Download UCL Division of Population Health

Faculty of Population
Health
Dean: Graham Hart
Division of Population
Health
Director: Andrew
Steptoe
Research Department of
Infection and
Population Health
Head: Andrew Phillips
Centre for Sexual Health
and HIV Research,
Mortimer Market Centre
Royal Free Campus
Head: Andrew Phillips
Head: Richard Gilson
Epidemiology and Social
Science Group (Gower
Street Campus)
Head: Pam Sonnenberg
HIV Epidemiology and
Biostatistics Group
Centre for Infectious
Disease Epidemiology
Topics and opportunities
Research Department of Population Health
Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research (Mortimer
Market Centre)
• STI and HIV epidemiology (Sonnenberg/Johnson
trainers)
• STI/HIV clinical trials
• Sexual behaviour research and interventions
(Natsal)
• STI diagnostics
• Global health research
Topics and opportunities
HIV Epidemiology and Biostatistics Group
(Royal Free) (Phillips/Sabin/Rodgers)
• International HIV cohorts
Antiretroviral resistance monitoring
• HIV co-infections
• HIV prevention intervention trials
(NB Significant overlap with MMC)
Topics and opportunities
Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology (Royal
Free) (Hayward/Johnson/Rodgers)
Examples:
MRC Flu Watch
NIHR TB programme grant – hard to reach
populations
Hospital acquired infections
Infections in primary care (Primary care databases)
Research Department of Infection and
Population Health
UCL Friends and Relations
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UCL – a multi-faculty university
UCL Institute for Global Health (Johnson/Costello)
UCL Institute for Child Health (Dezateux/Law)
UCLH Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre:
Infection theme (Pillay)
• MRC Clinical Trials Unit (Parmar)
Hosted at UCL –
HIV/TB trials nationally and internationally
• Hosts national IDRN (Infectious Disease Research
Network)
Research Department of Infection and
Population Health
External Friends and Relations
• Health Protection Agency: Many joint projects (flu, TB, STIs,
HIV); Joint lectureship established
• UCL Partners: Population Health theme (Lead:Rosalind Raine);
Engages local NHS and PCTs; LSHTM; London Health
Observatory
• NIHR School of Public Health Research (UCL provisional member)