I am an Assistant Professor in Environmental Epidemiology, and Programme Content Director for the DL MSc in Global Health Policy Programme.
After gaining a BSc (hons) in Biological and Biochemical Sciences at the University of Salford, I studied for an MSc in Environmental Biology at the University of Wales, Cardiff, before working as a clinical scientist at the Public Health Laboratory Services in Colindale, London on national surveillance systems for HIV, influenza and Legionnaire's Disease.
An interest in environmental issues led me to read for a PhD in Environmental Sciences at Imperial College, where my research was on the social, economic and environmental evaluation of three way catalytic converters in motor cars, for which I was supported with a ESRC CASE award.
I joined LSHTM in 2000, to work on a literature review of occupational exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH). I have continued with research on various environmental impacts on health since this time.
Affiliations
Teaching
I am the Module Organiser for the Environmental Health and Sustainable Development, one of the core modules for the MSc in Public Health (by distance learning), and have been teaching on this and other in house and distance learning based environmental and epidemiological modules at LSHTM since 2000.
I am also Programme Content Director for the Distance Learning MSc in Global Health Policy.
Research
My research centres on environmental health impact assessment of interventions, particularly relating to energy efficiency measures in domestic housing, and indoor and outdoor air pollution, and climate change.
Affiliated to: Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health
Selected Publications
a protocol for the systematic development of a database of peer-reviewed studies using machine learning methods"
