Biostatistics and Health Informatics Department, Ioppn, King's College London

about the biostatistics & health informatics department the department has been a major force in the development of quantitative methodology as applied to mental health research, with significant national and international collaborations and with growing impact into all areas of medicine particularly through expertise in trials and software development. the department is organised into 3 groups though we often work closely together on projects. the biostatistics group is made up largely of statisticians. we have four primary areas of methodological and applied research. prediction modelling and personalized medicine; causal evaluation and the analysis of therapeutic mechanism; the psychometrics and measurement lab and lifecourse research. our statisticians also provide statistical collaboration for mental health trials and both introductory and advanced training in applied statistical methodology. the health informatics group comprises a mix of data and computer scientists, research