Martin Bland

{{Short description|British statistician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Use British English|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Martin Bland | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1947|03|06}} | birth_place = Stockport, UK | death_date =  | death_place = | citizenship = UK | nationality = | fields = Medical statistics | workplaces = St. George's Hospital Medical School<br/>University of York | alma_mater = Imperial College, London <br/> University of London | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = Bland–Altman plot | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | footnotes = | spouse = }}

'''John Martin Bland''' (born 6 March 1947), known as '''Martin Bland''', is a British statistician. He has been professor of health statistics at the University of York since 2003.<ref name="ISI">[http://hcr3.isiknowledge.com/author.cgi?id=6022 Bland, J. Martin] at ISIHighlyCited.com. Retrieved 2011-01-20.</ref> Bland is known for his work on medical measurement, particularly methodology for method comparison studies such as the Bland–Altman plot.

Bland was born in Stockport and obtained a BSc, MSc and diploma from Imperial College, London, followed by a PhD in epidemiology from the University of London. Between 1976 and 2003 he worked at St. George's Hospital Medical School, University of London.<ref name="ISI"/>

==Books== * {{cite book | title=An introduction to medical statistics | author=Bland, Martin | year=1995 | publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn=978-0-19-262428-4}} * {{cite book | title=Statistical questions in evidence-based medicine |author1=Bland, Martin |author2=Peacock, Janet | year=2000 | publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn=978-0-19-262992-0}}

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==External links== * [http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~mb55/index.html Personal home page] at the University of York

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