About
Layna is a postgraduate student based in the School of Mathematics. Layna's research focuses on medical statistics.
Research
Research interests
- Medical statistics
- Capture-recapture
- Meta-analysis
Current research
Layna's research explores using a capture-recapture approach to meta-analysis to find more reliable estimates in the case of systematically missing data, using a case study on the completed suicide rates after bariatric surgery as an example application.
Teaching
Layna has teaching experience as a demonstrator in the following areas:
- Machine learning (masters module, leading tutorials and teaching code)
- Introduction to probability and statistics (first year undergraduate module, teaching code)
- Statistical inference (third year undergraduate module, leading tutorials)
- Foundation Year Engineering students
- Frst Year Mathematics students (workshops)
Biography
Layna holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Mathematics with Actuatial Science and an MRes in Mathematical Science (specialising in Medical Statistics) both from the University of Southampton.
Layna embarked upon her iPhD at the School of Mathematical Sciences in 2021, supervised by Professor Dankmar Böhning and Dr Antony Overstall.