David Gavaghan

David J. Gavaghan (born 10 February 1966) is Professor of Computational Biology in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford. He is also the director of the Life Sciences Interface Doctoral Training Centre, Principal Investigator of the Integrative Biology project[1] and Research Fellow in Mathematics at New College, Oxford.[2][3][4][5]

David Gavaghan
Born
David J. Gavaghan

(1966-02-10) 10 February 1966
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
ThesisParallel numerical algorithms for the solution of diffusion problems. (1992)
Doctoral advisorJohn Sidney Rollett
Websitewww.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/david.gavaghan

Education

Gavaghan completed his undergraduate degree in Mathematics at Durham University in 1986.[6] This was followed by a Master of Science in Numerical Analysis and Mathematical Modelling in 1987 and his Doctor of Philosophy on the development of Parallel Numerical Algorithms in 1991 at Linacre College at the University of Oxford.[7]

Research and career

Gavaghan's research is interdisciplinary and involves the application of mathematical and computational techniques to problems in the biomedical sciences.[7] Gavaghan serves on the advisory board chair for the Software Sustainability Institute (SSI).[8]

References
  1. "Integrative Biology: Project Board". Archived from the original on 29 April 2007.
  2. "New College: Fellows". Archived from the original on 26 September 2006.
  3. David Gavaghan publications indexed by Google Scholar
  4. Smallbone, Kieran; Gavaghan, David J.; Gatenby, Robert A.; Maini, Philip K. (2005). "The role of acidity in solid tumour growth and invasion". Journal of Theoretical Biology. 235 (4): 476–484. Bibcode:2005JThBi.235..476S. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.02.001. ISSN 0022-5193. PMID 15935166.
  5. Jadad, Alejandro R.; Moore, R.Andrew; Carroll, Dawn; Jenkinson, Crispin; Reynolds, D.John M.; Gavaghan, David J.; McQuay, Henry J. (1996). "Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: Is blinding necessary?". Controlled Clinical Trials. 17 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1016/0197-2456(95)00134-4. PMID 8721797.
  6. "Durham University gazette, 1985/86". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  7. "Professor David Gavaghan". Oxford: University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015.
  8. "SSI Advisory Board". software.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012.


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