Stephen Burgess

Stephen Burgess
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA, MMath, PhD)
Known forMendelian randomization, causal inference
AwardsClarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2019–2025)
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics, Epidemiology
WorkplacesMRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge
Simon G. Thompson

Stephen Burgess is a British statistician and genetic epidemiologist. He is a Research Professor at the University of Cambridge and a Programme Leader at the MRC Biostatistics Unit. His primary area of research is the development of statistical methods for Mendelian randomization and causal inference using genetic data.

Burgess attended studied mathematics at Emmanuel College, Cambridge where he studied mathematics and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2005. He also obtained a Master of Mathematics degree in 2006. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge's MRC Biostatistics Unit in 2012. His doctoral research examined the use of genetic instrumental variables in Mendelian randomization analyses.

After completing his doctorate, Burgess joined the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit in the University of Cambridge's Department of Public Health and Primary Care. In 2013, he received a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship. In 2017, he was appointed Programme Leader Track at the MRC Biostatistics Unit. He became a Programme Leader in 2022 and a Research Professor in 2025. He still maintains an affiliation with the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit and has been a fellow at Homerton College, Cambridge since 2014.

Burgess is Director of Statistics at Sequoia Genetics. He has served as an associate editor of the International Journal of Epidemiology and previously served as an associate editor of the American Journal of Human Genetics. He is a member of the steering committee of the European Causal Inference Meeting.

Bibliography

Books

  • Burgess, S.; Thompson, S.G. (2015). Mendelian Randomization: Methods for Using Genetic Variants in Causal Estimation. Chapman & Hall/CRC.
  • Burgess, S.; Thompson, S.G. (2021). Mendelian Randomization: Methods for Causal Inference Using Genetic Variants. Chapman & Hall/CRC.

Selected publications

References

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  2. 1 2 "Stephen Burgess". MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
  3. ↑ Burgess, Stephen (2012). Statistical issues in Mendelian randomization: use of genetic instrumental variables for assessing causal associations (Thesis). University of Cambridge. doi:10.17863/CAM.16219. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
  4. ↑ "Stephen Burgess". Homerton College, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
  5. ↑ "The Homertonian 2022". Homerton College, University of Cambridge. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
  6. ↑ "Professor Stephen Burgess". Sequoia Genetics. 25 May 2026. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
  7. ↑ "Editorial Board". International Epidemiological Association. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
  8. ↑ "Editorial Board". The American Journal of Human Genetics. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
  9. ↑ "Steering committee". European Causal Inference Meeting. Retrieved 1 September 2026.