Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Hypertension and Exposure to Noise near Airports (HYENA) (click for larger version)
The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, headed by Professor Paul Elliott, is based at the St Mary’s campus and has around 90 staff and PhD students. It runs a joint MSc course in Modern Epidemiology, a Masters in Public Health and has an expanding PhD programme.
Major programmes include:
MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health which incorporates:
- Small Area Health Statistics Unit (SAHSU)
- Airwave Health Monitoring study
- INTERMAP study (international cooperative study on macronutrients and blood pressure) supported by the US National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
- EPIC (European Commission for the European Prospective Study into Cancer, Chronic Diseases, Nutrition and Lifestyle).
The Department also has a large number of other EC grants as well as substantial funding from the UK Research Councils.
Areas of research
Environmental Epidemiology & Small Area Health Statistics
Integrating the MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health.
Biostatistics & Statistical Genetics
Focusing on the analysis of large and complex hierarchical datasets.
Large-scale Population Collections
Biological samples for gene-association studies and/or metabonomic analyses in relation to health.
