Chris Grundy MSc
- Room 213
- LSHTM
- 15-17 Tavistock Place
- London
- WC1H 9SH
- T: 020 7927 2441
- F: 020 7580 4524
My background is in civil engineering and I came to the School after gaining an MSc in geographical information systems (GIS). Since then I have been responsible for exploring ways GIS can be used in health research.
Affiliation
Teaching
I am responsible for the GIS teaching at LSHTM. This includes teaching in the MSc program, short courses and longer term training programs. The majority of my teaching revolves around a 2 day introduction to GIS short course which is run at various points through the year and can also be held externally. I also work with groups over longer periods to explore and develop the way GIS is used in their work.
Research
Since starting at LSH&TM I have worked in many aspects public health research, from clustering of diseases around industrial sites, air pollution and asthma, to infant mortality. My interest is in how GIS can be used in novel ways in public health, particually its use in disease surveillance, public health interventions, and in communication of public health messages.
My main areas of research currently are:
Use of GIS by NGOs and local organisation in developing countries. Current projects including using remotely sensed images to estimate refugee populations. Looking at how NGOs can use GIS in their routine work and how open source GIS software may help health professionals in their work.
Road traffic injury: I have been involved in 3 projects funded by Transport for London (TfL) looking at road traffic injury. The first looking at "deprivation and road safety in London" . Following on from this is the work looking at the role ethnicity plays in the level of inequality in injury. A third project looked at the impact of 20mph zones in London, the results of this are in press.
Access to services: looking at access to services has been part of my research since starting at LSHTM in 1993. Recent research has included looking at how the methods used in developed countries for the last decade can be applied in the delevoping world and comparing methods or calculating access to services, exploring methods of generating service areas for micro-biology laboratories in England and Wales, and looking at the effect of distance from treatment centre on outcome from heart attacks.
Public participation: I am interested in public participation and have worked on several projects in this field. The largest of these is a Wellcome Trust funded project, looking at engaging young people in science. Full details of the project can be found on the web page for "It's our science, our society, our health".
Research areas
- Chronic diseases
- Complex interventions
- Diarrhoeal diseases
- Environment
- Health inequalities
- Injuries
- Leishmaniasis
- Sexual and reproductive health
- Surveillance
Disciplines
- GIS/Spatial analysis
Other interests
- GIS
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Selected publications
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Multidisciplinary research in public health: A case study of research on access to green space.
Kessel, A.; Green, J.; Pinder, R.; Wilkinson, P.; Grundy, C.; Lachowycz, K.;
Public Health, 2009; 123(1):32-8
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'Race' or place? Explaining ethnic variations in childhood pedestrian injury rates in London.
Steinbach, R.; Green, J.; Edwards, P.; Grundy, C.;
Health Place, 2009; 16(1):34-42
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Effect of 20 mph traffic speed zones on road injuries in London, 1986-2006: controlled interrupted time series analysis.
Grundy, C.; Steinbach, R.; Edwards, P.; Green, J.; Armstrong, B.; Wilkinson, P.;
BMJ, 2009; 339:b4469
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Serious injuries in children: variations by area deprivation and settlement type.
Edwards, P.; Green, J.; Lachowycz, K.; Grundy, C.; Roberts, I.;
Arch Dis Child, 2008; 93(6):485-9
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Case-control study of environmental and social factors influencing cryptosporidiosis
Lake, I.R.; Harrison, F.C.D.; Chalmers, R.M.; Bentham, G.; Nichols, G.; Hunter, P.R.; Kovats, R.S.; Grundy, C.
European Journal of Epidemiology, 2007; 22(11):805-811
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Teenage conceptions, abortions, and births in England, 1994-2003, and the national teenage pregnancy strategy
Wilkinson, P.; French, R.; Kane, R.; Lachowycz, K.; Stephenson, J.; Grundy, C.; Jacklin, P.; Kingori, P.; Stevens, M.; Wellings, K.
Lancet, 2006; 368(9550):1879-1886
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Area deprivation, social class, and quality of life among people aged 75 years and over in Britain.
Breeze, E.; Jones, D.A.; Wilkinson, P.; Bulpitt, C.J.; Grundy, C.; Latif, A.M.; Fletcher, A.E.;
Int J Epidemiol, 2005; 34(2):276-83
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London: Our transport, our health, our science results of a community-led environmental justice analysis of transport and health in London
Stephens, C.; Grundy, C.; Landon, M.; Church, C.; Marquez, G.; Gay, J.
Epidemiology, 2005; 16(5):S75-S75
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