Current PhD Projects
The list below shows titles of projects being carried out at the moment by research students in the Division of Epidemiology, Public Health and Primary Care:
· Epidemiology and Biostatistics
· Biostatistics & Statistical Genetics
· Infectious Disease Epidemiology
· Primary Care and Social Medicine
Epidemiology and Public Health
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Differences in colorectal surgery across England using Hospital Episode Statistics.
Supervisor: Dr Paul Aylin
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3334, email: p.aylin@imperial.ac.uk)
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Environmental, socioeconomic factors and child health in developing countries.
Supervisor: Professor David Briggs
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3329, email: d.briggs@imperial.ac.uk)
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GIS-based modelling of urban systems.
Supervisor: Professor David Briggs
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3329, email: d.briggs@imperial.ac.uk)
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Spatial modelling of exposure to air pollution.
Supervisor: Professor David Briggs
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3329, email: d.briggs@imperial.ac.uk)
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Investigation of air pollution and childhood respiratory health.
Supervisor: Professor David Briggs
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3329, email: d.briggs@imperial.ac.uk)
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Epidemiological study on health effect from noise exposure.
Supervisor: Professor David Briggs
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3329, email: d.briggs@imperial.ac.uk)
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The effects of air pollution and/or noise pollution on public health.
Supervisor: Professor David Briggs
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3329, email: d.briggs@imperial.ac.uk)
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Health effects in a population exposed to noise and air pollution around a major airport.
Supervisor: Dr Lars Jarup
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3337, email: l.jarup@imperial.ac.uk)
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Vitamin D supplementation and iron deficiency anaemia in the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort: effects on growth and development.
Supervisor: Professor Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3345, email: m.jarvelin@imperial.ac.uk)
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Predicting the risk of hospitalisation from a longitudinal study.
Supervisor: Professor Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3345, email: m.jarvelin@imperial.ac.uk)
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Epidemiology of Asthma in children.
Supervisor: Professor Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3345, email: m.jarvelin@imperial.ac.uk)
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Environment and variation in Insulin Gene in the aetiology of metabolic syndrome traits.
Supervisor: Professor Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3345, email: m.jarvelin@imperial.ac.uk)
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Quantifying and explaining the relative contribution of individual and group level factors to health.
Supervisor: Professor Sylvia Richardson
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3336, email: sylvia.richardson@imperial.ac.uk)
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Analysis of proteomic data.
Supervisor: Professor Sylvia Richardson
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3336, email: sylvia.richardson@imperial.ac.uk)
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Environmental tobacco smoke and air pollution in the EPIC cohort.
Supervisor: Professor Paolo Vineis
(Email: p.vineis@imperial.ac.uk)
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Biostatistics and Statistical Genetics
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Statistical methods in molecular and population genetics - clustering of similar genes and investigating relatedness of individuals.
Supervisor: Professor David Balding
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3309, email: d.balding@imperial.ac.uk)
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Statistical methods for allowing for population stratification and relatedness in genetics association studies: application to humans, dogs and Arabidopsis.
Supervisor: Professor David Balding
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3309, email: d.balding@imperial.ac.uk)
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Statistical models for the relationship of multi-locus SNP genotype with Phenotype.
Supervisor: Professor David Balding
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3309, email: d.balding@imperial.ac.uk)
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Statistical evolutionary population genomics: methods for detecting loci subject to selection.
Supervisor: Professor David Balding
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3309, email: d.balding@imperial.ac.uk)
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Quantifying and explaining the relative contribution of individual and group level factors to health.
Supervisor: Professor Nicky Best
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3320, email: n.best@imperial.ac.uk)
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Bayesian survival analysis in integrated genomics.
Supervisor: Dr Maria De Iorio
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 1497, email: m.deiorio@imperial.ac.uk)
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Data mining in genetic epidemiology.
Supervisor: Professor Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3345, email: m.jarvelin@imperial.ac.uk)
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Stochastic models of carcinogenesis, incorporating transmissible genomic instability.
Supervisor: Dr Mark Little
(Email: mark.little@imperial.ac.uk)
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Joint modelling of marker and gene expression data.
Supervisor: Professor Sylvia Richardson
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3336, email: sylvia.richardson@imperial.ac.uk)
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Multivariate analysis of gene expression profiles.
Supervisor: Professor Sylvia Richardson
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3336, email: sylvia.richardson@imperial.ac.uk)
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Infectious Disease Epidemiology
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Impact of viral load on HIV epidemiology.
Supervisor: Professor Roy Anderson
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3399, email: roy.anderson@imperial.ac.uk)
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Use of observational databases for comparing HV treatments.
Supervisor: Professor Roy Anderson
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3399, email: roy.anderson@imperial.ac.uk)
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Modelling the development of anthelmintic resistance.
Supervisor: Dr Maria-Gloria Basáñez
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3295, email: m.basanez@imperial.ac.uk)
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Epidemiological modelling of HIV anti-viral usage in Africa.
Supervisor: Professor Geoff Garnett
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3286, email: g.garnett@imperial.ac.uk)
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Epidemiology and control of genital herpes.
Supervisor: Professor Geoff Garnett
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3286, email: g.garnett@imperial.ac.uk)
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Transmission dynamics of HIV and the impact of interventions.
Supervisors: Professor Geoff Garnett (Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3286, email: g.garnett@imperial.ac.uk) and Dr Simon Gregson (Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3279, email: s.gregson@imperial.ac.uk)
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Models of HIV/AIDS control interventions in Zimbabwe.
Supervisors: Dr Simon Gregson (Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3279, email: s.gregson@imperial.ac.uk) and Professor Geoff Garnett (Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3286, email: g.garnett@imperial.ac.uk)
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Consequences of HIV- associated orphanhood in eastern Zimbabwe.
Supervisor: Dr Simon Gregson
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3279, email: s.gregson@imperial.ac.uk)
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HIV and orphanhood in rural Zimbabwe.
Supervisor: Dr Simon Gregson
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3279, email: s.gregson@imperial.ac.uk)
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Optimising the impact of PMTCT in South Africa: The forgotten half of the equation.
Supervisor: Dr Simon Gregson
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3279, email: s.gregson@imperial.ac.uk)
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Genetic mechanisms of opa gene variation in gonococci from known transmission chains.
Supervisor: Professor Brian Spratt
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3629, email: b.spratt@imperial.ac.uk)
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Bioinformatics and evolution of capsular genes in bacteria.
Supervisor: Professor Brian Spratt
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3629, email: b.spratt@imperial.ac.uk)
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Epidemiology of Schistosomiasis and genetic, phenotypics of drug resistance.
Supervisor: Dr Joanne Webster
(Email: joanne.webster@imperial.ac.uk)
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Inter-specific interactions between snails and their trematocles; implications for host-parasite range and co-evolution.
Supervisor: Dr Joanne Webster
(Email: joanne.webster@imperial.ac.uk)
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Primary Care and Social Medicine
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Health Inequalities, particularly at older ages.
Supervisor: Professor David Blane
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 0789, email: d.blane@imperial.ac.uk)
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Contextual and life course influences on health and quality of life in early old age.
Supervisor: Professor David Blane
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 0789, email: d.blane@imperial.ac.uk)
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Drink, drugs and duty: beliefs and behaviour in the workplace.
Supervisor: Dr Christine Franey
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 0783, email: c.franey@imperial.ac.uk)
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