Kate is an observational epidemiologist with a background in clinical medicine. She uses large electronic health record databases to answer epidemiological questions across a range of medical conditions, including vaccine uptake, safety and effectiveness, infections, and mental health conditions.
Kate leads the 'Making the most of real-world data' research theme of the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Vaccines and Immunisation, a partnership between LSHTM and UK Health Security Agency.
Kate leads the 'Making the most of real-world data' research theme of the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Vaccines and Immunisation, a partnership between LSHTM and UK Health Security Agency.
Affiliations
Department of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Teaching
Kate was previously Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health Taught Programme Director alongside Melanie Morris. She teaches on the Extended Epidemiology and Design and Analysis of Epidemiological Studies MSc modules, and on the Intensive Course in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics short course.
Research
Kate's current research uses large electronic medical record databases to answer epidemiological questions about vaccines, infections, and mental health conditions.
She also has an interest in long-COVID, chronic widespread pain, fibromyalgia and other functional somatic syndromes, kidney disease, atopic eczema, psoriasis, and dementia.
She also has an interest in long-COVID, chronic widespread pain, fibromyalgia and other functional somatic syndromes, kidney disease, atopic eczema, psoriasis, and dementia.
Research Area
Pharmacoepidemiology
Epidemiology
Electronic health records
Vaccines
Primary health care
Disease and Health Conditions
Infectious diseases
Mental health
Chronic diseases
Influenza
Non-communicable diseases
Kidney disease
Skin diseases
Country
United Kingdom
Selected Publications
Indirect acute effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical and mental health in the UK: a population-based study.
2021
The Lancet. Digital health
Atopic eczema and fracture risk in adults: A population-based cohort study.
2019
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Trimethoprim use for urinary tract infection and risk of adverse outcomes in older patients: cohort study.
2018
BMJ (Clinical research ed)
Serum creatinine elevation after renin-angiotensin system blockade and long term cardiorenal risks: cohort study.
2017
BMJ (Clinical research ed)