David Gavaghan

David Gavaghan
Born David J. Gavaghan
(1966-02-10) 10 February 1966
Nationality United Kingdom
Institutions University of Oxford
Alma mater
Thesis Parallel numerical algorithms for the solution of diffusion problems. (1992)
Doctoral advisor John Sidney Rollett
Doctoral students
  • Liya Asner[1]
  • Martin Bishop[2]
  • Jonathan Cooper[3]
  • Thomas Doel[4]
  • Mandeep Singh Gill[5]
  • Priya Kooner[6]
  • Philip Maybank[7]
  • Alexander Rowley[8]
  • Anna Sher[9]
  • Kieran Smallbone[10]
  • James Southern[11]
Website
www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/david.gavaghan

Professor 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[12] and Research Fellow in Mathematics at New College, Oxford.[13][14][15][16]

Education

Gavaghan completed his undergraduate degree in Mathematics at Durham University in 1986, 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 the University of Oxford.[17]

Research and career

Gavaghan's research is interdisciplinary and involves the application of mathematical and computational techniques to problems in the biomedical sciences.[17] Gavaghan serves on the advisory board chair for the Software Sustainability Institute (SSI).[18]

Personal life

See Gavaghan for the origin of his surname.

References

  1. ↑ Asner, Liya (2014). Efficient numerical methods for the solution of coupled multiphysics problems (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  2. ↑ Bishop, Martin J. (2008). Optical mapping signal synthesis (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  3. ↑ Cooper, Jonathan Paul (2009). Automatic validation and optimisation of biological models (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  4. ↑ Doel, Thomas MacArthur Winter (2012). Developing clinical measures of lung function in COPD patients using medical imaging and computational modelling (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  5. ↑ Gill, Mandeep Singh (2013). Application of software engineering methodologies to the development of mathematical biological models (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  6. ↑ Kooner, Priya (2006). Mathematical modelling of tumour invasion : from biochemical networks to tissue dynamics (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  7. ↑ Maybank, Philip (2012). Automatic simplification of differential equation models by a posteriori analysis (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  8. ↑ Rowley, Alexander (2008). Signal processing methods for cerebral autoregulation (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  9. ↑ Sher, Anna (2007). Modelling local calcium dynamics and the sodium/calcium exchanger in ventricular myocytes (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  10. ↑ Smallbone, Kieran (2007). The role of acidity in tumour development (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  11. ↑ Southern, James Alastair (2006). Mathematical and computational modelling of ultrasound elasticity imaging (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  12. ↑ "Integrative Biology: Project Board".
  13. ↑ "New College: Fellows". Archived from the original on September 26, 2006.
  14. ↑ David Gavaghan's publications indexed by Google Scholar
  15. ↑ 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. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.02.001. ISSN 0022-5193.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. 1 2 "Professor David Gavaghan". Oxford: University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 2015-06-20.
  18. ↑ "SSI Advisory Board". software.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29.


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