Phil is a Professor and Chartered Statistician. After studying Mathematics and Statistics at Warwick University, he worked for a public services research consultancy based in Birmingham, UK. In 1994 he moved into academia to research injury epidemiology, first in Department of Child Health at Newcastle University, and then at Institute of Child Health at University College London. In 2001 he moved to London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Affiliations
Department of Population Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Centres
Centre for Data and Statistical Science for Health
Centre for Evaluation
Teaching
Phil is the module co-ordinator of the Distance Learning MSc Epidemiology EPM500 Project Report Module. He also lectures on Sample Size, Sampling and Outcome Assessment for the 'Study Design' module of the Intensive MSc Epidemiology.
Research
Phil’s research interests are in two broad areas: (i) Injury Epidemiology & Prevention; and (ii) Data Collection Methodology.
He has published 137 papers in peer-reviewed journals since 1991.
His most significant work in data collection methodology is the Cochrane Methodology Review of methods to increase response to postal and electronic questionnaires, which provides a much-used scientific evidence base for effective data collection by questionnaire; He has recently completed an NIHR Evidence Synthesis Programme grant to expand and update this review.
His work in Injury Epidemiology & Prevention has focused on road safety (particularly of pedestrians), and he has used interrupted time series analysis methods to evaluate the effects of 20 mph traffic speed zones on road injuries and the effects of reduced street lighting on road casualties and crime. Most recently, he has focused on the epidemiology of construction site injuries in lower income countries, where rapid urbanisation requires construction on an unprecedented scale. Please contact him if you are a prospective research degree student interested in working for a PhD in injury epidemiology and prevention.
He has published 137 papers in peer-reviewed journals since 1991.
His most significant work in data collection methodology is the Cochrane Methodology Review of methods to increase response to postal and electronic questionnaires, which provides a much-used scientific evidence base for effective data collection by questionnaire; He has recently completed an NIHR Evidence Synthesis Programme grant to expand and update this review.
His work in Injury Epidemiology & Prevention has focused on road safety (particularly of pedestrians), and he has used interrupted time series analysis methods to evaluate the effects of 20 mph traffic speed zones on road injuries and the effects of reduced street lighting on road casualties and crime. Most recently, he has focused on the epidemiology of construction site injuries in lower income countries, where rapid urbanisation requires construction on an unprecedented scale. Please contact him if you are a prospective research degree student interested in working for a PhD in injury epidemiology and prevention.
Research Area
Child health
Systematic reviews
Transport
Epidemiology
Research methodology
Disease and Health Conditions
Wounds and injuries
Country
India
United Kingdom
Selected Publications
Prevalence rates of health and welfare conditions in broiler chickens change with weather in a temperate climate.
2016
Royal Society open science
The effect of reduced street lighting on road casualties and crime in England and Wales: controlled interrupted time series analysis.
2015
Journal of epidemiology and community health
UK open source crime data: accuracy and possibilities for research
2014
Cartography and geographic information science
