Robert, Baxter, Mark, Wang, Chao and Cole, Elaine(2021). In: European Emergency Medicine Congress 2021, 27-31 October 2021 :Lisbon, Portugal
Quality of life in older trauma patients after injury : findings from the frailty in major trauma study (FRAIL-T)
Jarman, H, Crouch, R, Baxter, M, Wang, C and Cole, E(2021). In: BGS Autumn Meeting 2021, 24 - 26 Nov 2021 :Held online
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of UK paramedics regarding pharmacology and the legal, management and administration aspects of medicines
Laws, Samantha, Wang, Chao and Halter, Mary(2021). In: College of Paramedics' National Conference 2021, 12 - 13 May 2021 :Held Online