Edited by Richard D. Riley, Professor of Biostatistics, Research Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, UK, Danielle van der Windt, Professor of Primary Care Epidemiology, Research Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, UK, Peter Croft, Professor of Primary Care Epidemiology, Research Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, UK, and Karel G.M. Moons, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Utrecht University Medical Centre, The Netherlands

Richard D. Riley is a Professor of Biostatistics at Keele University since 2014, having previous held posts at the Universities of Birmingham, Liverpool and Leicester. He is focused on statistical and methodological research for prognosis and meta-analysis, and supports clinical projects in these areas. He is also a Statistics Editor for the BMJ and a co-convenor of the Cochrane Prognosis Methods Group. Prof Riley co-leads a summer school in Prognosis Research Methods, and leads a number of statistical training courses for risk prediction and meta-analysis

Professor Danielle van der Windt received her academic training in epidemiology in the Netherlands at the EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research of the VU University in Amsterdam where she worked in a programme of research on the diagnosis, prognosis and management of musculoskeletal disorders. She is currently a Professor of primary care epidemiology at Keele, and is part of the Centre's executive management team

Professor Peter Croft is a Professor of Primary Care Epidemiology at Keele since 1994. Previously, he worked as a General Practitioner in Newcastle-under-Lyme, before training as an epidemiologist at the Medical Research Council's Environmental Epidemiology Unit in Southampton, and at the Arthritis Research Campaign's Epidemiology Research Unit in Manchester

Professor Karel G.M. Moons is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care. He is Director of Research in the management team of the Julius Center, and leads the research programme 'Methodology'. Since 2005 also he has an Adjunct Professorship at VanderBilt University, Nashville, USA. Having obtained his PhD in Epidemiology at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, he has been Visiting Professor at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA in 2002, and at Tokai University, Japan.

Douglas G. Altman, Professor of Statistics in Medicine, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK
Gary S. Collins, Professor of Medical Statistics, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK
Peter Croft, Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology, Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, UK
Michael J. Crowther, Lecturer in Biostatistics, Biostatistics Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, UK
Thomas P.A. Debray, Assistant Professor Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Kate M. Dunn, Professor of Epidemiology,Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, UK
Nadine E. Foster, NIHR Professor of Musculoskeletal Health in Primary Care, Keele Clinical Trials Unit, and Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, UK
Jill A. Hayden, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Canada
Harry Hemingway, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, UCL Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, UK, and Director, Health Data Research UK, London
Aroon Hingorani, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, Director, UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, UK
Kelvin P. Jordan, Professor of Biostatistics, Centre for Prognosis Research, Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, UK
Karel G.M. Moons, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Katherine I. Morley, Lecturer, National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK
Pablo Perel, Associate Professor, Co-Director Centre for Global Chronic Conditions, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Richard D. Riley, Professor of Biostatistics, Centre for Prognosis Research, Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, UK
Mark J. Rutherford, Lecturer in Biostatistics, Biostatistics Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, UK
Willi Sauerbrei, Professor in Medical Biometry, Institute for Medical Biometry and Statistics, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Germany
Mihaela van der Schaar, Man Professor of Quantitative Finance, Man Institute of Quantitative Finance and the Department of Engineering Science, and Fellow of Christ Church College, University of Oxford, UK; and Faculty Fellow, Alan Turing Institute, British Library, London, UK
Kym I.E. Snell, Research Fellow in Biostatistics, Centre for Prognosis Research, Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, UK
Ewout W. Steyerberg, Professor of Medical Decision Making Department of Public Health Erasmus MC, Rotterdam; and Professor of Clinical Biostatistics and Medical Decision Making Chair, Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Centre
Adam Timmis, Professor of Clinical Cardiology, Queen Mary University, London, UK; and Consultant Cardiologist, Barts Heart Centre, London UK
Danielle A. van der Windt, Professor of Primary Care Epidemiology, Centre for Prognosis Research, Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, UK