He has been professor of health statistics at the University of York since 2003.
[1] Bland is known for his work on medical measurement, particularly methodology for method comparison studies such as the Bland–Altman plot.
Bland was born in Stockport and obtained a BSc, MSc and diploma from Imperial College, London, followed by a PhD in epidemiology from the University of London.
Between 1976 and 2003 he worked at St. George's Hospital Medical School, University of London.
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