Miss Christina Easter MSc, MMath

Miss Christina Easter

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Medical Statistician

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Christina Easter is a Medical Statistician in the Institute of Applied Health Research and a member of the Biostatistics, Evidence Synthesis and Test Evaluation (BESaTE) research group. Christina’s main research interests are in prognosis and more recently cluster randomised trials. Christina also works for the West Midlands Research Design Service (RDS) as a statistical advisor.

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Qualifications

  • MSc in Statistics with Medical applications, University of Sheffield, 2016
  • MMath(Hons) in Mathematics, University of Manchester, 2015

Teaching

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Muriithi, F, Easter, C, Osoti, A, Qureshi, Z, Devall, A & Coomarasamy, A 2025, 'An exploration of sub-national variability in institutional maternal mortality ratios in Kenya: a meta-analysis of the 2021 health facility data', Frontiers in Global Women’s Health, vol. 6, 1481495. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2025.1481495

Bohren, MA, Miller, S, Mammoliti, K-M, Galadanci, H, Fawcus, S, Moran, N, Hofmeyr, GJ, Qureshi, Z, Alwy Al-Beity, F, Forbes, G, Akter, S, Osoti, A, Gwako, G, Melo Santos, T, Evans, C, Wakili, AA, Bakari, M, Takai, IU, Umar, M, Singata-Madliki, M, Muller, E, Mandondo, S, Okore, J, Banda, A, Sambusa, M, Sindhu, KN, Beeson, L, Easter, CL, Devall, A, Gülmezoglu, AM, Althabe, F, Oladapo, OT, Gallos, I, Coomarasamy, A & Lorencatto, F 2025, 'Early detection and a treatment bundle strategy for postpartum haemorrhage: a mixed-methods process evaluation', Lancet Global Health, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. e329-e344. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00454-6

Martin, J, Scandrett, K, Easter, C, Whittle, R, Legha, A, Hillier, B, Thompson, J & Archer, L 2025, 'The Role of Generative AI in Data Analysis Assessments', Education in Practice, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 107-116. <https://bham.sharepoint.com/sites/aseddev/Shared%20Documents/EiP%20Journal%20Vol%206.1/10_Martin_EIP_6.1%20Spring%202025.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=zOUylv>

Bamford, T, Smith, R, Young, S, Evans, A, Lockwood, M, Easter, C, Montgomery, S, Barrie, A, Dhillon-Smith, R, Coomarasamy, A & Campbell, A 2024, 'A comparison of morphokinetic models and morphological selection for prioritizing euploid embryos: a multicentre cohort study', Human Reproduction, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 53-61. https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dead237

Chung, Y, Melo, P, Easter, C, Price, MJ, Dhillon‐Smith, R, Quenby, S, Devall, A & Coomarasamy, A 2024, 'The Association Between Periconceptual Maternal Dietary Patterns and Miscarriage Risk in Women With Recurrent Miscarriages: A Multicentre Cohort Study', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.18022

Bamford, T, Easter, C, Montgomery, S, Smith, R, Dhillon-Smith, RK, Barrie, A, Campbell, A & Coomarasamy, A 2023, 'A comparison of 12 machine learning models developed to predict ploidy, using a morphokinetic meta-dataset of 8147 embryos', Human Reproduction, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 569-581. https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dead034

Bamford, T, Smith, R, Easter, C, Dhillon-Smith, R, Barrie, A, Montgomery, S, Campbell, A & Coomarasamy, A 2023, 'Association between a morphokinetic ploidy prediction model risk score and miscarriage and live birth: a multicentre cohort study', Fertility and Sterility, vol. 120, no. 4, pp. 834-843. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.06.006

Devall, AJ, Easter, CL, Price, MJ, Islam, MA & Coomarasamy, A 2023, 'Objective Measurement of Blood Loss following Vaginal Delivery in a UK Hospital', Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, vol. 50, no. 11, 236. https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog5011236

Blackwood, B, Morris, KP, Jordan, J, McIlmurray, L, Agus, A, Boyle, R, Clarke, M, Easter, C, Feltbower, RG, Hemming, K, Macrae, D, McDowell, C, Murray, M, Parslow, R, Peters, MJ, Phair, G, Tume, LN, Walsh, TS & McAuley, DF 2022, 'Co-ordinated multidisciplinary intervention to reduce time to successful extubation for children on mechanical ventilation: the SANDWICH cluster stepped-wedge RCT', Health Technology Assessment, vol. 26, no. 18, pp. 1-114. https://doi.org/10.3310/TCFX3817

Easter, C, Kristunas, C, Hemming, K & Greenfield, S 2022, 'Risk of Bias in Cluster Randomised Controlled Trials of Individual-Level Interventions: Protocol for a Semi-Structured Interview Study', International Journal of Qualitative Methods, vol. 21, 16094069221113112. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069221113112

Lavis, A, McNeil, S, Bould, H, Winston, A, Reid, K, Easter, CL, Pendrous, R & Michail, M 2022, 'Self-Harm in Eating Disorders (SHINE): a mixed-methods exploratory study', BMJ open, vol. 12, no. 7, e065065. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065065

Melo, P, Wood, S, Petsas, G, Chung, Y, Easter, C, Price, M, Fishel, S, Khairy, M, Kingsland, C, Lowe, P, Rajkhowa, M, Sephton, V, Pandey, S, Kazem, R, Walker, D, Gorodeckaja, J, Wilcox, M, Gallos, I, Tozer, A & Coomarasamy, A 2022, 'The effect of frozen embryo transfer regimen on the association between serum progesterone and live birth: a multicentre prospective cohort study (ProFET)', Human Reproduction, vol. 2022, no. 4, hoac054. https://doi.org/10.1093/hropen/hoac054

Review article

Mishra, I, Melo, P, Easter, C, Sephton, V, Dhillon‐Smith, R & Coomarasamy, A 2023, 'Prevalence of adenomyosis in women with subfertility: systematic review and meta‐analysis', Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 23-41. https://doi.org/10.1002/uog.26159

Bamford, T, Barrie, A, Montgomery, S, Dhillon-Smith, R, Campbell, A, Easter, C & Coomarasamy, A 2022, 'Morphological and morphokinetic associations with aneuploidy: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Human Reproduction Update, vol. 28, no. 5, dmac022, pp. 656-686. https://doi.org/10.1093/humupd/dmac022

Easter, C, Thompson, JA, Eldridge, S, Taljaard, M & Hemming, K 2021, 'Cluster randomized trials of individual-level interventions were at high risk of bias', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 138, pp. 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.06.021

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