Dr Ben Swallow

Lecturer in Statistics

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 1841

Email

bts3@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

More details about my research and teaching can be found on my personal web page at https://ben-swallow-research.github.io

PhD supervision

• Nourah Alshahrani
• Xiahui Li
• Rebecca Supple

Selected publications

• Open access

  Advances in approximate Bayesian inference for models in epidemiology

  Li, X., Chadwick, F. & Swallow, B., 1 Dec 2025, In: Epidemics. 53, 13 p., 100855.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Open access

  Can pruning improve agent-based models' calibration? An application to HPVsim

  Sturman, F., Swallow, B., Kerr, C., Stuart, R. M. & Panovska-Griffiths, J., 21 Aug 2025, In: Journal of Theoretical Biology. 611, 12 p., 112130.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Effect of caesarean birth on perinatal mortality for singleton breech presentation in spontaneous preterm labour – a target trial emulation using Scottish health record data

  Alexander, R., Bhaskar, S., Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A., Fagbamigbe, A. F., Chow, C. Y. C., Kuan, K. K. W., Stock, S. J., Unger, S. A., Swallow, B., McCowan, C. & Unger, H. W., 21 Jul 2025, In: PLoS One. 20, 7, 17 p., e0326001.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Gaussian process modelling of infectious diseases using the Greta software package and GPUs

  Gunn, E., Sengupta, N. & Swallow, B., 7 Jan 2026, In: Journal of Theoretical Biology. 616, 9 p., 112278.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Proposer of the vote of thanks and contribution to the discussion of the 'discussion meeting on analysis of citizen science data'

  Swallow, B., 1 Jul 2025, In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society). 188, 3, p. 700-703 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Open access

  Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology

  Gould, E., Fraser, H. S., Parker, T. H., Nakagawa, S., Griffith, S. C., Vesk, P. A., Fidler, F., Hamilton, D. G., Abbey-Lee, R. N., Abbott, J. K., Aguirre, L. A., Alcaraz, C., Aloni, I., Altschul, D., Arekar, K., Atkins, J. W., Atkinson, J., Baker, C. M., Barrett, M. & Bell, K. & 290 others, Bello, S. K., Beltrán, I., Berauer, B. J., Bertram, M. G., Billman, P. D., Blake, C. K., Blake, S., Bliard, L., Bonisoli-Alquati, A., Bonnet, T., Bordes, C. N. M., Bose, A. P. H., Botterill-James, T., Boyd, M. A., Boyle, S. A., Bradfer-Lawrence, T., Bradham, J., Brand, J. A., Brengdahl, M. I., Bulla, M., Bussière, L., Camerlenghi, E., Campbell, S. E., Campos, L. L. F., Caravaggi, A., Cardoso, P., Carroll, C. J. W., Catanach, T. A., Chen, X., Chik, H. Y. J., Choy, E. S., Christie, A. P., Chuang, A., Chunco, A. J., Clark, B. L., Contina, A., Covernton, G. A., Cox, M. P., Cressman, K. A., Crotti, M., Crouch, C. D., D’Amelio, P. B., de Sousa, A. A., Döbert, T. F., Dobler, R., Dobson, A. J., Doherty, T. S., Drobniak, S. M., Duffy, A. G., Duncan, A. B., Dunn, R. P., Dunning, J., Dutta, T., Eberhart-Hertel, L., Elmore, J. A., Elsherif, M. M., English, H. M., Ensminger, D. C., Ernst, U. R., Ferguson, S. M., Fernandez-Juricic, E., Ferreira-Arruda, T., Fieberg, J., Finch, E. A., Fiorenza, E. A., Fisher, D. N., Fontaine, A., Forstmeier, W., Fourcade, Y., Frank, G. S., Freund, C. A., Fuentes-Lillo, E., Gandy, S. L., Gannon, D. G., García-Cervigón, A. I., Garretson, A. C., Ge, X., Geary, W. L., Géron, C., Gilles, M., Girndt, A., Gliksman, D., Goldspiel, H. B., Gomes, D. G. E., Good, M. K., Goslee, S. C., Gosnell, J. S., Grames, E. M., Gratton, P., Grebe, N. M., Greenler, S. M., Griffioen, M., Griffith, D. M., Griffith, F. J., Grossman, J. J., Güncan, A., Haesen, S., Hagan, J. G., Hager, H. A., Harris, J. P., Harrison, N. D., Hasnain, S. S., Havird, J. C., Heaton, A. J., Herrera-Chaustre, M. L., Howard, T. J., Hsu, B. Y., Iannarilli, F., Iranzo, E. C., Iverson, E. N. K., Jimoh, S. O., Johnson, D. H., Johnsson, M., Jorna, J., Jucker, T., Jung, M., Kačergytė, I., Kaltz, O., Ke, A., Kelly, C. D., Keogan, K., Keppeler, F. W., Killion, A. K., Kim, D., Kochan, D. P., Korsten, P., Kothari, S., Kuppler, J., Kusch, J. M., Lagisz, M., Lalla, K. M., Larkin, D. J., Larson, C. L., Lauck, K. S., Lauterbur, M. E., Law, A., Léandri-Breton, D. J., Lembrechts, J. J., L’Herpiniere, K., Lievens, E. J. P., de Lima, D. O., Lindsay, S., Luquet, M., MacLeod, R., Macphie, K. H., Magellan, K., Mair, M. M., Malm, L. E., Mammola, S., Mandeville, C. P., Manhart, M., Manrique-Garzon, L. M., Mäntylä, E., Marchand, P., Marshall, B. M., Martin, C. A., Martin, D. A., Martin, J. M., Martinig, A. R., McCalum, E. S., McCauley, M., McNew, S. M., Meiners, S. J., Merkling, T., Michelangeli, M., Moiron, M., Moreira, B., Mortensen, J., Mos, B., Muraina, T. O., Murphy, P. W., Nelli, L., Niemelä, P., Nightingale, J., Nilsonne, G., Nolazco, S., Nooten, S. S., Novotny, J. L., Olin, A. B., Organ, C. L., Ostevik, K. L., Palacio, F. X., Paquet, M., Parker, D. J., Pascall, D. J., Pasquarella, V. J., Paterson, J. H., Payo-Payo, A., Pedersen, K. M., Perez, G., Perry, K. I., Pottier, P., Proulx, M. J., Proulx, R., Pruett, J. L., Ramananjato, V., Randimbiarison, F. T., Razafindratsima, O. H., Rennison, D. J., Riva, F., Riyahi, S., Roast, M. J., Rocha, F. P., Roche, D. G., Román-Palacios, C., Rosenberg, M. S., Ross, J., Rowland, F. E., Rugemalila, D., Russell, A. L., Ruuskanen, S., Saccone, P., Sadeh, A., Salazar, S. M., Sales, K., Salmón, P., Sánchez-Tójar, A., Santos, L. P., Santostefano, F., Schilling, H. T., Schmidt, M., Schmoll, T., Schneider, A. C., Schrock, A. E., Schroeder, J., Schtickzelle, N., Schultz, N. L., Scott, D. A., Scroggie, M. P., Shapiro, J. T., Sharma, N., Shearer, C. L., Simón, D., Sitvarin, M. I., Skupien, F. L., Slinn, H. L., Smith, G. P., Smith, J. A., Sollmann, R., Whitney, K. S., Still, S. M., Stuber, E. F., Sutton, G. F., Swallow, B., Taff, C. C., Takola, E., Tanentzap, A. J., Tarjuelo, R., Telford, R. J., Thawley, C. J., Thierry, H., Thomson, J., Tidau, S., Tompkins, E. M., Tortorelli, C. M., Trlica, A., Turnell, B. R., Urban, L., Van de Vondel, S., van der Wal, J. E. M., Van Eeckhoven, J., van Oordt, F., Vanderwel, K. M., Vanderwel, M. C., Vanderwolf, K. J., Vélez, J., Vergara-Florez, D. C., Verrelli, B. C., Vieira, M. V., Villamil, N., Vitali, V., Vollering, J., Walker, J., Walker, X. J., Walter, J. A., Waryszak, P., Weaver, R. J., Wedegärtner, R. E. M., Weller, D. L., Whelan, S., White, R. L., Wolfson, D. W., Wood, A., Yanco, S. W., Yen, J. D. L., Youngflesh, C., Zilio, G., Zimmer, C., Zimmerman, G. M. & Zitomer, R. A., 6 Feb 2025, In: BMC Biology. 23, 1, p. 1-36 36 p., 35.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Seconder of the vote of thanks to Cork et al. and contribution to the discussion of ‘methods for estimating the exposure–response curve to inform the new safety standards for fine particulate matter’ by Cork et al.

  Swallow, B., 1 Oct 2025, In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society). 188, 4, p. 986-988

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Open access

  Association between antibody responses post-vaccination and severe COVID-19 outcomes in Scotland

  Macdonald, C., Palmateer, N., McAuley, A., Lindsay, L., Hasan, T., Hameed, S. S., Hall, E., Jeffrey, K., Grange, Z., Gousias, P., Mavin, S., Jarvis, L., Cameron, J. C., Daines, L., Tibble, H., Simpson, C. R., McCowan, C., Katikireddi, S. V., Rudan, I. & Fagbamigbe, A. F. & 6 others, Ritchie, L., Swallow, B., Moss, P., Robertson, C., Sheikh, A. & Murray, J., Dec 2024, In: npj Vaccines. 9, 12 p., 107.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Bayesian inference for stochastic oscillatory systems using the phase-corrected linear noise approximation

  Swallow, B., Rand, D. A. & Minas, G., 18 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Bayesian Analysis. Advance Publication, 30 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Caveats in reporting of national vaccine uptake

  Millington, T., Morrison, K., Jeffrey, K., Sullivan, C., Kurdi, A., Fagbamigbe, A., Swallow, B., Shi, T., Shah, S. A., Kerr, S., Simpson, C. R., Ritchie, L., Robertson, C., Sheikh, A. & Rudan, I., 9 Feb 2024, In: Journal of Global Health. 14, 7 p., 03006.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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