Faculty of Medicine

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

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Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

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.

Areas of Research

Research in the department can be split into three main themes. These are:

Major Projects

Major programmes include the MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health as well as:

Upcoming Events

The second of our annual Geoffrey Rose Memorial Lectures will take place on November 6th. Further details of this special event are avalible here:

Geoffrey Rose Memorial Lecture

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Key People

Professor Paul Elliott
(Head of Department)
Professor Elio Riboli
(Head of Division)
Professor Deborah Ashby
(Chair in Medical Statistics and Clinical Trials)
Professor Nicky Best
(Professor of Statistics and Epidemiology)
Professor Marjo-Ritta Jarvelin
(Chair in Lifecourse Epidemiology)
Professor Sylvia Richardson
(Chair in Biostatistics)
Professor Paolo Vineis
(Chair in Environmental Epidemiology)