Rate My Professor Simon Gates

Gates' main research interests lie in improving the efficiency of clinical trials to deliver better, more clinically useful answers more quickly, through innovative complex trial designs, advanced statistical methods, enhanced trial conduct, and improved interpretation and communication of results. He is an advocate for adaptive multi-arm trial designs and Bayesian statistical methods in clinical research. He leads the University of Birmingham for the Trial Methodology Research Partnership and is Statistical Editor for the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group. Previously, he was Associate Editor for Clinical Trials journal (2013-2019). Gates has contributed to committees such as the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme General Board (2018-present), MRC Methodology Research Panel (2011-2016), NIHR Standing Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials Units (2011-2014), and NIHR/MRC EME Board (2009-2015). He leads the Analysis, Interpretation and Communication of Trials module for the MSc Clinical Trials. Key publications include the PARAMEDIC trial (The Lancet, 2015), Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2009), Midwife continuity of care models versus other models of care for childbearing women (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2024), and Continuous support for women during childbirth (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2013).