Dr David Young
Reader
Mathematics and Statistics
Personal statement
Personal statement
Following a degree in mathematics and a PhD in statistics, David worked as a Senior Statistician for Sanofi Pharmaceuticals in Newcastle and Paris, before returning to academic research at Harvard University in Boston developing statistical algorithms to identify brain cells targeted by anti-psychotic drugs. After a two-year contract with the Robertson Centre for Biostatistics at the University of Glasgow as a Statistician/Data Manager, David took up a joint post as lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Strathclyde and Consultant Statistician for the NHS.
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Qualifications
Chartered Statistician
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Publications
- Neuroception of psychological safety scale (NPSS) : validation with a UK based adult community sample
- Cogan Nicola, Morton Liza, Campbell John, Irvine Fitzpatrick Linda, Lamb Danielle, De Kock Johannes, Ali Alisha, Young David, Porges Stephen
- European Journal of Psychotraumatology (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2025.2490329
- Accuracy of diadochokinetic performance in 5–10-year-old children
- Kuschmann Anja, Murali Mridhula, Taylor Lauren, Stuart-Smith Jane, Young David, Cleland Joanne
- International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (2025)
- Tracking the success of contextual offer students at one Scottish Higher Education Institution
- Burns Nathan Patrick, Young David, Sherriff Andrea, Black Peter, Blackshaw Al, Kelly Louise
- Higher Education Quarterly Vol 79 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.70011
- Non-smoking, non-drinking, oral squamous cell carcinoma patients are a distinct and clinically significant group
- Capanni Paul Mario, McMahon Jeremey David, Aslam-Pervez Bilal, Gray Iona Elizabeth, Young David, Subramaniam Shiva, Hislop William Stuart, Thomson Ewen, Wales Craig, Ansell Mark, McCaul James Anthony
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery Vol 29 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10006-025-01337-3
- Machine learning in clinical diagnosis of head and neck cancer
- Black Hollie, Young David, Rogers Alexander, Montgomery Jenny
- Clinical Otolaryngology Vol 50, pp. 31-38 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/coa.14220
- Investigating Variability in Child Speech (VariCS) – the VariCS corpus
- Kuschmann Anja, Murali Mridhula, Taylor Lauren, Smith Amy, Cleland Joanne, Stuart-Smith Jane, Young David
- (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/WF2R9
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Research Interests
Medical Statistics
Professional Activities
- Outcomes of purely internal thoracic artery coronary artery bypass grafting in patients 50 years and younger
- Contributor
- 12/12/2024
- SQA Advanced Higher Statistics Reviewer
- Advisor
- 2/11/2024
- Investigating variability in a large cohort of typically developing children in Scotland – preliminary analysis of non-speech tasks
- Contributor
- 22/10/2024
- European Board of Ophthalmology Diploma exam
- Consultant
- 18/10/2024
- SQA Higher Applications of Mathematics Reviewer
- Advisor
- 5/10/2024
- AstraZeneca Medical Statistics Training
- Speaker
- 30/9/2024
Projects
- A pilot randomised controlled trial of sleep restriction therapy versus sleep hygiene education for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients with acute insomnia
- Fleming, Leanne (Principal Investigator) Young, David (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2026
- Qualified persons training programme 23-25
- Lalatsa, Aikaterini (Principal Investigator) Young, David (Co-investigator)
- extension to K230850-101
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2025
- Variability in child speech (VariCS)
- Kuschmann, Anja (Principal Investigator) Barry, Sarah (Co-investigator) Cleland, Joanne (Co-investigator) Young, David (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 25-Jan-2026
- Qualified Persons Training Programme (Sep 21 - Aug 23)
- Prior, Christopher (Principal Investigator) Young, David (Co-investigator)
- 24/25 extension on RKES 241153
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2027
- Improving older adults' vaccination uptake: are existing measures of vaccine hesitancy valid and reliabe for older people?
- Williams, Lynn (Principal Investigator) Brown Nicholls, Louise (Co-investigator) Cogan, Nicola (Co-investigator) Rasmussen, Susan (Co-investigator) Young, David (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2020
- Psychological barriers to seasonal influenza vaccination uptake in those with chronic respiratory disease: A mixed methods study
- Williams, Lynn (Principal Investigator) Cogan, Nicola (Co-investigator) Rasmussen, Susan (Co-investigator) Young, David (Co-investigator)
- Psychological barriers to seasonal influenza vaccination uptake in those with chronic respiratory disease: A mixed methods study
- 01-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2020
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Contact
Dr
David
Young
Reader
Mathematics and Statistics
Email: david.young@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3806