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Tom Kelsey
Tom Kelsey
Born
Thomas William Kelsey

England
Education
Known forHealth Data Science
Scientific career
Academic advisorsRoger Fletcher
Websitetomkelsey.com
www.wallacekelsey.org.uk

Thomas William Kelsey PhD is a Professor Health Data Science at the University of St Andrews. He is Scientific Director of the Wallace-Kelsey Research Foundation, which conducts data-driven research into the late effects of treatment on survivors of childhood cancer..[1] He is noted for his work in AI search, population-based studies and data-driven modelling in endocrinology and physiology. He serves on the board of the NHS Scotland Managed Services Network for Children and Young People with Cancer.[2]

Education and Early Career

Kelsey received his B.Sc. degree in mathematics from Heriot-Watt University. He then pursued an M.Sc. in numerical analysis at the University of Dundee under the supervision of Rodger Fletcher, a mathematician known for his work in optimisation and numerical analysis.

Following his MSc, Kelsey completed a Ph.D. degree in computational mathematics from the University of St Andrews, where he continues to work.[2] He has held visiting research positions at:

Research and Publications

Kelsey has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers, with an h-index of 43 and over 10,500 citations as of July 2024.[3] His research spans various fields, including reproductive medicine, oncology, and computer science. His work has been published in high-impact journals such as The Lancet Oncology, Human Reproduction, and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

His paper "Follicle Size on Day of Trigger Most Likely to Yield a Mature Oocyte", published in Frontiers in Endocrinology in 2018 in collaboration with Waljit Dhillo's team at Imperial College London, received 1.3 million views on the Frontiers platform as of February 2023. It was the 14th most viewed article out of 530,845 articles across all Frontiers journals at that time.[4][5]

Kelsey and Hamish Wallace co-founded the Wallace-Kelsey Research Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to conducting data-driven research into the late effects of treatment on survivors of childhood cancer. Kelsey serves as the Scientific Director of this foundation[6]

References

  1. ^ ESHRE (2019-10-29). Tom Kelsey - Advice. Retrieved 2024-07-12 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ a b "[ Tom Kelsey | Biography ]". tom.host.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  3. ^ "Tom Kelsey". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  4. ^ Abbara, Ali; Vuong, Lan N.; Ho, Vu N. A.; Clarke, Sophie A.; Jeffers, Lisa; Comninos, Alexander N.; Salim, Rehan; Ho, Tuong M.; Kelsey, Tom W.; Trew, Geoffrey H.; Humaidan, Peter; Dhillo, Waljit S. (2018-04-25). "Follicle Size on Day of Trigger Most Likely to Yield a Mature Oocyte". Frontiers in Endocrinology. 9: 193. doi:10.3389/fendo.2018.00193. ISSN 1664-2392. PMC 5930292. PMID 29743877.
  5. ^ "Articles | Frontiers". www.frontiersin.org. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  6. ^ "Wallace-Kelsey Research". www.wallacekelsey.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-11.