{"id":13,"date":"2024-01-01T21:46:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T21:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/kajal-dodhia\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:14:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:14:39","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/kajal-dodhia\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-52bb3bf3771bf9015a082d7b042cd836 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#d12e5c;background-color:#2ed1a3\"><strong>Achievements <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-tiny-font-size\"><strong>Joint second place in Extreme Value Analysis (EVA) Conference (2025) Data Challenge <\/strong>&#8211; click <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i\/about-us\/news\/stor-i-student-team\">here<\/a><\/em> for more info<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-ece5fd72f8220a6f5d1cecde38f1908e\" style=\"color:#d12e5c;background-color:#2ed1a3\">Conferences and Workshops<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li class=\"has-tiny-font-size\"><strong>CRT Winter Symposium (Jan 2026) &#8211; University College Dublin &#8211;<\/strong> <em>Thesis in 3 presentation<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-tiny-font-size\"><strong>STOR-i Annual Conference (Jan 2026) &#8211; ¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ·<\/strong> &#8211; <em>presentation<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-tiny-font-size\"><strong>Rise Final Meeting (September 2025) &#8211; Ca&#8217; Foscari University of Venice<\/strong> &#8211; <em>poster presentation<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-tiny-font-size\"><strong>Rise Short Course on Extremes (September 2025) &#8211; Ca&#8217; Foscari University of Venice<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-tiny-font-size\"><strong>APTS &#8211; Statistical Machine Learning and Causal Inference<\/strong> <strong>(September 2025)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-tiny-font-size\"><strong>STOR-i Annual Conference (Jan 2025) &#8211; ¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ·<\/strong> &#8211; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/acrobat.adobe.com\/id\/urn:aaid:sc:EU:94972763-268f-4ad0-a3bc-beece94d6ded\">Poster<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-tiny-font-size\"><strong>ASNR and EDF R&amp;D seminar Effects of climate change (Jan 2025)<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>online <\/strong><em>&#8211;<strong> <\/strong>Poster Presentation<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-2e7575d7fd59e007447a7463f4764f8e\" style=\"color:#d12e5c;background-color:#2ed1a3\">MRes RT 2 Report: Response-Adaptive Randomisation in Clinical<br>Trials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Supervisor: Dr Helen Barnett<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li class=\"has-tiny-font-size\"><strong>Research:<\/strong> Investigated different branches of RAR including RAR based on urn models, Bayesian RAR and Optimal RAR procedures in a two-armed (treatment) trial setting with binary outcomes. Focused on the trade-off between maximising the statistical power of a specific treatment comparison and patient benefit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-tiny-font-size\"><strong>Presenting and Communication<\/strong> &#8211; presented my research to STOR-i students and staff, via a presentation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-44bd6ff850f31df8db766e60b8b57c66\" style=\"color:#d12e5c;background-color:#2ed1a3\">MRes RT 1 Report: <strong>Inventory Management for Perishable Products<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Supervisor: Dr Anna-Lena Sachs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li class=\"has-tiny-font-size\">Investigated two approaches to tackle the problem &#8211; fixed shelf life and random shelf life by exploring a range of models to try and ensure that the supply of a product is equal to the amount needed to satisfy random customer demand, minimising extra costs and waste in turn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-da25e788520da64f650420d696ac6ae2\" style=\"color:#d12e5c;background-color:#2ed1a3\">BSc Project: <em>The Mathematics of Musical Instruments: The Flute and Clarinet<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Supervisor: Dr Claire Gilson <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-tiny-font-size\">\n<li>Investigated and identified differences between the pressure and motion of the waves in the instrument and the sounds produced, for example, the natural frequencies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Investigated the acoustics of each instrument, in particular, the flow dynamics of the sound sources of each instrument; an air jet for the flute and a single reed for the clarinet were explored.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-3d8a6ac03e59273a1cc0a8f1d73fab96\" style=\"color:#d12e5c;background-color:#2ed1a3\">STOR-i Research Internship: <strong><em>SAPTIO-Temporal Modelling of Epidemics: hhh4<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Supervisor: Jordan Hood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li class=\"has-tiny-font-size\"><strong>Research:<\/strong> Investigated the UK measles outbreak between 1944 to 1962 using the hhh4 model to explore the best fitting model and predicting future outbreaks. This was carried out to find what an endgame scenario might look like to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, which is difficult to do as vaccines do not provide 100% immunity, world changing events and societies changing behaviours have a large impact on how infectious diseases spread.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-tiny-font-size\"><strong>Presenting and Communication<\/strong> &#8211; presented my research to interns, Masters and PhD students and staff at STOR-i, via a presentation and as an academic poster.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-tiny-font-size\"><strong>Problem solving and Collaboration<\/strong> &#8211; participated in several group competitions such as the Travelling Salesman Problem. 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