March 2026
Tamika Royal-Thomas > Other Awards
The UWI, Mona Principal’s Research Award for the Research Grant with the most research funds for the Faculty of Science and Technology. Dr. Tamika Royal-Thomas - Co – Principal Investigator for the Grant Agreement No. GA 237/REG – J.C., T.RT., S.BL., T.FM., T.S., M.T., J.J. Climate Systems, Techniques and Resources for Improved Decision Making, Education and Sustainability (STRIDES).
March 2026
Tamika Royal-Thomas > Other Awards
The UWI, Mona Principal’s Research Award for the Research Grant with the most research funds for the Campus. Dr. Tamika Royal-Thomas - Co – Principal Investigator for the Grant Agreement No. GA 237/REG – J.C., T.RT., S.BL., T.FM., T.S., M.T., J.J. Climate Systems, Techniques and Resources for Improved Decision Making, Education and Sustainability (STRIDES).
July 2023
Tamika Royal-Thomas > Other Awards
The UWI, Mona Principal’s award for best research publication Debbie S. Thompson, Tamika Y.N. Royal-Thomas, Ingrid A. Tennant, Deanne P. Soares, Christopher D. Byrne, Terrence E. Forrester, Peter D. Gluckman, Michael S. Boyne. "Liver fat in adult survivors of severe acute malnutrition". Scientific Reports. 2022 Mar 7;12(1):3690. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-07749-5. Cited by 2. Impact Factor: 4.997. (Won Principal’s award for best research publication – 2023)
July 2023
Tamika Royal-Thomas > Other Awards
The UWI, Mona Principal’s award for best research publication Cunningham-Myrie, C.A., Royal-Thomas, T.Y.N., Bailey A.E., Gustat J., Theall K.P., Harrison J.E. and Reid M.E. “Use of a public park for physical activity in the Caribbean: evidence from a mixed methods study in Jamaica.” BMC Public Health 19, 894 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7247-6. (Won Principal’s award for best research publication – 2020), Cited by 5. Impact Factor: 1.473 .5-Year Impact Factor: 3.182.
Dr. Tamika Royal-Thomas
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Awards

March 2026 UWI, Mona Principal’s Research Award for the Research Grant with the most research funds for the Faculty of Science and Technology.

March 2026 The UWI, Mona Principal’s Research Award for the Research Grant with the most research funds for the Campus.

July 2023 The UWI, Mona Principal’s award for best research publication

July 2023 The UWI, Mona Principal’s award for best research publication

The UWI, Mona Principal’s award for best research publication

The UWI, Mona Principal’s research award

About me

Dr. Tamika Royal-Thomas is a Senior Lecturer in the Mathematics Department at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus. She received her Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the Florida State University (FSU). Her research interests include examining data over time (longitudinal data analysis) and early life predictors of cardiovascular disease, and has received several UWI Principal Research Awards for some of the work she has done. Dr. Royal-Thomas has several research publications and has done several oral presentations at international statistical conferences, including the Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM) and Eastern North American Region/ International Biometric Society (ENAR) meetings. She is also a member of the American Statistical Association (ASA). She currently serves as an ambassador in the West Indies for the International Mathematical Union Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM).

Dr. Tamika Royal-Thomas is a Senior Lecturer in the Mathematics Department at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus. She received her Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the Florida State University (FSU). Prior to joining the Mathematics Department, she worked as an Assistant Professor at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) and worked as a Lecturer & Biostatistician at the Caribbean Institute for Health Research at The UWI. She also worked at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) as an Assistant Professor in Statistics. Dr. Royal-Thomas has also been employed in the pharmaceutical industry (at Sanofi Pasteur, a leading vaccine company worldwide), while at FSU. Her research interests include examining data over time (longitudinal data analysis) and early life predictors of cardiovascular disease, and has received several UWI Principal Research Awards for some of the work she has done. Dr. Royal-Thomas has several research publications and has done several oral presentations at international statistical conferences, including the Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM) and Eastern North American Region/ International Biometric Society (ENAR) meetings. She is also a member of the American Statistical Association (ASA). Dr. Royal-Thomas had founded a Statistics Club while at WSSU and a Mathematics Club at a high school she taught at early in her career, which allowed students to understand and appreciate how Mathematics and Statistics can be fun and applied to every day life. She currently serves as an ambassador in the West Indies for the International Mathematical Union Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM).

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Other Memberships/Affiliations
American Statistical Association (ASA)
The Jamaica Statistical Society (JSS)

Degrees:

2011
Doctorate
Mathematical sciences
2011
Doctorate
Mathematical sciences

Publications resulting from Research
Chapters in Books

• Archer Carol, Cunningham-Myrie Colette, Freeman-Prince Nadine, Reid Marvin, Williams Brian and Royal-Thomas Tamika. Jamaican Universities Aiding the Design of an Urban Public Space. From the Edited Volume in Sustainability in Urban Planning and Design. December 2019. IntechOpen. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.89448


Journal Articles

1. Tamika Royal-Thomas, Daneel Nichol, Josanne Bingham, Savanah Grant and Tracy-Ann Sole. “Emerging Trends in Data Utilising Longitudinal Analysis”. Journal of Arts, Science and Technology. Vol.15, No.2. (Special Issue). September 2023.

2. Debbie S. Thompson, Tamika Y.N. Royal-Thomas, Ingrid A. Tennant, Deanne P. Soares, Christopher D. Byrne, Terrence E. Forrester, Peter D. Gluckman, Michael S. Boyne. "Liver fat in adult survivors of severe acute malnutrition". Scientific Reports. 2022 Mar 7;12(1):3690. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-07749-5. Cited by 2. Impact Factor: 4.997. (Won Principal’s award for best research publication – 2023)
3. Cunningham-Myrie, C.A., Royal-Thomas, T.Y.N., Bailey A.E., Gustat J., Theall K.P., Harrison J.E. and Reid M.E. “Use of a public park for physical activity in the Caribbean: evidence from a mixed methods study in Jamaica.” BMC Public Health 19, 894 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7247-6. (Won Principal’s award for best research publication – 2020), Cited by 5. Impact Factor: 1.473 .5-Year Impact Factor: 3.182.
4. Morrison‐Levy N, Knight‐Madden J, Royal‐Thomas T, King L, Asnani M. Improving disease knowledge in 6‐ to 10‐year‐olds with sickle cell disease: A quasi‐experimental study. Child Care Health Dev. 2018;1–6. Cited by 2. Cited by 5. Impact Factor: 1.828.
5. Asnani, M., Serjeant, G., Royal-Thomas, T. and Reid, M. (2016), Predictors of renal function progression in adults with homozygous sickle cell disease. British Journal of Haematology. 2016 May; 173(3):461-8. doi: 10.1111/bjh.13967. (Won Principal’s award for best research publication - 2017). Cited by 22. Impact Factor: 5.518.
6. Sherine Whyte, Tamika Royal-Thomas, Asha Badaloo, and Marvin Reid. The Relationship of Breast Milk Intake as Assessed with Deuterium Dilution on Growth and Body Composition of Infants in Jamaica. The FASEB Journal. Volume 29, No.1_supplement. 133.6. April 2015. Cited by 1. Impact Factor: 4.966.
7. Royal-Thomas T., McGee D., Sinha D., Osmond C., Forrester T. Association of maternal blood pressure in pregnancy with blood pressure of their offspring through adolescence. Journal of Perinatal Medicine. 2015 Nov., Volume 43, Issue 6, Pages 695–701. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2014-0038. Cited by 3. Impact Factor: 1.614.
8. R. Patterson, T. Royal-Thomas and W. Patterson, "Strong Laws of Large Numbers for Arrays of Rowwise Conditionally Negatively Dependent Random Variables," Advances in Pure Mathematics, Vol. 3 No. 7, 2013, pp. 625-626. Impact Factor: 0.62.

9. Tamika Royal-Thomas, Novie Younger-Coleman, Terrence Forrester, Richard Cooper, Rainford Wilks. “Simplifying Measurement of Cardiovascular risk in Urban Jamaica: The role of multivariate methods”. JP Journal of Biostatistics. Volume 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1 - 18. Impact Factor: 0.74. 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.15.

10. Tamika Y. N. Royal-Thomas, Daniel McGee, Debajyoti Sinha, Clive Osmond & Terrence Forrester. Interrelating of Longitudinal Processes: An empirical Example. 2010 JSM Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Statistics in Epidemiology Section, Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.4427-4439.

11. Michael S. Boyne, Nadia R. Bennett, Richard S. Cooper , Tamika Y. Royal-Thomas, Franklyn I. Bennett, Amy Luke, Rainford J. Wilks, Terrence E. Forrester. Sex-differences in adiponectin levels and body fat distribution: Longitudinal observations in Afro-Jamaicans. (2010). Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice (2010) 90, e33-e36. Cited by 32. Impact Factor: 4.234.

12. Michael S. Boyne, Alexander Woollard, David I.W. Phillips , Carolyn Taylor-Bryan, Franklyn I. Bennett , Clive Osmond, Tamika Y. Royal - Thomas, Rainford J. Wilks, Terrence E. Forrester. (2009). The association of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity and blood pressure in an Afro-Caribbean population. Psychoneuroendocrinology. (2009) 34, 736—742. (Won Principal’s research award - 2010). Cited by 25. Impact Factor: 4.732.

13. Nadia R. Bennett, Michael S. Boyne, Franklyn I. Bennett, Richard S. Cooper, Terrence E. Forrester, Amy Luke, Tamika Y.N. Royal-Thomas, Rainford J. Wilks. Impact of adiponectin and ghrelin on incident glucose intolerance and on weight change. Clinical Endocrinology. (2009), 70:408–414. Cited by 41. Impact Factor: 3.380.

14. Colette Cunningham-Myrie, Tamika Royal-Thomas, Pauline Williams-Green, Marvin Reid. Preliminary Report on the Validation of a Questionnaire measuring Patient Satisfaction with Services at the Sickle Cell Unit in Jamaica. West Indian Med. J. 2009; 58 (4): 331. Cited by 4. Impact Factor: 0.098.

15. Adiponectin levels predict the deterioration of glucose tolerance independently of insulin resistance. MS Boyne, NR Bennett, RS Cooper, TY Royal Thomas, FI Bennett, A Luke, RJ Wilks, TE Forrester. Presented at Caribbean Health Research Council 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting, May 3, 2007. West Indian Med J 2007; 56 (Suppl 1): 47. Impact Factor: 0.098.

16. Relationship between body composition and utilization of protein as a fuel. CR Taylor –Bryan, M Reid, M Boyne, T Royal, TE Forrester. West Indian Medical Journal. Vol.55 (Supp 2) 1-99, April 26-29, 2006. ISSN:0043-3144WIMJAD. Impact Factor: 0.098.


17. Long-term follow-up of a randomized sodium reduction trial in Jamaica. K. Cargill, J. Smith, C. Joseph, T. Royal, TE Forrester, S Soares-Wynter. West Indian Medical Journal. Vol.55 (Supp 2) 1-99, April 26-29, 2006. ISSN:0043-3144WIMJAD. Impact Factor: 0.098.

18. What are Jamaicans eating now? The change towards a Westernized diet. J. Smith, T. Royal, TE Forrester, S Soares-Wynter . West Indian Medical Journal. Vol.55 (Supp 2) 1-99, April 26-29, 2006. ISSN:0043-3144WIMJAD. Impact Factor: 0.098.

19. Maternal haemodynamics during pregnancy predict offspring haemodynamics during childhood. MB Lawrence Wright, MS Boyne, C Osmond, TYN Royal, TE Forrester; Presented at the 3rd International Congress on Developmental Origins of Health & Disease, November 16-19, Toronto Canada (Paediatric Research 2005; 58: 1085). Impact Factor: 2.808.

20. Haemodynamics during childhood are predicted by foetal growth and development. MB Lawrence Wright, MS Boyne, C Osmond, TYN Royal, TE Forrester. Presented at the 3rd International Congress on Developmental Origins of Health & Disease, November 16-19, Toronto Canada (Paediatric Research 2005; 58: 1086). Impact Factor: 2.808.

Conference/Scientific Papers

• Royal T, Younger N, Forrester T, Cooper R, Wilks W. (2005), “Simplifying Measurement of Cardiovascular risk in Urban Jamaica: The role of multivariate methods”, 2005 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Statistics in Epidemiology Section [CD-ROM], Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association: paper#663.

• Tamika Y. N. Royal-Thomas, Daniel McGee, “Principal Component Scores in predicting Cardiovascular Health.” Joint Statistical Meetings, August 2015, in Seattle, Washington.

• The association between early life factors and cortisol awakening response in adolescents. Lisa A Chin-Harty, Debbie S. Thompson, Clive Osmond, David I. Phillips, Tamika Royal-Thomas, Terrence E. Forrester, Michael S. Boyne. Endocrine Society's meeting in March 2015, San Francisco, CA. To be published in the conference proceedings in the Journal of Endocrinology.

• Tamika Royal-Thomas, Daneel Nichol, Josanne Bingham, Savanah Grant and Tracy-Ann Sole. “Emerging Trends in Data Utilising Longitudinal Analysis”. Journal of Arts, Science and Technology. Vol.15, No.2. (Special Issue). September 2023.



Technical Reports

• Cunningham-Myrie C, Royal-Thomas T and Reid M. Assessing Use of the Emancipation Park in St. Andrew, Jamaica using The System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC). University of the West Indies, Mona, May 2016.
• Cunningham-Myrie C., Royal-Thomas T. and Reid M. Assessing Use of the Papine Park in St. Andrew, Jamaica using The System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC): Baseline study for the Papine University Town project. University of the West Indies, Mona, November 2015.

NON-REFEREED RESEARCH BASED/SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

• Ferguson TS, Royal-Thomas TY, Chin-Harty L, Thame MM, Forrester TE, Osmond C, Boyne MS, Wilks RJ. Effects of Linear Growth Rate and Change in Body Mass Index in Childhood and Adolescence on Blood Pressure in Afro-Caribbean Youth: The Vulnerable Windows Cohort Study. medRxiv. 2021:2021.04.17.21255680. Link: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.17.21255680v1.full-text

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

• Tamika Royal-Thomas etal “UWI SCIENCE: The Science of Emancipation Park – More than Meets the Eye”. February 25, 2021. https://www.mona.uwi.edu/fst/uwi-science-science-emancipation-park-more-meets-eye

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Awards

March 2026 UWI, Mona Principal’s Research Award for the Research Grant with the most research funds for the Faculty of Science and Technology.

March 2026 The UWI, Mona Principal’s Research Award for the Research Grant with the most research funds for the Campus.

July 2023 The UWI, Mona Principal’s award for best research publication

July 2023 The UWI, Mona Principal’s award for best research publication

The UWI, Mona Principal’s award for best research publication

The UWI, Mona Principal’s research award