School of Public Health

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Research carried out in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics focuses on four broad themes, though with marked interactions between them. These are Environmental Epidemiology and Small Area Health Statistics; Biostatistics and Statistical Genetics; Large-scale Population Collections and Health Service Performance

Given below are generic titles describing potential areas of research within the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. These opportunities are currently unfunded.

Small area study of pesticides and health.
For an informal discussion, contact Professor Paul Elliott
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3328, email: p.elliott@imperial.ac.uk)

  

Epidemiological study into the health effects of long range air pollution in the UK (from 2006-07)
For an informal discussion, contact Dr Anna Hansell
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3344, email: a.hansell@imperial.ac.uk)

  

Noise, air pollution and health.
For an informal discussion, contact Dr Lars Jarup
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3337, email: l.jarup@imperial.ac.uk)

  

Epidemiological studies of exposure to heavy metals.
For an informal discussion, contact Dr Lars Jarup
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3337, email: l.jarup@imperial.ac.uk)

  

Lifecourse and genetic factors in the development of metabolic disorders; Foetal programming and disease risk (includes several PhD projects).
For an informal discussion, contact Professor  Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3345, email: m.jarvelin@imperial.ac.uk)

  

Lifetime biological and social risk and protective factors in prediction of adult health behaviour.
For an informal discussion, contact Professor  Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3345, email: m.jarvelin@imperial.ac.uk)

  

Socio-economic inequalities in health in early life.
For an informal discussion, contact Professor  Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3345, email: m.jarvelin@imperial.ac.uk)

  

Lifecourse determinants of abortions.
For an informal discussion, contact Professor  Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3345, email: m.jarvelin@imperial.ac.uk)

 


Investigation of Gene-Environment Interactions in National and International Cohort Studies.
For an informal discussion, contact Dr David Neasham
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3343, email: d.neasham@imperial.ac.uk)

  

Airwave Health Monitoring Programme (140,000 British Police Cohort).
For an informal discussion, contact Dr David Neasham
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3343, email: d.neasham@imperial.ac.uk)

  

Neural tube defects and pregnancy: Maternal risk factors.
For an informal discussion, contact Dr David Neasham (Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3343, email: d.neasham@imperial.ac.uk)

  

Cleft lip/palate and pregnancy: Maternal risk factors.
For an informal discussion, contact Dr David Neasham
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3343, email: d.neasham@imperial.ac.uk)

 


Small-area disease mapping study on liver tumours or congenital anomalies (gastroschisis).
For an informal discussion, contact Dr Mireille Toledano
(Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3298, email: m.toledano@imperial.ac.uk)

 

The role of genetic susceptibility, in particular DNA repair gene variants, in modulating the risk of environmental cancer.
For an informal discussion, contact Professor Paolo Vineis
(Email: p.vineis@imperial.ac.uk)

A randomized trial on the effects of phenolis on DNA adducts/damage and metabonomics.
For an informal discussion, contact Professor Paolo Vineis
(Email: p.vineis@imperial.ac.uk)

The etiology of lymphomas in the EPIC cohort: viruses, diet and gene-environment interactions.
For an informal discussion, contact Professor Paolo Vineis
(Email: p.vineis@imperial.ac.uk)

The etiology of lung cancer in the EPIC cohort: smoking, diet and gene-environment interactions.
For an informal discussion, contact Professor Paolo Vineis
(Email: p.vineis@imperial.ac.uk)

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