The Mardia Lecture is a new series that will be held triennially by the University of Leeds in honour of RSS fellow, Professor Kanti Mardia OBE.

In this lecture, “Seeing patterns that aren’t there – and other statistical problems in investigating medical misconduct”, former RSS president, Professor Green will focus on the importance of mathematical aptitude in legal proceedings. 

In several cases in recent years, medical staff have been suspected of harming their patients on the basis of apparent correlations between their duty shifts and suspicious events on the ward, and criminal convictions have occurred. In some of these cases, the member of staff was subsequently completely exonerated – their original trials were miscarriages of justice. Is it time for courts to require statistical expertise when data of this kind is presented? 
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For full event information and to register (by 4 Nov) go to:https://www.tickettailor.com/events/universityofleedscpdconferenceandeventsunit/1394766