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.
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Small area study of pesticides and health.
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Epidemiological study into the health effects of long range air pollution in the UK (from 2006-07)
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Noise, air pollution and health.
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Epidemiological studies of exposure to heavy metals.
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Lifecourse and genetic factors in the development of metabolic disorders; Foetal programming and disease risk (includes several PhD projects).
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Lifetime biological and social risk and protective factors in prediction of adult health behaviour.
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Socio-economic inequalities in health in early life.
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Lifecourse determinants of abortions. |
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Investigation of Gene-Environment Interactions in National and International Cohort Studies.
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Airwave Health Monitoring Programme (140,000 British Police Cohort).
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Neural tube defects and pregnancy: Maternal risk factors.
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Cleft lip/palate and pregnancy: Maternal risk factors. |
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Small-area disease mapping study on liver tumours or congenital anomalies (gastroschisis).
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The role of genetic susceptibility, in particular DNA repair gene variants, in modulating the risk of environmental cancer.
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A randomized trial on the effects of phenolis on DNA adducts/damage and metabonomics.
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The etiology of lymphomas in the EPIC cohort: viruses, diet and gene-environment interactions.
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The etiology of lung cancer in the EPIC cohort: smoking, diet and gene-environment interactions.
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