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The Unit of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics is home to a wide range of academic public health activities, including:

• Epidemiological and health services research
• Public health resource development
• Health technology assessment
• Postgraduate taught courses
• Research opportunities and undergraduate medical education
  

Our main research programmes are in the areas of:

• The epidemiology of maternal and child health, cancer, genetics, health behaviour, and respiratory and communicable disease
• Health services research in health care evaluation, evidence-based practice, health care quality, health impact assessment
• Clinical trials, Biostatistics and other research methodology

In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), 60% of our submission in the area of Epidemiology and Public Health was considered internationally excellent or world leading, highlighting the substantial strength in this area within the College of Medical and Dental Sciences. 

Related links

School of Health and Population Sciences website: www.haps.bham.ac.uk

• Maternal and child epidemiology: epidemiological studies in maternal and child health including work on the long-term health of women after childbirth and the effect of different interventions around pregnancy.
  Professor Christine MacArthur
  Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6770
  Email: c.macarthur@bham.ac.uk 
  
• Epidemiology of common cancers; cardiovascular diseases; chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.
  Professor K K Cheng
  Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6757
  Email: k.k.cheng@bham.ac.uk
  
• Childhood cancer: a programme grant focusing on the risks and aetiology of adverse health outcomes of cancer and its treatment, including the national cohort of 18,000 survivors of childhood cancer, and their 4,000 offspring.
  Dr Mike Hawkins
  Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7924
  Email: m.m.hawkins@bham.ac.uk 
  
• Genetic epidemiology; twin studies; urological cancer epidemiology.
  Professor Maurice Zeegers
  Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6721
  Email: m.p.zeegers@bham.ac.uk
  www.urogenepid.bham.ac.uk
  
• The provision of an early warning system to the Department of Health of new health care technologies and associated diffusion research.
  Professor Andrew Stevens
  Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7413
  Email: a.j.stevens@bham.ac.uk
  
• Health impact assessment: assessing the impact of public sector investment, particularly in non-health areas, and developing associated methodologies.
  Dr Jayne Parry
  Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3191
  Email: j.m.parry@bham.ac.uk
  
• Health care quality: the exploration of new methods of assessing the relative quality of different health care providers, and the modelling of health care activity.
  Dr Mohammed Mohammed
  Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7187
  Email: m.a.mohammed@bham.ac.uk
  
• Health services research methodology: researching into the methodology of clinical trials to ensure fitness for purpose, and associated methodological research.
  Professor Richard Lilford
  Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6772
  Email: r.j.lilford@bham.ac.uk
  
• Evaluating service delivery interventions, supply side health economics (Value of Investment Analysis), measurement of the quality and safety of research, developing associated methodologies.
  Professor Richard Lilford
  Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6772
  Email: r.j.lilford@bham.ac.uk  
  
  
  
• Primary care service organisation for cardiovascular prevention; analysis of large primary care data sets.
  Dr Tom Marshall
  Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7832
  Email: t.p.marshall@bham.ac.uk