Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Head of Department: Oona Campbell and Helen Weiss

Department Research Degree Co-ordinators: Carine Ronsmans, Karen Edmonds and Richard White

Department Administrator: Rachel Groom

Tel: +44(0)20 7927 2668 Fax: +44(0)20 76368739

The Department conducts research on the epidemiology and control of infectious diseases of public health importance. Work is carried out both in developing countries and in industrialized countries including the United Kingdom. Research ranges from ecological studies of variations in disease frequency in different populations, through observational case-control and cohort studies to define risk factors for disease, to randomized controlled trials to test the impact of specific preventive and curative interventions.

The Department has major field research programmes in Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Ghana, Brazil and Europe and numerous collaborative projects in other countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Major interests are in the epidemiology and control of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis and other mycobacteria, malaria and other tropical parasites, hepatitis, measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases, respiratory diseases and gastro-intestinal infections. The Department is home to the Tropical Epidemiology Group, and a large research programme on maternal and perinatal health. The Department faculty includes both medical and statistical epidemiologists, and there is considerable interest in methodological work, including research on statistical methods, transmission models, genetic epidemiology and immunoepidemiology. There are strong collaborative links with other departments within the Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, particularly the Clinical Research and Immunology & Infection Departments.

The Department also has an active research degree training programme (PhD, DrPH). Click here for information on how to apply to the School. If you are interested in studying for a research degree within the Department please contact Department Research Degree Co-ordinators.