Dr Harriet Forbes did an undergraduate degree in Human Sciences, followed by a Masters in Epidemiology at LSHTM. She was a Research Assistant at the Kings Centre for Military Health Research, exploring the mental health of military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, before joining the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2011. Her PhD looked at risk factors for zoster and postherpetic neuralgia, using UK electronic healthcare records. She went on to receive an HDR-UK Innovation Fellowship to investigate complications of herpes zoster.
She is currently working in the Beyond Cancer group, investigating the long-term health of cancer survivors, using UK electronic health data.
She is currently working in the Beyond Cancer group, investigating the long-term health of cancer survivors, using UK electronic health data.
Affiliations
Department of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Teaching
Harriet is a Module Organiser for Practical Epidemiology, a module on the Distance Learning Epidemiology Masters. She also marks summer projects for the intensive MSc Epidemiology programme at LSHTM and teaches on the Distance learning module, Epidemiology in Practice.
Research
Electronic health data; cancer; skin diseases; pregnancy; mental health.
Selected Publications
Ethnic differences in Long COVID diagnosed in primary care in England (2020-2022): an observational cohort study using OpenSAFELY.
2026
Lancet Regional Health Europe
Patterns of antidepressant prescribing around pregnancy: a descriptive analysis using Clinical Practice Research Datalink GOLD.
2025
The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
First trimester antidepressant use and miscarriage: a population-based cohort study using Clinical Practice Research Datalink GOLD.
2025
The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
Associations between cancer survivorship and subsequent respiratory disease: a systematic literature review.
2025
BMJ Open Respiratory Research