The Epidemiology and Public Health Research Theme includes the following sub-groups:
- Epidemiology and Disease Prevention
- Behavioural and Social Epidemiology
- Infectious Diseases
- Physical Activity and Public Health
- Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
- Statistical Methods in Epidemiology and Genetics
- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
- Genetics and Genomics
- Cancer Research
- Nutrition and Food Systems
Principal Investigators in this theme:
| Name: Professor Jean Adams Topic: Diet & public health; population interventions; public health policy Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: jma79@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/jean-adams/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Amy Ahern Topic: Development and evaluation of behavioural interventions for obesity and diabetes; Understanding the determinants of initiation and maintenance of health behaviour change in obesity and diabetes Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: ala34@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/amy-ahern/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Emanuele Di Angelantonio Topic: Prevention of cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular disease epidemiology. Global Health. Risk Prediction Themes:Epidemiology and Public Health, Department: Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care Email: ed303@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/ceu-group/ceu-senior-academic-staff/ema... Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Antonis Antoniou Topic: Cancer genetic epidemiology, cancer risk modelling, genetic epidemiology of BRCA1, BRCA2 and other cancer susceptibility genes Themes: Cancer, Epidemiology and Public Health, Women's Health Department: Department of Public Health and Primary Care Email: aca20@cam.ac.uk Website: https://ccge.medschl.cam.ac.uk/antonis-antoniou/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr William Astle Topic: Statistical methods with applications in genetics, genomics and haematology Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: MRC Biostatistics Unit Email: wja24@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/people/in-alphabetical-order/a-to-g/willia... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof/Ass Prof Kate Baker Topic: Genomics epidemiology of bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Genetics Email: kb827@cam.ac.uk Website: https://baker-lab.github.io/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jessica Barrett Topic: Multiple outcome modelling Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: MRC Biostatistics Unit Email: jessica.barrett@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/people/in-alphabetical-order/a-to-g/jessic... Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Blagborough Topic: Malaria transmission Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Department: Department of Pathology Email: amb283@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-blagborough Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Leonardo Bottolo Topic: Computational methods for single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) and single-cell Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin with high-throughput sequencing (scATAC-seq) Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Medical Genetics Email: lb664@cam.ac.uk Website: https://medgen.medschl.cam.ac.uk/dr-leonardo-bottolo/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Soren Brage Topic: Epidemiology of physical activity behaviour and fitness Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: soren.brage@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/soren-brage/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Stephen Burgess Topic: Genetics and causality Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health Department: MRC Biostatistics Unit Email: sb452@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/people/in-alphabetical-order/a-to-g/stephe... Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Adam Butterworth Topic: Genetic epidemiology of cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular disease epidemiology Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: Department of Public Health and Primary Care Email: asb38@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/ceu-group/ceu-senior-academic-staff/ada... Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Conlan Topic: Epidemiology and mathematical modelling Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: ajkc2@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ajkc2@cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Isidro Cortes-Ciriano Topic: Cancer Genomics Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: icortes@ebi.ac.uk Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/cortes-ciriano Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nik Cunniffe Topic: Modelling the spread, detection, evolution and control of plant pests and pathogens. Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Department: Plant Sciences Email: njc1001@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/cunniffe-nik Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Danesh Topic: Molecular and genetic epidemiology of coronary heart disease Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health Department: Department of Public Health and Primary Care Email: johndaneshpa@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/ceu-group/ceu-senior-academic-staff/pro... Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Prof Daniela De Angelis Topic: Evidence synthesis to inform health Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Department: MRC Biostatistics Unit Email: daniela.deangelis@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/people/in-alphabetical-order/a-to-g/daniel... Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alison Dunning Topic: High-throughput laboratory processes for genetic epidemiology and fine-scale mapping of genetic loci Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: Department of Public Health and Primary Care Email: amd24@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/centre-for-cancer-genetic-epidemiology-... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Robbie Duschinsky Topic: child and family mental health, the integration of health and social care for children and families, and the use of qualitative methods within primary care research Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Epidemiology and Public Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Department: Department of Public Health and Primary Care Email: rd522@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/pcu-group/pcu-senior-academic-staff/rob... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Douglas Easton Topic: Genetic epidemiology (especially cancer) and statistical genetics Themes: Cancer, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Department: Public Health and Primary Care Email: dfe20@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/centre-for-cancer-genetic-epidemiology... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Tamsin Ford Topic: Interventional epidemiology - children and young people's mental health Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Psychiatry Email: tjf52@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://dev.psychiatry.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nita Forouhi Topic: Nutritional Epidemiology in relation to diabetes and obesity Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: nita.forouhi@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/research-areas/nutrition Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Chris Gilligan Topic: Epidemiology and modelling Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: cag1@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/chrisgilligan Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nick Goldman Topic: theoretical molecular evolution, comparative genomics data analysis and modelling, statistical computational molecular sequence analysis, algorithms for Next Generation Sequencing Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Department: EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute Email: goldman@ebi.ac.uk Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/goldman/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Simon Griffin Topic: Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: Public Health and Primary Care Email: https://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/pcu-group/pcu-senior-academic-staff/si... Website: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/research-areas/prevention-high-ri... Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kathryn Hesketh Topic: Physical activity behaviours during preconception, pregnancy and postpartum; health behaviours and risky play in 0-5-year-olds; health promotion within families with young children Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: Krh40@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/kathryn-hesketh/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Claire Hughes Topic: Developmental change from age 2 to age 6 and familial predictors Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Psychology (Centre for Family Research) Email: ch288@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.cfr.cam.ac.uk/directory/ClaireHughes Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kerry Jones Topic: NIHR Cambridge BRC Nutritional Biomarker Laboratory Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: Kerry.Jones@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/kerry-jones/ orry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Peter Jones Topic: Epidemiology etiology and developmental dimensions of psychiatric disorders; schizophrenia and the psychoses Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Epidemiology and Public Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Psychiatry Email: pbj21@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?pbj21 Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Stephen Kaptoge Topic: Applied statistical methods particularly in relation to chronic disease epidemiology Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: Department of Public Health and Primary Care Email: skk22@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/ceu-group/ceu-senior-research-staff/ste... Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
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Name: Dr Siddhartha Kar |
| Name: Dr Paul Kirk Topic: Clustering methods for biomarker data Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: MRC Biostatistics Unit Email: paul.kirk@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/people/in-alphabetical-order/h-to-m/paul-k... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Louise Lafortune Topic: Healthy ageing, dementia, frailty, community assets, evaluations Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: Psychiatry Email: ll394@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.iph.cam.ac.uk/nihr-sphr/about/team/dr-louise-lafortune/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Samuel Lambert Topic: Multimorbidity involving cardiometabolic diseases; molecular and genetic epidemiology; polygenic [risk] scores; risk prediction; open-science tools and resources Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health Department: Department of Public Health and Primary Care Email: sl925@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cardiovascular.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-samuel-lambert Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Jonathan Mant Topic: screening for atrial fibrillation Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: Public Health & Primary Care Email: jm677@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/pcu-group/pcu-senior-academic-staff/jo... Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Ken Ong Topic: Childhood obesity, growth and development, and relationships to adult metabolic disease Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Epidemiology and Public Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit / Department of Paediatrics Email: ken.ong@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/ken-ong/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jenna Panter Topic: Physical Activity and Public Health Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: jenna.panter@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/jenna-panter/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Perry Topic: Using human genetic approaches to understand biological mechanisms influencing reproductive ageing and metabolic health Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Epidemiology and Public Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Department: Institute of Metabolic Science Email: john.perry@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/john-perry/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Ms Eqbal Radwan Topic: Plant biotechnology, plant molecular biology, nanobiotechnology in plant production Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Biology Email: ernp2030@gmail.com Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=J8Iu9SYAAAAJ&hl=en Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Olivier Restif Topic: Mathematical models for infectious disease dynamics Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: or226@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/or226@cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof Sylvia Richardson Topic: Statistical Genomics and High Dimensional Data Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: MRC Biostatistics Unit Email: sylvia.richardson@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/people/in-alphabetical-order/n-to-s/sylvia... Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
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Name: Dr Andres Roma-Urrestarazu |
| Name: Dr Henrik Salje Topic: Infectious disease dynamics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Genetics Email: hs743@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrea Smith Topic: Behavoural Epidemiology and interventions in young people Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: Website: https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/andrea-smith/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Derek Smith Topic: Evolution of pathogens Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Zoology Email: d.smith@zoo.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/derek-smith Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stephen Sutton Topic: Risk communication and health behaviour change Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: Department of Public Health and Primary Care Email: srs34@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/pcu-group/pcu-senior-academic-staff/ste... Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Nicholas Thomson Topic: Bacterial genomics and evolution Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: nrt@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/thomson-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Brian Tom Topic: Statistics for stratified medicine Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: MRC Biostatistics Unit Email: brian.tom@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/people/in-alphabetical-order/t-to-z/brian-... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Caroline Trotter Topic: Epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases and the impact of immunisation Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: clt56@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/clt56@cam.ac.uk Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nigel Unwin Topic: Sustainable food systems and planetary health Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: ncu21@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/nigel-unwin/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Esther van Sluijs Topic: Behavioural Epidemiology and Interventions in Young People Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: esther.vansluijs@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/research-areas/behavioural-epidem... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nicholas Wareham Topic: Aetiology and Mechanisms of Diabetes and Related Metabolic Disorders of Later Life Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: nick.wareham@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/research-areas/aetiology-of-diabe... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Martin White Topic: Diet, nutrition, food systems and population health Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: Martin.White@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/martin-white/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Eleanor Winpenny Topic: What influences changes in diet, eating behaviours and cardiovascular health through adolescence and early adulthood? Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: ew470@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/eleanor-winpenny/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Angela Wood Topic: Biostatistics Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: Department of Public Health and Primary Care Email: amw79@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/ceu-group/ceu-senior-academic-staff/ang... Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor James Woodcock Topic: Built environment, transport, and health Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: jw745@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/james-woodcock/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
