Research
External collaborations
University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands, Professor Ronald Stolk.
CHICAS University of Lancaster, Professor Peter Diggle.
University of Oxford, Professor Rory Collins.
National Heart and Lung Institute; Imperial College London; Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, Professor Jaspal S Kooner.
MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health; Institute of Child Health, Professor Carol Dezateux.
University of Leicester, Professor Martin Tobin.
University of Bristol, Professor John Henderson.
King's College London, Professor Gunter Schumann.
King's College London, Professor Frank Kelly.
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Professor Anders Ahlbom.
Northwestern University, Chicago, USA, Professor Jeremiah Stamler.
Queen Mary University of London, Professor Mark Caulfield.
Fellowships
Academy of Medical Sciences, Fellow Academy of Medical Sciences. 2000 -
Faculty of Public Health, Fellow of Faculty of Public Health. 1995 -
Royal College of Physicians, Fellow of Royal College of Physicians. 1998 -
Guest lectures
Why we need to measure individual exposomes. National Academies of Science Workshop on Emerging Technologies for Measuring Individual Exposomes., House of Sweden, Washington DC, USA. 8 Dec 2011.
Biobanking. NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre Inaugural Research Festival, Wolfson Conference Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London. 14 Jul 2011.
President's Lecture: Personalised medicine: an epidemiological perspective. Seminar: Genetic Epidemiology: implications for clinical practice. Swiss Society of Internal Medicine 2011 Conference, Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland. 12 May 2011.
Further Enhancements to the Resource. UK Biobank Frontiers meeting: Launch to the Scientific Community, Wellcome Trust, London, UK. 24 Mar 2011.
Nutrition and blood pressure. Erasmus Research Seminar, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands. 13 Dec 2010.
Population-Based Epidemiology. Opening of the Masters Curriculum at HMGU Institute of Epidemiology, Munich, Germany. 18 Oct 2010.
Epidemiological Aspects of Ageing. Lifelong Health Project Mini Summer Symposium on Diseases in Ageing, Imperial College London, London. 14 Jul 2010.
The benefits of epidemiological approaches to understanding toxicology mechanisms and risks to humans. ITTP Symposium on ‘Multidisciplinary approaches to toxicology’, British Toxicology Society Annual Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland. 30 Mar 2010.
International cohort study on mobile phone use and health (COSMOS). Second Scientific Conference of the Fondation Sante et Radiofrequencies; Epidemiology Round Table Discussion, Telecom Paris Tech Conference Centre, Paris, France. 20 Oct 2009.
Salt intake and blood pressure: worldwide variations and impacts on public health. World Health Summit on the Evolution of Medicine, Berlin, Germany. 14 Oct 2009.
Nutrition, Blood Pressure and Cardio-Cerebrovascular Diseases: the Mediterranean Eating Style for the 21st Century. 40th Anniversary of the Second Ten Day International Teaching Seminar on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Pioppi, September 1969. Pioppi, Italy. 25 Sep 2009.
Nutrition and Blood Pressure: Findings from the INTERSALT and INTERMAP Studies. International Symposium on Nutrition and Health in Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Biwako Hotel, Otsu, Shiga, Japan. 25 Apr 2009.
Small Area Studies of Environment and Health. Lancaster University School of Health & Medicine Colloquium on "Environment and Health", Lancaster University, Lancaster. 17 Apr 2009.
Deprivation and Regional Variation of Cardiovascular and All Cause Mortality across England: A Small Area Comparison. American Heart Association Joint 49th Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention – and – Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, Palm Harbor, Florida. 13 Mar 2009.
Epidemiological Approaches to Uncover Environmental Hazards. Joint MRC/NERC Workshop of Environment and Health, Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre, Stamford St, London SE1. 10 Mar 2009.
Seminar on "Econometrics and Epidemiology: Exploring the Interface". Department of Health, Department of Health, Wellington House, London SE1. 10 Feb 2009.
Small Area Studies of Environment and Health. The John Pemberton Lecture. Annual Conference of The Society of Social Medicine, University of Southampton. 17 Sep 2008.
Physical Measurements. UK Biobank 2nd Annual Regional Collaborators Meeting, CTSU, University of Oxford. 2 Apr 2008.
The Small Area Health Statistics Unit: The First Twenty Years. SAHSU 20th Jubilee Conference, Imperial College London, Imperial College London, London. 18 Dec 2007.
Case-control study of cancer incidence in early childhood and proximity to mobile phone base stations. Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research Programme Workshop on Mobile Phones and Children's Health, Royal Society, London. 25 Jun 2007.
Lessons about cancer from cluster analysis. Royal Society of Medicine, Jephcott Symposium 'Towards Prevention of Cancer', Royal Society of Medicine, London. 24 Apr 2007.
Nutritional factors and blood pressure. Nutritional Sciences Division Seminar Series. Kings College London, Kings College London. 23 Apr 2007.
Cardiovascular disease: the worldwide status. British Hypertension Society Clinical Education Meeting for Primary Care, Royal College of Physicians, London. 20 Apr 2007.
Mobile phones and health: scope and results of MTHR-1 programme. Proposals for future research in MTHR-2. International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (ICES), Technical Committee TC-95, Mobile phone operators association meeting facility, London. 2 Mar 2007.
Baseline physical measures. UK Biobank Annual Regional Collaborators Meeting, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. 21 Feb 2007.
Spatial epidemiology: Challenges and opportunities. Royal Statistical Society Environmental Statistics Section Meeting, Royal Statistical Society, London. 6 Dec 2006.
Salt intake around the world. World Health Organisation Technical Forum and Meeting on Reducing Salt Intake in Populations, Agence Francaise de Securite Sanitaire des Aliments, Paris, France. 5 Oct 2006.
The work of the Small Area Health Statistics Unit. DEFRA Science Seminar, Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. 13 Sep 2006.
Small area studies: rationale and design considerations. SAHSU-CDC Spatial Epidemiology Conference, Royal Statistical Society, London. 24 May 2006.
Socio-economic determinants of cardiovascular disease. International Society of Hypertension Meeting on Prevention of Hypertension., Kremlin Palace Hotel Conference Centre, Antalya, Turkey. 3 Apr 2006.
Pharmacogenetics and personalised medicines:new era or false dawn?. Royal Society of Chemistry, Institute of Physics, Institute of Biology Seminar on 'Science and Health: Advancing prevention, diagnosis and treatment, The Royal Society, London. 29 Mar 2006.
Biomarkers and large-scale epidemiological studies. Medical Research Council Conference on 'Disease, Drugs and Patient Benefit - Can Biomarkers Deliver?, Royal College of Surgeons, London. 31 Jan 2006.
1. Case control study of cancer incidence in early childhood and proximity to mobile phone base stations. 2. The International Cohort Study. Department of Health Mobile Telecommunications Research Programme Annual Research Seminar, Health Protection Agency. 13 Dec 2005.
Assessment of sample stability by measurement of biochemical and haematological parameters in blood and urine. UK Biobank Research Seminar 'Laboratory Aspects of Biobanking'. 19 Oct 2005.
UK Biobank. Open Lecture Series, Institute of Child Health. 13 Jun 2005.
Salt and blood pressure. Nutrition Advice: Debating the Science Behind the Politics. Joint Conference of The Society of Food Hygiene Technology and The Royal Society of Chemistry. 16 Mar 2005.
Dietary factors and blood pressure. Bradford Hill Seminar Series, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, UK. Nov 2004.
Airwave TETRA health monitoring. Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research Programme Annual Research Seminar. Nov 2004.
High blood pressure - etiology and prevention. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Oct 2004.
Airwaves health surveillance. The effects of use by emergency services personnel. Police Federation Health and Safety Conference, Telford, UK. Oct 2004.
UK Biobank Research Program. Royal College of Pathologists. Scientific meeting on Research practice in Laboratories for Evidence based Medicine, Royal College of Pathologists, London, UK. Dec 2003.
Non-pharmacological approaches to blood pressure control. London Society of Cardiovascular Disease and Ageing, Medical Society of London, UK. Jun 2003.
Spatial epidemiology in public health. EUROHEIS Conference: A European Health and Environment Information System for Disease and Exposure Mapping and Risk Assessment. Östersund, Sweden. Mar 2003.
Protein intake and blood pressure in cardiovascular disease. Nutrition Society Summer Meeting ‘The Food Chain – Plants, Animals, Man’. Macronutrient Metabolism Group Symposium, University of Leeds, UK. Jul 2002.
INTERSALT and INTERMAP studies. Health Aspects of Salt Consumption. International Conference of The French Food Safety Agency, Paris, France. Jan 2002.
Urinary dietary biomarkers and blood pressure: population studies. UK Molecular Epidemiology Group Meeting on Epidemiology and Biomarkers for Diet-related Diseases, London, UK. Dec 2001.
INTERMAP study of macronutrients. Joint Conference of The Society for Social Medicine and The International Epidemiological Association European Group, Oxford, UK. Sep 2001.
After INTERSALT. 5th International Conference on Preventive Cardiology - Plenary Session, Osaka, Japan. May 2001.
Relation of dietary protein intake of individuals (total, animal, vegetable) to their blood pressure. Findings from the INTERMAP Study. 5th International Conference on Preventive Cardiology, Osaka, Japan. May 2001.
Salt and diet: Too much or too little?. Joint meeting of The Foundation for Science & Technology and Academy of Medical Sciences, London, UK. Apr 2001.
Research Student Supervision
Bullard J. Methods for describing localised variation in disease risk and application to childhood respiratory symptoms and road traffic in Sheffield. (2001, undergraduate: No).
Shaddick G. Statistical methodological aspects of modelling relationships between air pollution, temperature and health. (2002, undergraduate: No).
Nelson P. Geographical epidemiology of hypospadias: small area study of birth prevalence. (2003, undergraduate: No).
Toledano MB. Chlorination by-products and adverse human birth outcomes: A retrospective semi-ecologic study in three regions in England. (2004, undergraduate: No).
Lauren L. Relation of early life factors to cardiovascular disease risk, morbidity and mortality. (2004, undergraduate: No).
Ferrier H. The probabilistic assessment of consumer exposure to pesticides: An analysis of uncertainty. (2004, undergraduate: No).
Loo RL. Development of combined chemometric and NMR spectroscopic methods to enhance molecular biomarker discovery in human populations. (2008, undergraduate: No).
Brown IJ. Carbohydrate intake and blood pressure: INTERMAP study. (2008, undergraduate: No).
