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Dr. David Robert Grimes

Assistant Professor (Clinical Research Facility in Psychiatry)
Research Fellow (Public Health & Primary Care)
      
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Dr. David Robert Grimes

Assistant Professor (Clinical Research Facility in Psychiatry)

 davidrobert.grimes@tcd.ie

 

Research Fellow (Public Health & Primary Care)


My expertise is in modelling problems in biomedical science and public health, cancer science, meta-research, research methodology, statistics, and health systems. I research and consult on population health, oncology, medical statistics, public health, tumour models, and have extensive experience in data analysis, statistics, and imaging. I also have expertise in societal understanding of science and medicine, writing, and broadcasting, as well as experience in health policy, screening programmes, health disinformation. I advise for media outlets around the world on communication of science, and consult on disinformation for various bodies worldwide. Aside from this, I am an author and broadcaster. My first book, the "The Irrational Ape - Why we fall for conspiracy theory, disinformation, and propaganda" (Simon & Schuster UK, US title: "Good Thinking - Why Flawed Logic Puts us all at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World) was an Irish Times top 5 bestseller. I contribute to outlets including the Guardian, New York Times, Scientific American, the Atlantic, The Observer, the Irish Times, and many others, and broadcast with BBC, RTE, PBS, and many others worldwide on radio and television, and am an elected fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
  Biomedical sciences   Biostatistical methods   CANCER   Cancer Screening   Diagnostic bioimaging   Health Physics   Imaging Techniques   Mathematical modelling   ORGANISED CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING   Public health   Radiology, tomography and medical imaging   Radiotherapy
Details Date From Date To
Fellow of the Committeee for Skeptical Inquiry 02/02/2021
Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society 05/02/2022
Grimes, David Robert, Methodological issues in visible LED therapy dermatological research and reporting, PLOS One, 20, (9), 2025, pe0332995 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Li, Mengqi, Devane, Declan, Beecher, Claire, Dowling, Maura, Duffy, Austin G., Duggan, Caitriona, Grimes, David Robert, Kennan, Avril, Kilty, Claire, Nsangi, Allen, Oxman, Andrew D., Stewart, Derek C., Toomey, Elaine, Tierney, Marie, Developing critical thinking and decision-making skills for cancer information: the Informed Health Choice-Cancer online learning resource, Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Fober, Iwo, Baran, Lidia, Samara, Myrto, Siafis, Spyridon, Grimes, David Robert, Helfer, Bartosz, How trustworthy and applicable is the evidence from systematic reviews of depression treatments: Protocol for systematic examination, PLOS One, 20, (6), 2025, pe0325384 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Grimes, David Robert, Gorski, David H, Quantifying Public Engagement With Science and Malinformation on COVID-19 Vaccines: Cross-Sectional Study, Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, 2025, pe64679 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Grimes, David Robert, Tortured confessions? Potentially erroneous statistical inferences may underpin misleading claims of harms in reanalyses of COVID-19 and HPV vaccines, Vaccine, 46, 2025, p126657 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Grimes, David Robert, Impact of human papillomavirus age-related prevalence and vaccination levels on interpretation of cervical screening modalities: a modelling study, BMJ Open, 14, (2), 2024, pe078551 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Grimes, David Robert, Is biomedical research self-correcting? Modelling insights on the persistence of spurious science, Royal Society Open Science, 11, (1), 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Grimes, David Robert, Region of Attainable Redaction, an extension of Ellipse of Insignificance analysis for gauging impacts of data redaction in dichotomous outcome trials, eLife, 13, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Li, Mengqi, Devane, Declan, Beecher, Claire, Dowling, Maura, Duffy, Austin G., Duggan, Caitriona, Grimes, David Robert, Kennan, Avril, Kilty, Claire, Nsangi, Allen, Oxman, Andrew D., Stewart, Derek C., Toomey, Elaine, Tierney, Marie, Prioritising Key Concepts for informed health choices in cancer: An evidence-based online educational programme, PEC Innovation, 5, 2024, p100311 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Grimes, David Robert, Towards replicability and sustainability in cancer research, BJC Reports, 2, (1), 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Award Date
Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry 2022
Nature / Sense About Science Maddox Award for Standing up for Science 2014
CRUK Commendation for dispelling misconceptions in science and medicine 2015