Supervisors
The programme draws together research scientists across the Population Health Sciences Institute.
| Supervisors | Research areas |
|---|---|
| Emma Anderson | Life course epidemiology of dementia and cognitive decline |
| Angela Attwood | Biological and psychological factors underlying use of social drugs |
| Joshua Bell | Epidemiology of obesity and cardiometabolic disease |
| Yoav Ben- Shlomo | Life course epidemiology; neurodegenerative disorders |
| Ashley Blom | Epidemiology of joint replacement |
| Carolina Borges | Genetic epidemiology, Mendelian randomisation, nutrition |
| Jack Bowden | Biostatistics, Mendelian randomization, Clinical trials methodology, Meta-analysis |
| Doretta Caramaschi | Neurodevelopmental epigenetics, neuroscience, mental health |
| David Carslake | Statistical epidemiology, family-based studies |
| Hannah Christensen | Infectious disease mathematical modelling |
| Laura Corbin | Genetic Epidemiology |
| Esther Crawley | Epidemiology of paediatric chronic fatigue |
| Michale Dalili | Smoking cessation, public health, mental health |
| George Davey Smith | Clinical Epidemiology |
| Neil Davies | Statistical epidemiology, causal inference methods |
| Oliver Davies | Statistical genetics |
| Frank de Vocht | Environmental and occupational epidemiology |
| Padraig Dixon | Health economics in relation to genetic epidemiology |
| Andrew Dowsey | Statistical data science methodology and data infrastructure for integrating ‘big data’ into medical research, including omics |
| Hannah Elliott | Epigenetics |
| Ben Elsworth | Predicting causal mechanisms using multivariate data |
| Pau Erola | Bioinformatics |
| Jonathan Evans | Genetics and lifecurse epidemiology of depression |
| Gene Feder | Primary care; intimate partner violence; cardiovascular health |
| Gwen Fernandes | Epidemiology of internalising disorders and alcohol use |
| Peter Flach | Data intensive computing and analytics |
| Abigail Fraser | Reproductive health |
| Hannah Fraser | Infectious disease mathematical modelling |
| Tom Gaunt | Health data science, bioinformatics, molecular epidemiology |
| Celia Gregson | Genetics and epidemiology of high bone mass, osteoarthritis and fracture |
| Valeriia Haberland | Causal epidemiological analysis in drug discovery |
| Julian Hamilton- Shields | Epidemiology and genetics of chronic childhood disorders such as diabetes, obesity and the development of cardio-metabolic risk |
| Gemma Hammerton | Life course epidemiology, conduct disorder |
| Claire Haworth | Mental health, wellbeing, behavioural genetics, social media |
| Philip Haycock | Causal inference and epidemiological methods |
| Gibran Hemani | Statistical genetics, epigenetics, causal inference methodology |
| Jon Heron | Latent variable modelling, longitudinal modelling |
| Matthew Hickman | Public health, addiction, infectious disease |
| Julian Higgins | Statistical methods for evidence synthesis |
| Lindsey Hines | Life course epidemiology (drug use and mental health) |
| Will Hollingworth | Health economics, cost effectiveness of healthcare interventions |
| Laura Howe | Lifecourse epidemiology and medical statistics |
| Amanda Hughes | Life course epidemiology, social epidemiology |
| David Hughes | Applied genetic epidemiology and evolutionary anthropology |
| Rachael Hughes | Statistical methods, bias |
| Russ Jago | Physical activity interventions in children |
| Laura Johnson | Nutrition in lifecourse epidemiology; Genetic interactions; Metabolomics |
| Hannah Jones | Applied genetic epidemiology |
| Hayley Jones |
Meta-analysis, diagnostic test evaluation, Bayesian evidence synthesis e.g. to estimate prevalence |
| Siddhartha Kar | Cancer Epidemiology |
| David Kessler | Epidemiology of common mental health disorders |
| Duleka Knipe | Life course risk factors in low and middle income countries |
| Deborah Lawlor | Life course and genetic epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance, diabetes, and reproductive health |
| Dan Lawson | Mathematics, genetic epidemiology |
| Sarah Lewis | Genetic and epigenetic research in relation to alcohol |
| Weiru Liu | AI, data analytics, intelligent autonomous systems |
| Maria Magnus | Lifecourse epidemiology |
| Becky Mars | Mental health |
| Richard Martin | Clinical Epidemiology |
| Alexandra McAleenan | Evidence synthesis |
| Louise Millard | Data mining, hypothesis-free, time-series data, digital health, causal inference |
| Harriet Mills | Medical statistics |
| Josine Min | Genetic epidemiology and bioinformatics |
| Paul Moran | Mental health; psychiatric epidemiology; aetiology and outcomes of personality disorder and self-harm |
| Tim Morris | Social science; social inequalities; genetics; multilevel models |
| Marcus MunafoĢ | Genetic and cognitive influences on addictive behaviour |
| Teri-Louise North | Medial statistics and epidemiology |
| Kate Northstone | Nutritional epidemiology, life course epidemiology |
| Richard Parker | Statistical epidemiology |
| Lavinia Paternoster | Genetic epidemiology of atopic dermatitis and related traits |
| Rebecca Pearson | Intergenerational transmission of depression |
| Ian Penton-Voak | Behaviour in the context of evolutionary theory |
| Claire Perks | The role of the IGF axis in relation to breast and prostate cancer |
| Dheeraj Rai | Life course epidemiology of neurodevelopmental disorders |
| Caroline Relton | Epigenetic Epidemiology |
| Kristen Reyher | One health, veterinary epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance |
| Tom Richardson | Genetic and epigenetic epidemiology and bioinformatics |
| Rebecca Richmond | Causal analysis methods and molecular mediation |
| Matthew Ridd | Common health problems in primary care (eczema). |
| Santi Rodriguez | Genetics |
| Hannah Sallis | Genetics of Mental Health |
| Eleanor Sanderson | Econometrics and applied epidemiology |
| Diana Santos Ferreira | Metabolomics |
| Gemma Sharp | Prenatal origins of health and disease, using genetic and epigenetic approaches |
| Andy Skinner | Use of wearable technology for capturing health related data |
| Evie Stergiakouli | Genetic epidemiology of neurodevelopmental conditions |
| Jonathan Sterne | Medical statistics, HIV |
| Matthew Suderman | Epigenetics |
| Vanessa Tan | Applied genetic epidemiology |
| Amy Taylor | Reproductive health including IVF treatment |
| Caroline Taylor | Lifecourse epidemiology in relation to nutrition/pregnancy and children/environment |
| Howard Thom | Statistical modelling |
| Kyla Thomas | Pharmacoepidemiology, public health |
| Kate Tilling | Development and application of statistical methods for causal inference and life course epidemiology |
| Nicholas Timpson | Genetic Epidemiology |
| Jon Tobias | Musculoskeletal research |
| Katrina Turner | Health services research, applied social science |
| Katy Turner | Infectious disease mathematical and economic modelling |
| Peter Vickerman | Infectious disease modelling |
| Emma Vincent | Genetic epidemiology and laboratory approaches to studying the link between type II diabetes and cancer |
| Stephanie von Hinke | Health economics, health econometrics, gene-environment interplay in the generation of health inequalities |
| Kaitlin Wade | Nutritional epidemiology; genetic epidemiology and Mendelian randomization; microbiome research |
| Josephine Walker | Infectious disease mathematical modelling |
| Nicola Wiles | Psychiatric epidemiology |
| Ann Williams | Colorectal tumour cell survival mechanisms and chemoprevention |
| Lucy Yardley | Digital behaviour change and self-management interventions |
| Paul Yousefi | Epigenetic epidemiology |
| Stanley Zammit | Epidemiology of psychoses, cannabis use and schizophrenia |
| Jie Zheng | Molecular and genetic epidemiology |
| Luisa Zuccolo | Causal effects of prenatal alcohol; health effects of breastfeeding |
| Anya Skatova | Digital health; transactional data/digital footprint data in relation to health |
| Carol Joinson | Mental Health |
| Golam Khandaker | Depression and schizophrenia |