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Miss Harriet Forbes

Assistant Professor

United Kingdom

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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.

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
Lifetime prevalence of herpes zoster and simplex in electronic health records compared with self-reported lifetime prevalence from population surveys and cohorts in England [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
Cadogan, SL; TUNNICLIFFE, L; Breuer, J; FORBES, HJ; Mindell, JS; SMEETH, L; WARREN-GASH, C;
2026
Wellcome Open Research
Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes: Analysis From the UK, Norway, and Sweden.
Martin, FZ; Ahlqvist, VH; Madley-Dowd, P; Lundberg, M; Cohen, JM; Furu, K; Rai, D; FORBES, H; Easey, K; Håberg, SE; Sharp, GC; Magnusson, C; Magnus, MC;
2026
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Atopic dermatitis is associated with herpes zoster in adults - A matched cohort study using electronic health records data in England.
Schober, AK; LANGAN, SM; Williams, HC; FORBES, H; MATTHEWMAN, J;
2026
Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG
Association between living with children, vaccination, and outcomes from COVID-19: an OpenSAFELY cohort study of 12 million adults in England during 2021–22. [version 2; peer review: 3 approved with reservations]
COWLING, TE; FORBES, H; Wing, K; TAZARE, J; SCHULTZE, A; Morton, CE; Bacon, S; MacKenna, B; Walker, AJ; Hulme, W; Bates, C; Mehrkar, A; Curtis, HJ; Evans, D; Inglesby, P; Davy, S; Cockburn, J; Parry, J; Hester, F; Harper, S; DOUGLAS, IJ; EVANS, SJ W; BHASKARAN, K; WILLIAMSON, EJ; EGGO, RM; ... TOMLINSON, LA.
2026
Wellcome open research
Association between living with children, vaccination, and outcomes from COVID-19: an OpenSAFELY cohort study of 12 million adults in England during 2021–22
Cowling, T; FORBES, H; Wing, K; TAZARE, J; SCHULTZE, A; Morton, C; Bacon, S; MacKenna, B; Walker, A; Hulme, W; Bates, C; Mehrkar, A; Curtis, H; Evans, D; Inglesby, P; Davy, S; Cockburn, J; Parry, J; Hester, F; Harper, S; Douglas, I; EVANS, S; BHASKARAN, K; WILLIAMSON, E; EGGO, R; ... TOMLINSON, L.
2026
Wellcome Open Res
Long-term infection risks in haematological cancer survivors compared with individuals with no cancer history: protocol for a systematic review aided by artificial intelligence-based methods.
WILSON, W; FORBES, H; Hazell, M; HOPKINS, L; Funston, G; O'Reilly, M; BHASKARAN, K; CARREIRA, H;
2026
BMJ Open
Ethnic differences in Long COVID diagnosed in primary care in England (2020-2022): an observational cohort study using OpenSAFELY.
MALLINSON, PA; Birk, N; Henderson, AD; LEWIN, A; SHAH, AS; Mehrkar, A; Goldacre, B; Babu, GR; Banjara, SK; OpenSAFELY collaborative,; TOMLINSON, LA; KINRA, S; Mathur, R;
2026
Lancet Regional Health Europe
Risks of Adverse Respiratory Outcomes in Adults with Cancer Over the Course of Survivorship Compared with Cancer-Free Individuals: A Matched Cohort Study Using Linked English Electronic Health Records
ANDRESEN, K; Carreira, H; FORBES, H; Bowen, L; Quint, JK; WILLIAMSON, E; BHASKARAN, K;
2026
Elsevier BV
Patterns of antidepressant prescribing around pregnancy: a descriptive analysis using Clinical Practice Research Datalink GOLD.
Martin, FZ; Sharp, GC; Easey, KE; Madley-Dowd, P; Bowen, L; Nimmo-Smith, V; Sadik, A; Richardson, JL; Rai, D; FORBES, H;
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.
Martin, FZ; Madley-Dowd, PC; Ahlqvist, VH; Sharp, GC; Easey, KE; Lee, BK; Merriel, A; Rai, D; FORBES, H;
2025
The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
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