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Population Health Research

Population Health

Researchers in population health are focused in the statistical and epidemiological research group CHICAS which undertakes methodological research into the analysis of longitudinal and spatial variation in health outcomes, and leads important applied research projects in environmental epidemiology in both resource-rich and resource-poor countries. Building on long-standing expertise in longitudinal, spatial and spatio-temporal methods, we work with national and international partners to share expertise in infectious disease modelling, design of field studies, statistical genetics and computationally efficient methods for high-dimensional data. Our work has generated important insights on the epidemiology of leptospirosis in Brazil, Loa loa in equatorial Africa, meningitis in the sub-Saharan 'meningitis belt', human campylobacter and other food-borne infections in the UK.

Other researchers focus on population health in healthcare settings and the potential impact of interventions designed to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people. For example, a current project is looking at the potential to deliver interventions to increase uptake of routine childhood vaccinations during attendance to the Paediatric Emergency Department (PED). This includes addressing issues of data system interoperability (to enable timely access to accurate vaccination data), the feasibility/acceptability of delivering an intervention during a PED attendance, and a review of existing evidence around interventions delivered in hospital settings to improve vaccination uptake. The team has also published in the area of indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and young people, and continues to pursue this emerging area of research.

Researchers

Peter Diggle

Professor Peter Diggle

Professor Emeritus,

CHICAS, DSI - Health

Rachel Isba

Interdisciplinary network in culture, health, ethics and society

A15, A - Floor, Health Innovation One
Christopher Jewell

Professor Christopher Jewell

Professor in Statistics

Bayesian and Computational Statistics, Biostatistics , CHICAS, DSI - Health, MARS: Mathematics for AI in Real-world Systems, STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training

Thomas Keegan

Dr Thomas Keegan

Director of PG Research and Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology

Centre for Ageing Research, Interdisciplinary network in culture, health, ethics and society, Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre, LIRA - Biomedical

C039, C - Floor, Furness College
Joanne Knight

Professor Joanne Knight

Chair in Applied Data Science

CHICAS, DSI - Health, FHM Mental Health Theme

A34, A - Floor, Health Innovation One
Jonathan Read

Dr Jonathan Read

Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics

CHICAS, DSI - Health

Barry Rowlingson

Barry Rowlingson

Research Fellow

CHICAS, DSI - Health