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The Small Area Health Statistics Unit brings together the work of epidemiologists, statisticians, database managers, computer programmers, application developers and experts in exposure assessment. The team have a reputation as a nationally and internationally recognised institution for research into environment and health.

The team benefit from widespread collaboration with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the MRC Centre for Environment and Health, amongst other academic units. These partnerships have enabled SAHSU to harness a broad spectrum of experience to conduct research across an array of topics.

We are leading major research studies within the Health Protection Research Units in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards and Environmental Exposures and Health and the Health Data Research UK Social and Environmental Determinants of Disease Driver Programme.

Environmental Exposures and Health - NIHR

Chemical and Radiation Threats - NIHR

Social and Environmental Determinants of Health - HDR UK

The SAHSU team is led by Professor Paul Elliott (Director) and Dr Bethan Davies (Deputy Director).

Professor Paul Elliott
Director of the MRC Centre for Environment and Health and SAHSU

Dr Bethan Davies
Deputy Director of SAHSU, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology

Dr Frédéric B. Piel
Lecturer in Epidemiology

Dr Daniela Fecht
Lecturer in Geospatial Health

Dr Angela Pinto de Moira
Research Fellow

Dr Brandon Parkes
Research Associate

Dr Weiyi Wang
Research Associate in Environmental Epidemiology

Dr Oluwaseyi Arowosegbe
Research Associate in Epidemiology

Dr Chang Cai
Research Associate

Jordan Jenkins
Project Support Officer

SAHSU Investigators

Mohn Centre for Children’s Health and Wellbeing

Professor Mireille Toledano
Mohn Chair; Population Child Health & Director-Mohn Centre

Dr Dougal Hargreaves
Houston Reader in Paediatrics and Population Health

Dr Rachel Smith
Research Fellow in Population Child Health

Biostatistics

Dr Marta Blangiardo
Chair in Biostatistics

Dr Monica Pirani
Lecturer in Biostatistics

Dr Garyfallos Konstantinoudis
MRC Skills Development Research Fellow

Professor Majid Ezzati
Chair in Global Environmental Health

Dr James Bennett
Statistical Manager

Dr Perviz Asaria
Consultant Cardiologist

Dr Heather Walton
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Health

Dr Dimitris Evangelopoulos
Research Fellow

Dr Dylan Wood
Research Associate

Christina Liang

Ella White

Yoann Renard

Di Xi

Sandra Gudziunaite

MRC Centre for Environment and Health