PhD opportunity | Optimising allocation ratios in platform trials: role of simulation

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Peter Jacko

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Oct 22, 2025, 4:27:03 AM (13 days ago) Oct 22

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I would appreciate sharing with potential applicants:

PhD opportunity for worldwide applicants on methodology for innovative clinical trials for a planned cardiovascular trial with a strong advisory team from Glasgow (John Petrie, Alex McConnachie, David Blane), Sydney (Ian Marschner, Tom Snelling), and Lancaster (Peter Jacko).

Topic: "Optimising allocation ratios in platform trials: role of simulation"

Keywords: Monte Carlo simulation, statistics, stochastic modelling, optimisation (response-adaptive randomisation / Thompson sampling / multi-armed bandits / dynamic programming / reinforcement learning), real-life implementation, R package SIMPLE (https://github.com/el-meyer/simple).

More info and apply via: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/optimising-allocation-ratios-in-platform-trials-role-of-simulation/?p188535

Kind regards,

Peter.

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Dr Peter Jacko

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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)

Department of Management Science

Lancaster University Management School
Lancaster, LA1 4YX, UK

Email: p.j...@lancaster.ac.uk

Office: D02a (Charles Carter Building)

Lancaster University profile: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lums/people/peter-jacko

Simulation and Stochastic Modelling Research Area: https://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/organisations/simulation-and-stochastic-modelling

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