{{Short description|British statistician and NIHR Senior Investigator}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Jonathan A.C. Sterne | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = <!--(filename only, i.e. without "File:" prefix)--> | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = <!--{{birth date |YYYY|MM|DD}}--> | birth_place = | death_date = <!--{{death date and age |YYYY|MM|DD |YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date)--> | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!--{{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}--> | other_names = | pronounce = | citizenship = | fields = Medical statistics | workplaces = University of Bristol | patrons = | education = University of Oxford, University College of London | alma_mater = | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = <!--(or | doctoral_advisors = )--> | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = Causal inference, Meta-analysis | influences = | influenced = | awards = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = <!--(or | spouses = )--> | partner = <!--(or | partners = )--> | children = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!--{{URL|www.example.com}}--> | footnotes = }} '''Jonathan A.C. Sterne''' is a British statistician, NIHR Senior Investigator, Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, and the former Head of School of Social and Community Medicine at the University of Bristol.<ref name =bristol>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/social-community-medicine/people/jonathan-a-sterne/index.html |title=Professor Jonathan Sterne |last=Bristol |first=University of |website=www.bristol.ac.uk |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-08-28}}</ref> He is co-author of “Essential Medical Statistics”, which received Highly Commended honors in the 2004 BMA Medical Book Competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blackwellpublishing.com/essentialmedstats/ |title=Essential Medical Statistics|access-date=2019-08-28}}</ref>
==Work== Sterne has been identified by Clarivate Analytics as a "Highly Cited Researcher" in the last three years,{{when|date=June 2025}} based on multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://hcr.clarivate.com/#freeText%3Dsterne| title=Jonathan Sterne| access-date=2019-08-28| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220122703/https://hcr.clarivate.com/#freeText%3Dsterne| archive-date=2019-02-20| url-status=dead}}</ref>
His research interests include methodology for systematic reviews and meta-analyses, clinical epidemiology of HIV and AIDS in the era of antiretroviral therapy, causal inference, methodology for epidemiology and health services research, and epidemiology of asthma and allergic diseases.<ref name="bristol" />
Sterne has led the development of the ROBINS-I tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomized studies of interventions and the Cochrane Risk of Bias (RoB) tool for randomized trials. He also leads a large collaboration of HIV cohort studies, which has advanced understanding of prognosis in HIV positive people. He also authored a number of meta-analysis software routines used by students and researchers worldwide.<ref>Ross Harris & Mike Bradburn & Jon Deeks & Roger Harbord & Doug Altman & Thomas Steichen & Jonathan Sterne, 2006. "METAN: Stata module for fixed and random effects meta-analysis," Statistical Software Components S456798, Boston College Department of Economics, revised 23 Sep 2010.</ref>
On 28 August 2019 Sterne, along with Julian Higgins and colleagues, published in The RoB 2 tool in the British Medical Journal, an updated version of the leading tool for assessing risk of bias in randomized trials included in systematic reviews.<ref>Sterne Jonathan A C, Savović Jelena, Page Matthew J, Elbers Roy G, Blencowe Natalie S, Boutron Isabelle et al. RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials BMJ 2019; 366 :l4898.</ref>
Sterne was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-12 |title=50 outstanding biomedical and health scientists elected to prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship |url=https://acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/50-outstanding-biomedical-and-health-scientists-elected-to-prestigious-academy-of-medical-sciences-fellowship |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=Academy of Medical Sciences}}</ref>
==Education== Sterne completed his undergraduate studies in mathematics at the University of Oxford. He holds an MSc and PhD in statistics from the University College London.<ref name="bristol" />
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