Prior to submitting an application for admission, you must secure a potential supervisor. Details of the School’s academics can be found below – please note, when contacting a supervisor email is the preferred method.

It can be confusing to contact several supervisors at once and we recommend you contact one supervisor at a time.

The following details should be included in your initial email:

  • Your proposed research - including a research proposal would be beneficial, however, it is not essential
  • How the chosen supervisors’ experience or knowledge is relevant to your research
  • A copy of your CV
  • Your relevant experience/background in the field of your chosen research
  • Your desired start date (if known) 
  • How you intend to fund the Degree

***Supervisors are unlikely to reply if you have not included all the details listed above***

Many supervisors receive a large number of emails each day, so please be patient whilst waiting for a response. We recommend applicants send a follow-up email if no response has been received within a three week period.

Alternatively, applicants who have identified a suitable supervisor can contact the PhD Administrator if they have not received a response to their initial email.

Supervisor list

  • Dr Sara Ahmadi-Abhari

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    Dr Sara Ahmadi-Abhari Lecturer in the Epidemiology of Ageing, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research Interests

    Investigating novel biological pathways leading to dementia that may lead to identification of early detection or therapeutic targets. The overarching aim of research is to reveal unidentified dementia subtypes through multi-modal analysis of genetic, fluid biomarker and neuroimaging data collected in large epidemiological studies by application of advanced statistical modelling techniques, supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods.

    Other line of research involves public health Markov modelling to forecast the future burden of dementia and disability at population level and estimating the impact of public health interventions on prevalence of these conditions.

  • Professor Sir Roy Anderson

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    Professor Sir Roy Anderson Professor in Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    Host interaction between pathogens and the immune system
    Spread, persistence and transmission dynamics of genotypes within pathogen populations
    Impact and control of diseases within communities

  • Professor Nimalan Arinaminpathy

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    Professor Nimalan Arinaminpathy Professor in Mathematical Epidemiology, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research Interests

    The interface between health/economic systems and infectious diseases, particularly in the context of human tuberculosis. This includes understanding how health systems shape the control of infectious diseases and studying financing mechanisms for the supply of drugs to countries in need.

  • Professor Paul Aylin

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    Professor Paul Aylin Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Primary Care and Public Health

    Research interests

    Using routinely collected administrative data to explore variations in the quality and safety of healthcare with the aim of improving patient care

  • Professor Ben Barratt

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    Professor Ben Barratt Professor in Environmental Exposures and Public Health, Environmental Research Group

    Research Interests

    The use of technology to identify and mitigate associations between health and exposure to environmental stressors (air pollution, heat, noise).

  • Dr Leon Barron

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    Dr Leon Barron Reader in Analytical & Environmental Sciences, Environmental Research Group

    Research interests

    Analytical Science; Chemical Risk Assessment; Wastewater-Based Epidemiology; Early Threat Warning and 'Environmental Forensics'

  • Professor Maria-Gloria Basanez

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    Professor Maria-Gloria Basanez Professor of Neglected Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    Epidemiology and control of helminthiases in general and  population biology of indirectly-transmitted macroparasites in particular, with emphasis on River Blindness. My interests range from vector biology and transmission studies, to development of mathematical models to aid control policy.

  • Dr Cheryl Battersby

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    Dr Cheryl Battersby Clinical Senior Lecturer in Neonatal Medicine, Department of Primary Care and Public Health

    Research Interests

    Linking together routinely collected data to improve the health and wellbeing of preterm and sick infants.

  • Dr Kristine Belesova

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    Dr Kristine Belesova Senior Lecturer in Global Population Health, Department of Primary Care and Public Health

    Research Interests

    Impacts of global environmental changes such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and land use change on human nutrition, food security, and health. Development and evaluation of transformative solutions to the health impacts of global environmental changes and their drivers.

  • Professor Otavio Berwanger

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    Professor Otavio Berwanger Chair in Clinical Trials & Executive Director, The George Institute for Global Health

    Research Interests

    Using routinely collected administrative data to explore the impact of our environments on our health and on health inequalities with the aim of informing public health priorities and action.

  • Dr Isobel Blake

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    Dr Isobel Blake Lecturer, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research Interests

    I use statistical and mathematical models to analyse surveillance data for vaccine-preventable diseases, with a focus on spatiotemporal analyses.

    My research is in collaboration with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, to understand the spread of wild and vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks and evaluate optimal vaccination and surveillance strategies.

    I also am interested in evaluating how sewage surveillance for multiple pathogens can be optimised. 

  • Professor Marta Blangiardo

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    Professor Marta Blangiardo Chair in Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    Bayesian modelling of exposure to air pollutants, integration of air pollution concentration from different sources
    Bayesian hierarchical models for combining individual and ecological data in epidemiological studies
    Bayesian measurement error models

  • Professor Marie-Claude Boily

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    Professor Marie-Claude Boily Professor of Mathematical Epidemiology, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    The use of mathematical models to understand the spread of HIV/STI
    Evaluating prevention strategies
    Validating and improving epidemiological study design and analysis

  • Professor Alex Bottle

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    Professor Alex Bottle Professor of Medical Statistics, Department of Primary Care and Public Health

    Research interests

    Using routinely collected data to explore variations in health service quality and safety with the aim of improving patient care

  • Professor Marc Chadeau-Hyam

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    Professor Marc Chadeau-Hyam Professor of Computational Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    The application of novel statistical approaches to answer biologically/epidemiologically-driven questions. Main focuses include computationally efficient models for profiling from high-throughput platform and dynamic models for disease progression.

  • Professor John Chambers

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    Professor John Chambers Professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    Investigation of genetic and environmental mechanisms underlying obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and related phenotypic disturbances in Indian Asians.

  • Dr Leonid Chindelevitch

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    Dr Leonid Chindelevitch Lecturer in Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research Interests

    Antimicrobial resistance, diagnostics, whole-genome sequencing, computational biology, machine learning

  • Professor Thomas Churcher

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    Professor Thomas Churcher Professor of Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    Use of mathematical models to understand the epidemiology and control of malaria, in particular, how the biology of the parasite will influence the resilience of the parasite to the success of different control interventions.

  • Dr Anne Cori

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    Dr Anne Cori Senior Lecturer in Infectious Disease Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research Interests

    Development of statistical methods and tools for the analysis of epidemic data; real-time outbreak analysis; emerging infections.

  • Professor Victoria Cornelius

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    Professor Victoria Cornelius Professor in Medical Statistics and Trials Methodology, Imperial Clinical Trials Unit

    Research Interests

    Clinical Trials Research
    Detecting adverse drug reactions In randomised controlled trials
    Designing trials for uncommon conditions 

  • Dr Suzie Cro

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    Dr Suzie Cro Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics and Clinical Trials, Imperial Clinical Trials Unit

    Research Interests

    Clinical Trials Methodology Research
    Handling missing data in randomised controlled trials
    Estimands and estimation in randomised controlled trials

  • Professor Amanda Cross

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    Professor Amanda Cross Professor of Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    - Gastrointestinal malignancies and etiologic studies of lifestyle factors and cancer risk

  • Dr Nicholas Croucer

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    Dr Nicholas Croucer Reader in Bacterial Genomics, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research Interests

    Genomic epidemiology of bacteria; mathematical modelling of bacterial evolution and ecology; antimicrobial resistance; molecular microbiology of horizontal gene transfer.

  • Dr Bethan Davies

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    Dr Bethan Davies Clinical Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    Applying routinely collected administrative data to explore environment, social and geographic inequalities in health to inform public health practice.

  • Professor Abbas Dehghan

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    Professor Abbas Dehghan Professor in Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    Molecular determinants of complex disorders including cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes and dementia.
    The role of chronic low-grade inflammation in complex disorders. Causality assessment and underlying mechanisms in complex disorders.

  • Dr Ilaria Dorigatti

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    Dr Ilaria Dorigatti Senior Lecturer, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    Combining mathematical and statistical models to characterise how infectious disease spread and what drives spatiotemporal patterns
    Assess the impact of interventions, e.g. vaccination, vector control and non-pharmaceutical interventions
    Outbreak analysis
    Arboviruses, including dengue, Zika and Yellow Fever
    Emerging viruses, e.g. SARS-CoV-2 and Ebola

  • Professor Paul Elliott

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    Professor Paul Elliott Chair in Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    Environmental epidemiology and small area health statistics, genetic and molecular epidemiology, gene-environment interaction, nutritional epidemiology, cohort studies, biobanking, non-ionising radiation and health

  • Professor Majid Ezzati

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    Professor Majid Ezzati Chair in Global Environmental Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    Population health, health inequalities, global health, health forecasting, environment and health, climate change, application of statistical and machine learning methods to population health 

  • Professor Nuno Faria

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    Professor Nuno Faria Professor in Virus Genomic Epidemiology, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    Genomic epidemiology of rapidly evolving viruses that circulate in human and non human animal populations. Local and regional genomic capacity and outbreak preparedness.

  • Dr Daniela Fecht

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    Dr Daniela Fecht Senior Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    Applying geospatial methods including geographic information systems to study spatial variations in public health, environmental exposures, environmental inequalities, built environment, temperature, climate change, mitigation and policy.

  • Professor Neil Ferguson

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    Professor Neil Ferguson Director of the School of Public Health

    Research interests

    Epidemiology, evolution and control of infectious disease (notably dengue, influenza, ebola and malaria)
    Mathematical modelling
    Statistical inference in epidemiology

  • Dr Filippos Filippidis

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    Dr Filippos Filippidis Reader in Public Health, Department of Primary Care and Public Health

    Research interests

    Epidemiology of tobacco and related products. Evaluation of tobacco control policies, such as taxation and smoke-free environments. Tobacco industry interference. Health-related behaviours (e.g. diet and physical activity). Health services and socioeconomic inequalities. 

  • Professor Matthew Fisher

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    Professor Matthew Fisher Professor of Fungal Disease Epidemiology, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    Using genomic epidemiology to investigate the biological and environmental factors that are driving emerging fungal diseases and antimicrobial resistance in humans, wildlife, plants and human-environment interfaces.

  • Professor Chris Gale

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    Professor Chris Gale Professor of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Primary Care and Public Health

    Research interests

    Neonatal care; improving outcomes for sick and preterm babies through randomised controlled trials and observational studies. The epidemiology of perinatal brain injuries.

  • Dr Tini Garske

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    Dr Tini Garske Senior Lecturer

  • Dr Katy Gayhorpe

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    Dr Katy Gayhorpe Lecturer in Epidemiology of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases particlarly vaccine preventable diseases. Evaluation of intevention strategies and vaccine impact. The impact of cliamte change on vaccine-preventable disease burden and range.

  • Professor Azra Ghani

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    Professor Azra Ghani Chair in Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    Epidemiology, control and elimination of malaria focusing on the development and application of mathematical models

  • Professor Raanan Gillon

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    Professor Raanan Gillon Emeritus Professor of Medical Ethics

    Research Interests

    I have a wide range of research interests within the general category of medical ethics. I am particularly interested in 'principlism' or 'the four principles approach' (beneficence, non-maleficence, respect for autonomy and justice/fairness) and its use within health care internationally.

  • Dr Judite Gonçalves

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    Dr Judite Gonçalves Lecturer in Global Health Systems Research

    Research Interests

    Application of quasi-experimental methods to uncover the causal impacts of policies and interventions from various sectors that influence health outcomes, with the aim to provide robust evidence to inform and shape effective policies that promote public health and well-being globally. Particular interests on the effects of fossil fuel subsidies and their reform, the presence and regulation of forever chemicals, the preparedness of health systems in response to weather and natural disasters, as well as the health impacts of welfare programs, with a special emphasis on low- and middle-income countries.

  • Professor Nicholas Grassly

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    Professor Nicholas Grassly Professor of Infectious Disease and Vaccine Epidemiology, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    vaccine epidemiology, clinical trial design, mathematical modelling, molecular diagnostics and sequencing, esp. interested in poliovirus, rotavirus and other enteric infections. Lab and office-based projects available

  • Dr David Green

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    Dr David Green Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Research Group

    Research interests

    Measurement of chemical and physical composition of airborne particulate matter, development and testing of atmospheric measurement approaches, receptor modelling and source apportionment, emissions of air pollutants

  • Dr Geva Greenfield

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    Dr Geva Greenfield Research Fellow in Digital Health

    Research interests

    Digitial health, primary care, multimorbidity

  • Professor Edward Gregg

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    Professor Edward Gregg Chair in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

  • Professor Simon Gregson

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    Professor Simon Gregson Professor in Demography and Behavioural Science, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    The dynamics of spread, impact and control of HIV epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa

  • Professor Marc Gunter

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    Professor Marc Gunter Chair in Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    Cancer epidemiology; Identifying causes of cancer and underlying biological mechanisms; biomarkers of cancer risk and progression; obesity, metabolism and cancer.

  • Professor Timothy Hallett

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    Professor Timothy Hallett Professor of Global Health, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    My main research interests are:

    Characterising the epidemiology of, and the potential impact of interventions for, some of the most high burden infectious diseases globally (e.g. for HIV, HBV, HCV, TB); 
    Understanding how resources available for healthcare systems can be used to generate the greatest health gains for the population they serve (see tlomodel.org ).

  • Dr Penny Hancock

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    Dr Penny Hancock Lecturer in Biostatistics / Epidemiology (Non Clinical), Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

  • Dr Dougal Hargreaves

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    Dr Dougal Hargreaves Houston Reader in Paediatrics and Population Health, Department of Primary Care and Public Health

  • Professor Matthew Harris

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    Professor Matthew Harris Clinical Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Department of Primary Care and Public Health

    Research interests

     My research covers a variety of areas such as innovation diffusion, decolonization, primary care, community health workers, integrated care, adoption of innovation from low-income countries into the UK NHS, frugal and reverse innovation. 

  • Professor Katharina Hauck

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    Professor Katharina Hauck Professor in Health Economics, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    Economics of infectious diseases, integrated economic-epidemiological modelling, empirical health economics, macroeconomic impact of infectious diseases, healthcare systems, cost-effectiveness analysis.

  • Dr Alicia Heath

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    Dr Alicia Heath Lecturer in Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

  • Dr Thomas Hone

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    Dr Thomas Hone Lecturer in Global Health Systems Research

    Research Interests

    My research interests include health systems, quasi-experimental methods, and health policy and service impact evaluations. I focus mainly on LMICs and I am also interested in health systems financing and health inequalities.

  • Professor Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin

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    Professor Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin Chair in Lifecourse Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

  • Dr Thibaut Jombart

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    Dr Thibaut Jombart Senior Lecturer, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    Using simulations to understand which and how biological processes shape the genetic diversity observed in biological populations. Developing novel statistical approaches for extracting information from pathogen genomes and gain insights into the spatio-temporal dynamics of infectious diseases.

  • Professor Frank Kelly

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    Professor Frank Kelly Battcock Chair in Community Health and Policy, Environmental Research Group

    Research Interests

    Ambient and indoor air pollution, climate change and health.

  • Professor Miia Kivipelto

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    Professor Miia Kivipelto Chair of Neuroepidemiology and Director of the Ageing Epidemiology Research Unit

    Research Interests

    Early diagnosis and prevention of dementia and related diseases.

  • Dr Anthony Laverty

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    Dr Anthony Laverty Senior Lecturer, Department of Primary Care and Public Health

    Research interests

    Evaluation of public health policies in the areas of transport systems, tobacco control and nutrition

  • Professor Helena Legido-Quigley

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    Professor Helena Legido-Quigley Chair in Health Systems Science, The George Institute for Global Health

    Research Interests

    Health systems, Global Health 

  • Professor Azeem Majeed

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    Professor Azeem Majeed Chair in Primary Care and Public Health and Head of Department, Department of Primary Care and Public Health

    Research interests

    Please note : Professor Majeed is currently unable to support any more students.

    Chronic disease management, particularly diabetes and cardiovascular disorders; health policy and the organisation and delivery of health care; the use of information for policy, planning and research; developing innovative methodologies for primary care and public health research using clinical and administrative databases; the use of new technology to improve health care.

  • Professor Lefkos Middleton

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    Professor Lefkos Middleton Chair in Clinical Neurology, Neuroepidemiology and Aging Unit

    Research interests

    Clinical and epidemiological studies in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative diseases of ageing. Pharmaceutical, non-pharmaceutical and combination therapy prevention trials in AD.

  • Professor Christopher Millett

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    Professor Christopher Millett Professor of Public Health, Department of Primary Care and Public Health

    Research interests

    His main research interest is public health policy evaluation, with a particular interest in health inequality impacts. This includes a focus on evaluating dual benefit strategies to prevent non-communicable diseases and limit environmental degradation in middle income country settings.

    The main areas of his research currently include:

    -      sustainable diets and food systems

    -      active travel and sustainable transport systems

    -      tobacco control

    -      improving health system performance

  • Professor Neena Modi

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    Professor Neena Modi Professor of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Primary Care and Public Health

    Research interests

    Neonatal Medicine; clinical research; health data research

  • Dr Umma Zeinab Mulla

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    Dr Umma Zeinab Mulla Senior Teaching Fellow in Public Health

    Research Interests

    Dr Zeinab Mulla is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Public Health. She is Course Organiser for the Master of Public Health (MPH). She is a Registered Public Health Nutritionist (RNutr) and Nutritional Epidemiologist. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Zeinab Leads the Nutritional Epidemiology Module and co-leads the Global Health Challenges Module. Zeinab has a broad range of experience in nutrition research including clinical trials and cohort studies.

  • Dr David Muller

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    Dr David Muller Senior Lecturer in Cancer Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    Cancer epidemiology, with a focus on molecular and genetic susceptibility to cancer, and how other individual and environmental factors affect intermediate biological phenotypes that may drive cancer risk in individuals and populations. Risk prediction and stratification for cancer and other chronic diseases. Development, implementation, and evaluation of statistical methods to address applied research questions in cancer epidemiology and chronic disease risk prediction.

  • Dr Ana Luisa Neves

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    Dr Ana Luisa Neves Clinical Senior Lecturer in Digital Health, Department of Primary Care and Public Health

    Research Interests

    Dr Ana Luisa Neves leads a team of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, conducting research in digital health, with a focus on the use of digital technologies to deliver safer, more effective, and patient-centred care. She has more than 15 years of research experience, and >40 papers published in peer-reviewed journals (>3,000 citations), using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. 

  • Professor Robyn Norton

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    Professor Robyn Norton Founding Director, The George Institute for Global Health

  • Dr Lucy Okell

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    Dr Lucy Okell Senior Lecturer/Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    Epidemiology and mathematical modelling of malaria drugs, diagnostics and drug resistance.

  • Dr Margie Peden

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    Dr Margie Peden Head Global Injury Programme - The George Institute

    Research interests

    Dr Peden is currently the head of The George Institute’s injury programme and a Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London. She co-directs the WHO Collaborating Centre on Injury Prevention and Trauma Care. Dr Peden’s academic interests include identifying and evaluating appropriate interventions to prevent injuries in low-income settings and implementing frameworks to improve trauma care. She is particularly interested in using participatory methodologies, empowering early career researchers and developing equitable partnerships in order to develop and implement good practices and policies for the most vulnerable in society.

  • Dr Rachel Phillips

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    Dr Rachel Phillips Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics and Clinical Trials, Imperial Clinical Trials Unit

    Research Interests

    Clinical Trials Research
    Reporting and analysis of adverse events in clinical trials and the development of statistical methods to better identify adverse reactions.
    Adaptive designs and complex trial designs

  • Dr Fred Piel

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    Dr Fred Piel Senior Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    Small-area health studies; spatial uncertainty; non-communicable disease surveillance; disease mapping; cluster analysis; wider determinants of health; environment-health associations; water-based epidemiology; carbon monoxide poisoning; ethnic inequalities; sickle cell disease; cystic fibrosis; collaborations with low- and middle-income countries.

  • Dr Monica Pirani

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    Dr Monica Pirani Lecturer in Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    Spatio-temporal statistical models, time-series analysis, dimension reduction and methods for the integration of multi-scale sources of data

  • Professor Neil Poulter

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    Professor Neil Poulter Professor of Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, Imperial Clinical Trials Unit

  • Professor Jenni Quint

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    Professor Jenni Quint CProfessor of Respiratory Epidemiology, Department of Primary Care and Public Health

    Research interests

    Clinical epidemiology working on various sources of de-identified, routinely collected electronic healthcare records to study a number of respiratory diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, Interstitial lung disease, bronchiectasis and most recently COVID-19. Work centres on maximising the quality, linkage and usage of these data for clinical and research purposes. Research topics include understanding the relationship between cardiovascular and respiratory disease, respiratory disease prevention, diagnosis, natural history and management. Many of the outputs are used for informing policy, and in the planning and allocation of resources. 

  • Professor Salman Rawaf

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    Professor Salman Rawaf Director of WHO Collaborating Centre, Department of Primary Care and Public Health

    Research interests

    Health systems organisation and management, primary care organisation, public health, NCD, training and medical education, and translation of research findings.

  • Professor Steven Riley

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    Professor Steven Riley Professor of Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    The transmission of human pathogens. He conducts field studies, analyses data and uses mathematical models to look at scientific questions that are relevant to public health.

  • Dr Oliver Robinson

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    Dr Oliver Robinson Lecturer in Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    Molecular and life course epidemiology, ageing, air pollution, exposome, nutrition, health inequalities, metabolomics, omics

  • Professor Sonia Saxena

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    Professor Sonia Saxena Professor of Primary Care, Department of Primary Care and Public Health

    Research interests

    preventive primary care, child public health, epidemiology of childhood and children’s healthcare and policy

  • Dr Mansour Sharabiani

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    Dr Mansour Sharabiani Lecturer in Statistics, Department of Primary Care and Public Health

    Research interests

    Machine Learning, AI, and Statistics

  • Professor Mireille Toledano

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    Professor Mireille Toledano Mohn Chair; Population Child Health & Director-Mohn Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    Reproduction, early life, children and young people's mental and physical health. Impacts of the environment on health, with particular interests in air and noise pollution, greenspaces, non-ionizing radiation, digital device use including social media. Children and young people's engagement and involvement in research.

  • Dr Kostas Tsilidis

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    Dr Kostas Tsilidis Reader in Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    Cancer aetiology and prevention, molecular epidemiology, role of genetic, nutritional, metabolic and hormonal pathways in cancer development, prognosis and survival, evidence synthesis methods and applications, Mendelian randomization, pharmaco-epidemiology, and the methodological assessment and correction (via causal inference methods) of systematic errors in the biomedical literature.

  • Dr Hugo Turner

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    Dr Hugo Turner Lecturer, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    Economics of infectious diseases, integrated economic-epidemiological modelling, empirical health economics, macroeconomic impact of infectious diseases, healthcare systems, cost-effectiveness analysis.

  • Professor Ioanna Tzoulaki

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    Professor Ioanna Tzoulaki Professor of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    Prediction and prognostic models for chronic diseases, environmental and genetic determinants of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, empirical research methodology, assessment of biases in primary studies and meta-analyses.

  • Dr Eszter P Vamos

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    Dr Eszter P Vamos Clinical Senior Lecturer, Department of Primary Care and Public Health

    Research interests

    Epidemiology, prevention and management of long-term conditions particularly diabetes and its complications. Evaluations of policies focusing on diet, obesity and health inequalities within these.

  • Dr Diana Varaden

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    Dr Diana Varaden Lecturer in Environmental Social Science and Health, Environmental Research Group

    Research Interests

    My research interest centres on engaging the public as active participants in scientific inquiry. I am particularly focused on employing interdisciplinary methodologies that integrate natural science, social sciences, and health disciplines. Additionally, my work seeks to investigate the benefits of involving non-experts in scientific research, emphasising the broader societal and educational advantages of these collaborative efforts.

  • Dr Robert Verity

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    Dr Robert Verity Lecturer

    Research interests

    I believe in the power of pathogen genomic data to improve our understanding of the spread of disease and to provide actionable information for decision makers. This often requires the development of new statistical approaches and user‐friendly software packages to extract signal from the data. My main focus is on parasite genomics, principally the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, although I am interested in a wide range of diseases.

  • Professor Paolo Vineis

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    Professor Paolo Vineis Chair in Environmental Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    Molecular epidemiology, exposomics. Social epidemiology, poverty, economic crisis and health. Cancer epidemiology. Models of carcinogenesis. Air pollution. Epigenetics. Metabolomics. Adductomics.

  • Dr Erik Volz

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    Dr Erik Volz Reader in Population Biology of Infectious Diseases, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    Interaction of epidemiological dynamics and evolution of pathogens.

  • Dr Patrick Walker

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    Dr Patrick Walker Senior Lecturer, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

  • Professor Helen Ward

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    Professor Helen Ward Professor of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    Social epidemiology, infectious disease epidemiology, participatory research, HIV, COVID-19/ Long Covid

  • Dr Oliver (OJ) Watson

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    Dr Oliver (OJ) Watson Proleptic Lecturer and Imperial College Research Fellow

    Research Interests

    My research interests include using mathematical models to understand the spread of infectious diseases and estimate mortality in settings without robust vital registration services. My work is primarily focused on: malaria drug and diagnostic resistance modelling; pandemic preparedness and vaccine impact modelling; and mortality estimation in humanitarian settings.

  • Professor Peter White

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    Professor Peter White Professor of Public Health Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Research interests

    Health systems research and mathematical modelling of the epidemiology of, and (cost-) effectiveness of, interventions against, sexually transmitted infections (including HIV), TB, and influenza.

  • Dr Eleanor Winpenny

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    Dr Eleanor Winpenny Lecturer in Early Life Epidemiology

    Research interests

    The influence of the changing environment on diet, sleep and physical activity behaviours across early adulthood, and how this contributes to the development of adult health inequalities. Quantitative analysis of longitudinal data.
    Potential PhD projects:
    1. How do local neighbourhood environments influence diet and lifestyle among young adults?
    2. No time for a healthy lifestyle? How time use and perceptions of time scarcity influence diet through adolescence and early adulthood
    3. The role of employers and employment policy in enabling healthy lifestyles as young adults begin employment

  • Dr Stephanie Wright

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    Dr Stephanie Wright Lecturer in Environmental Toxicology, Environmental Research Group

    Research interests

    Methods of microplastic detection, characterisation and quantification using vibrational- and mass spectrometry-based techniques coupled to chemometrics; Sources, transport, and fate of airborne microplastics; Exposure to microplastics in ambient and indoor air; Microplastic toxicology using in vitro models; Particle, fibre and chemical toxicology; Nanoplastics – detection, exposure, and toxicology.

  • Dr Verena Zuber

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    Dr Verena Zuber Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Research interests

    Statistical genetics, causal inference, genetic epidemiology, high-dimensional statistics