Principal investigators in theme:

Name:     Professor Jean-Pierre Allain
Dept:      Department of Haematology (Transfusion Medicine)
Email:    jpa1000@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Molecular epidemiology of blood borne viruses
WWW:    http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/transmed/jean-pierre-allain/
Themes: infection and immunity, epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr John Benson
Dept:      Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Email:    jab62@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Medical education
WWW:    http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/benson.htm
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor Sheila Bird
Dept:      MRC Biostatistics Unit
Email:    sheila.bird@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Transmissible disease epidemiology, and statistical science in drug dependency, criminal justice, and performance monitoring
WWW:    http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/People/SBird.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health, infection and immunity
Students:Sorry no students can be taken this year

Name:     Dr Soren Brage
Dept:      MRC Epidemiology Unit
Email:    soren.brage@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Physical activity epidemiology
WWW:    http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/People/soren.brage.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor Carol Brayne
Dept:      Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Email:    carol.brayne@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Public Health
WWW:    http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/brayne.htm
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Ellen Brooks-Pollack
Dept:      Department of Veterinary Medicine
Email:    ebp20@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Epidemiology and mathematical modelling
WWW:    https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ebp20@cam.ac.uk
Themes: infection and Immunity, epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr David Burke
Dept:      Department of Zoology
Email:    dfb21@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Computational structural bioinformatics to understand the role of proteins in disease
WWW:    http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/burke.htm
Themes: evolutionary biology; infection and immunity; epidemiology and public health; functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine; structural and molecular cell biology
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor David Clayton
Dept:      Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (Department of Medical Genetics)
Email:    david.clayton@cimr.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Biostatistical methods in genetics
WWW:    http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/investigators/clayton/
Themes: functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Simon Cohn
Dept:      Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Email:    Simon.cohn@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  social studies of medicine, medical anthropology, chronic illness, illness management and prevention
WWW:    http://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/gppcru/index.php?option=com_content&id=228%3Acohn-simon&Itemid=82&catid=21%3Asocial-science-group
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Andrew Conlan
Dept:      Department of Veterinary Medicine
Email:    ajkc2@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Epidemiology and mathematical modelling
WWW:    https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ajkc2@cam.ac.uk
Themes: infection and Immunity, epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Tim Croudace
Dept:      Department of Psychiatry
Email:    tjc39@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Measurement, structural equation, multilevel and causal modelling in epidemiological longitudinal studies
WWW:    http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?mcztjc
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor John Danesh
Dept:      Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Email:    hs428@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Molecular and genetic epidemiology of coronary heart disease
WWW:    http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/MEU/Staff/Danesh.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health, cardiovascular science and medicine
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Daniela De Angelis
Dept:      MRC Biostatistics Unit
Email:    daniela.deangelis@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Statistical methods in epidemic modelling
WWW:    http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/People/DDeAngelis.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health, infection and immunity
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Frank Dudbridge
Dept:      MRC Biostatistics Unit
Email:    frank.dudbridge@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Statistical methods to identify genetic causes of common diseases
WWW:    http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/People/FDudbridge.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor David Dunne
Dept:      Department of Pathology: Microbiology and Parasitology Division
Email:    dd@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Epidemiology, immunology and functional genomics of Schistosomiasis
WWW:    http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/pages/dunne/
Themes: infection and immunity, epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor Douglas Easton
Dept:      Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Email:    d.easton@srl.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Genetic epidemiology (especially cancer) and statistical genetics
WWW:    http://www.srl.cam.ac.uk/genepi/index.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health, cancer, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic disease
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor Tim Eisen
Dept:      Department of Oncology
Email:    tgqe2@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Clinical and translational research, management of Renal Cancer, Lung Cancer and Pre-malignant Lung Disease
WWW:    http://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/groupleaders/eisen.html
Themes: cancer, epidemiology and public health
Students:Sorry no students can be taken this year

Name:     Dr Ulf Ekelund
Dept:      MRC Epidemiology Unit
Email:    ulf.ekelund@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Physical activity epidemiology
WWW:    http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/People/ulf.ekelund.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Vern Farewell
Dept:      MRC Biostatistics Unit
Email:    vern.farewell@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Medical statistics; rheumatology
WWW:    http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/People/VFarewell.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Nita Forouhi
Dept:      MRC Epidemiology Unit
Email:    nita.forouhi@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Nutritional Epidemiology in relation to diabetes and obesity
WWW:    http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/People/nita.forouhi.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Simon Frost
Dept:      Department of Veterinary Medicine
Email:    sdf22@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Comparative virology, mathemaical and statistical modelling
WWW:    http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/sdf22@cam.ac.uk/
Themes: infection and Immunity, epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor Chris Gilligan
Dept:      Department of Plant Sciences
Email:    cag1@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Epidemiology and modelling
WWW:    http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/chrisgilligan.html
Themes: infection and immunity, ecology and conservation, epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Gail Goldberg
Dept:      MRC Human Nutrition Research
Email:    gail.goldberg@mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Nutrition and bone health
WWW:    http://www.mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk/about-us/people/dr-gail-goldberg
Themes: epidemiology and public health, ,metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor Susan Golombok
Dept:      Department of Psychology (Centre for Family Research)
Email:    seg42@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  New family forms; parent-child relationships
WWW:    http://www.cfr.cam.ac.uk/about/people/golombok.php
Themes: neuroscience, psychology and mental health, epidemiology and public health, women's health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Andrew Grant
Dept:      Department of Veterinary Medicine
Email:    ajg60@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Bacteria, Pathogenesis, Infection, Microbiology, Virulence, Host-pathogen, Zoonoses
WWW:    http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ajg60@cam.ac.uk/
Themes: infection and Immunity, epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Simon Griffin
Dept:      MRC Epidemiology Unit
Email:    simon.griffin@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Diabetes, Obesity, Prevention, Screening, Public Health
WWW:    http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/Unit/Who/People/SimonGriffin.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Julian Higgins
Dept:      MRC Biostatistics Unit
Email:    julian.higgins@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Meta-analysis and evidence synthesis, clinical trials, Bayesian methods and systematic reviews methodology in genetics, dental health, mental health and heart disease
WWW:    http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/People/JHiggins.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health, cardiovascular science and medicine
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor Melissa Hines
Dept:      Department of Psychology
Email:    mh504@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Hormonal influences on human neural and behavioral development across the lifespan
WWW:    http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/people/mh504@cam.ac.uk
Themes: neuroscience, psychology and mental health, epidemiology and public health, women's health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor Claire Hughes
Dept:      Department of Psychology (Centre for Family Research)
Email:    ch288@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Developmental change from age 2 to age 6 and familial predictors
WWW:    http://www.cfr.cam.ac.uk/about/people/hughes.php
Themes: neuroscience, psychology and mental health, epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Susan Jebb
Dept:      MRC Human Nutrition Research
Email:    susan.jebb@mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Aetiology and nutritional management of obesity and the metabolic syndrome
WWW:    http://www.mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk/about-us/people/dr-susan-jebb
Themes: cardiovascular science and medicine, epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor Peter Jones
Dept:      Department of Psychiatry
Email:    pbj21@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Epidemiology, etiology and developmental dimensions of psychiatric disorders; schizophrenia and the psychoses
WWW:    http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?pbj21
Themes: epidemiology and public health, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, neuroscience, psychology and mental health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor Kay-Tee Khaw
Dept:      Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Email:    kk101@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Epidemiology and prevention of chronic disease in a population study
WWW:    http://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/gerontology
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Claudia Langenberg
Dept:      MRC Epidemiology Unit
Email:    claudia.langenberg@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Epidemiology of diabetes and cardiovascular complications
WWW:    http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/CDS2011/Faculty/Claudia%20Langenberg.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health, metabolic medicine, cardiovascular science and medicine
Students:Sorry no students can be taken this year

Name:     Dr Helen Lee
Dept:      Diagnostics Development Unit
Email:    hl207@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Director of Research
WWW:    http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/ddu/leegroup/ddu-director-of-research-dr-helen-lee/
Themes: Epidemiology and public health, Infection and immunity
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Anna Karin Lindroos
Dept:      MRC Human Nutrition Research
Email:    annakarin.lindroos@mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  diet, obesity, determinants of obesity, energy balance, weight loss, disease, cardiovascular risk factors
WWW:    http://www.mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk
Themes: Epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Ruth Loos
Dept:      MRC Epidemiology Unit
Email:    ruth.loos@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Genetic epidemiology of obesity
WWW:    http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/People/ruth.loos.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Fiona Matthews
Dept:      MRC Biostatistics Unit
Email:    fiona.matthews@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Statistical epidemiology in ageing research
WWW:    http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/People/FMatthews.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr TJ McKinley
Dept:      Departmen tof Veterinary Medicine
Email:    tjm44@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Applying and developing statistical methodology for the study of infectious diseases
WWW:    https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/tjm44@cam.ac.uk
Themes: Epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr David Melzer
Dept:      Department of Public Health and Primary Care/Peninsula Medical School
Email:    
Topic:  
WWW:    http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr David Ogilvie
Dept:      MRC Epidemiology Unit
Email:    david.ogilvie@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Applied public health intervention research focusing on socio-environmental determinants of physical activity
WWW:    http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/People/david.ogilvie.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Ken Ong
Dept:      MRC Epidemiology Unit / Department of Paediatrics
Email:    ken.ong@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Childhood obesity
WWW:    http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/Research/Programmes/Programme_4/index.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health, women's health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Chris Palmer
Dept:      Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Email:    chris.palmer@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Medical statistics
WWW:    http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk./cams/index.htm
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor Sharon Peacock
Dept:      Department of Medicine
Email:    sjp97@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  The role of sequencing technologies in diagnostic microbiology and public health
WWW:    http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/peacock/
Themes: epidemiology and public health, infection and immunity

Name:     Dr John Powles
Dept:      Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Email:    jwp11@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  global burden of disease attributable to salt; the east/west health gap in Europe; meat consumption and climate change
WWW:    http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/powles/
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Ann Prentice
Dept:      MRC Human Nutrition Research
Email:    ann.prentice@mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Nutrition and bone health
WWW:    http://www.mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk/about-us/people/dr-ann-prentice
Themes: epidemiology and public health, ,metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Julian Rayner
Dept:      Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Email:    jr9@sanger.ac.uk
Topic:  Molecular details of human-parasite interactions during Plasmodium falciparum blood stages, with a particular focus on genomic and proteomic approaches to understanding how P. falciparum parasites invade human red blood cells.
WWW:    http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Teams/faculty/rayner/
Themes: infection and immunity, epidemiology and public health, structural and molecular cell biology, functionla genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Colin Russell
Dept:      Department of Zoology
Email:    car44@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Pathogen evolution and epidemiology
WWW:    http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/russell.htm
Themes: evolutionary biology, infection and immunity, epidemiology and public health, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Manjinder Sandhu
Dept:      Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Email:    manj.sandhu@srl.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Molecular and genetic epidemiology of chronic disease
WWW:    http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/Sandhu.htm
Themes: epidemiology and public health, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic disease
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Linda  Sharples
Dept:      MRC Biostatistics Unit
Email:    linda.sharples@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Methods and applications in the management of heart and lung diseases
WWW:    http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/People/LSharples.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health, cardiovascular science and medicine
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Christopher Smith
Dept:      Department of Pathology: Virology Division
Email:    cs222@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Herpes virus biology; candidate virus in breast cancer. Managing Editor of The Naked Scientist.
WWW:    http://www.thenakedscientists.com/
Themes: infection and immunity, structural and molecular cell biology, epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor Derek Smith
Dept:      Department of Zoology
Email:    d.smith@zoo.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Evolution of pathogens
WWW:    http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/smithd.html
Themes: evolutionary biology; infection and immunity; epidemiology and public health; functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr David Spiegelhalter
Dept:      MRC Biostatistics Unit
Email:    david.spiegelhalter@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Bayesian methods, health technology assessment and performance modelling
WWW:    http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/People/DSpiegelhalter.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Alison Lennox (formerly Stephen)
Dept:      MRC Human Nutrition Research
Email:    alison.stephen@mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Population nutrition research
WWW:    http://www.mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk/about-us/people/dr-alison-lennox-formerly-stephen
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor Stephen Sutton
Dept:      Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Email:    srs34@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Risk communication and health behaviour change
WWW:    http://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/gppcru/BSG
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor Simon Thompson
Dept:      MRC Biostatistics Unit
Email:    simon.thompson@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Randomised trials, health economic evaluation and meta-analysis
WWW:    http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/People/SThompson.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr  Caroline Trotter
Dept:      Department of Veterinary Medicine
Email:    clt56@cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases and the impact of immunisation
WWW:    https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/clt56@cam.ac.uk
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor Nicholas Wareham
Dept:      MRC Epidemiology Unit/Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Email:    njw1004@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Aetiology of diabetes
WWW:    http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/People/nick.wareham.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Lorenz Wernisch
Dept:      MRC Biostatistics Unit
Email:    lorenz.wernisch@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Mathematical modelling and statistical inference of gene regulation
WWW:    http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/People/LWernisch.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Mr Ian White
Dept:      MRC Biostatistics Unit
Email:    ian.white@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Missing data and departures from randomised treatment in pragmatic trials
WWW:    http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/People/IWhite.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Angela Wood
Dept:      Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Email:    amw79@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Biostatistics
WWW:    http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/ceu/staff-profile-page-template/staff/angela-wood/
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Professor James Wood
Dept:      Department of Veterinary Medicine
Email:    cidc@vet.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Dynamics of infectious diseases, influenza virus, orbiviruses
WWW:    http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/jlnw2@cam.ac.uk/
Themes: infection and immunity, epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places

Name:     Dr Jing Hua Zhao
Dept:      MRC Epidemiology Unit
Email:    jinghua.zhao@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Topic:  Statistical genetics
WWW:    http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/People/jing.hua.zhao.html
Themes: epidemiology and public health
Students: You may enquire about possible places