Dr Hannah Worthington

Senior Lecturer

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 1806

Email

hw233@st-andrews.ac.uk

Office

131 OB

Location

Observatory

 

Research areas

Developing and implementing new methods in applied statistical ecology for animal conservation and population management.  Particular interests in capture-recapture, spatial capture-recapture, passive acoustic and visual monitoring, and workflow pipelines from new technology deployment to fit-for-purpose statistical analysis.

PhD supervision

• Louis Backstrom
• Rebecca Supple

Selected publications

• Open access

  Detections of rare species lead citizen scientists to initiate data recording

  Backstrom, L. J., Drake, R. L., Worthington, H. & Johnston, A., 10 Oct 2025, In: Diversity and Distributions. 31, 10, 12 p., e70103.

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

• Open access

  Estimating sampling biases in citizen science datasets

  Backstrom, L. J., Callaghan, C. T., Worthington, H., Fuller, R. A. & Johnston, A., 1 Jan 2025, In: Ibis. 167, 1, p. 73-87 15 p.

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

• Open access

  Ghostbusting - Reducing bias due to identification errors in spatial capture-recapture histories

  Kodi, A. R., Howard, J., Borchers, D. L., Worthington, H., Alexander, J., Lkhagvajav, P., Bayandonoi, G., Ochirjav, M., Erdenebaatar, S., Byambasuren, C., Battulga, N., Johansson, O. & Sharma, K., Jun 2024, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15, 6, p. 1060-1070

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

• Open access

  The role of multidimensional poverty in antibiotic misuse: a mixed-methods study of self-medication and non-adherence in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda

  Green, D. L., Keenan, K., Fredricks, K. J., Huque, S. I., Mushi, M. F., Kansiime, C., Asiimwe, B., Kiiru, J., Mshana, S. E., Neema, S., Mwanga, J. R., Kesby, M., Lynch, A. G., Worthington, H., Abed Al Ahad, M., Olamijuwon, E., Aduda, A., Njeru, J. M., Mmbaga, B. T. & Bazira, J. & 8 others, Sandeman, A., Stelling, J., Gillespie, S. H., Kibiki, G., Sabiiti, W., Sloan, D. J., Holden, M. T. G. & HATUA Consortium, 1 Jan 2023, In: The Lancet Global Health. 11, 1, p. e59-e68 10 p.

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

• Open access

  Unravelling patient pathways in the context of antibacterial resistance in East Africa

  HATUA Consortium, Keenan, K., Fredricks, K. J., Al Ahad, M. A., Neema, S., Mwanga, J. R., Kesby, M., Mushi, M. F., Aduda, A., Green, D. L., Lynch, A. G., Huque, S. I., Mmbaga, B. T., Worthington, H., Kansiime, C., Olamijuwon, E., Ntinginya, N. E., Loza, O., Bazira, J. & Maldonado-Barragán, A. & 15 others, Smith, V., Decano, A. G., Njeru, J. M., Sandeman, A., Stelling, J., Elliott, A., Aanensen, D., Gillespie, S. H., Kibiki, G., Sabiiti, W., Sloan, D. J., Asiimwe, B. B., Kiiru, J., Mshana, S. E. & Holden, M. T. G., 19 Jun 2023, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 23, 1, 12 p., 414.

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

• Open access

  Modeling recruitment of birth cohorts to the breeding population: a hidden Markov model approach

  Worthington, H., King, R., McCrea, R., Smout, S. C. & Pomeroy, P., 1 Mar 2021, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9, 13 p., 600967.

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

• Open access

  The role of multidimensional poverty in antibiotic misuse: a study of self-medication and non-adherence in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda

  Green, D. L., Keenan, K., Huque, S. I., Kesby, M., Mushi, M. F., Kansiime, C., Asiimwe, B., Kiiru, J., Mshana, S. E., Neema, S., Mwanga, J. R., Fredricks, K. J., Lynch, A. G., Worthington, H., Olamijuwon, E., Ahad, M. A. A., Aduda, A., Mmbaga, B. T., Bazira, J. & Sandeman, A. & 7 others, Stelling, J., Gillespie, S. H., Kibiki, G., Sabiti, W., Sloan, D. J., Holden, M. T. G. & HATUA Consortium, 8 Oct 2021, SSRN, 26 p. (Preprints with The Lancet).

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

• Open access

  How ideas from ecological capture-recapture models may inform multiple systems estimation analyses

  Worthington, H., McCrea, R., King, R. & Vincent, K., 7 Dec 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Crime and Delinquency. OnlineFirst, 17 p.

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

• Open access

  Multiple systems estimation for modern slavery: robustness of list omission and combination

  Sharifi Far, S., King, R., Bird, S., Overstall, A., Worthington, H. & Jewell, N., 22 Aug 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Crime and Delinquency. OnlineFirst, 24 p.

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

• Open access

  Estimating abundance from multiple sampling capture-recapture data via a multi-state multi-period stopover model

  Worthington, H., McCrea, R., King, R. & Griffiths, R., Dec 2019, In: Annals of Applied Statistics. 13, 4, p. 2043-2064 22 p.

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

 

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