Betty Kirkwood
researcher
Betty Rosamund Kirkwood FMedSci is Professor of Epidemiology & International Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Her research is driven by a desire to improve the health of mothers and young children in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Her textbook, Essential Medical Statistics, co-authored with Professor Jonathan Sterne.
Educational and early career
Educated in Mathematics at New Hall College, Cambridge.
Masters in Statistics at Imperial College London.
Publications
She is a co-author of the textbook Kirkwood, Betty R., Jonathan A. C. Sterne, and Betty R. Kirkwood. Essential Medical Statistics. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Science, 2003. ISBN 9781444392845 (held in 732 libraries according to WorldCat).
Her most cited journal articles are:
Bhutta ZA, Ahmed T, Black RE, Cousens S, Dewey K, Giugliani E, Haider BA, Kirkwood B, Morris SS, Sachdev HP, Shekar M. What works?
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