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Professor Marian Scott

Professor Marian Scott

OBE FRSE CStat PhD

Scientific Advisor

Professor of Environmental Statistics in the Department of Statistics at the University of Glasgow;  an elected member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE),  Marians’ research interests include model uncertainty and sensitivity analysis;  modelling the dispersal of pollutants in the environment, radiocarbon dating and assessment of animal welfare.

She is an advisory editor of the Wiley Series Statistics in Practice, focussing on the environment;  associate editor of the Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Radiocarbon, Environmetrics and of the Journal of Environmental Radioactivity.

As a scientific advisor for NewMetrica, Marian has developed a general methodology for constructing pain and welfare scales based on the creation of single, composite indicators from distinct observable components.

This methodology has been applied widely in post graduate studies, to develop the Glasgow Composite Measure Pain Scale for dogs after surgery (Lynne Young, Matthew Burnell), a health related quality of life scale for chronic pain in dogs (e.g. those suffering from arthritis) (Lesley Wiseman-Orr) and welfare and quality of life scales for farm animals (dairy cows, sheep and pigs) (Andrew McMullan, Dale Sandercock, Leigh Harkins).

"I have been using VetMetrica for over 18 months now and have found it has revolutionised how I monitor patients and collect data. It is very easy to set up and the tools are intuitive and easy to follow

VetMetrica provides a great window into the animals’ quality of life and how it feels in its home environment. This has enabled me to better care for these patients and also collect good quality data for future publications. I cannot recommend VetMetrica enough. "

Andy Armitage, Greenside Vet Practice

Vetmetrica offers a valuable tool in assessing the impact of chronic pain on quality of life in dogs & cats. When treating chronic pain, most owners say that quality of life is paramount and they want their pet to be pain free. Vetmetrica engages owners and gives them the ability to measure quality of life.

"I found that a computer based scale run by Newmetrica... the same great people who gave us the Glasgow Pain Scales... is a wonderful way to get reliable quality of life scores.  You can find it here at http://www.newmetrica.com/vetmetrica-hrql/.  It generates a non-biased decision using a computer algorithum.  Answers are weighted differently so it is harder for the caregiver to subconsciously manipulate the outcome.  And they cannot go back and change their answers like they can on paper form"  Dr Mike Petty

“Firstly I want to congratulate you and your team on the important work you are doing in the field of pain assessment and in particular the NewMetrica HRQL tool which I think is a real game changer!” – Leon Warne.

“It goes without saying that within our dealings with the team at NewMetrica we found them to be consistently helpful and professional throughout”.