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Prof Irene Petersen
Appointment
- Professor of Epidemiology and Health Informatics
- Primary Care & Population Health
- Institute of Epidemiology & Health
- Faculty of Pop Health Sciences
Biography
For more than a decade my work has focused largely on the use of electronic health
records for aetiological and epidemiological research. I moved to UCL in 2003 and I have since built a vibrant and productive research
environment around analysis of primary care databases at UCL. I have led and supported a number of projects funded by MRC, NIHR and various charities and have co-authored around 130 papers based on electronic health records and population registries.
I received a MRC postdoctoral fellowship in 2007 to examine prescribed medicine in pregnancy. I was promoted to Principal Research Associate in 2011, became Reader in 2013 and Professor in 2017.
For more details about our research please see http://www.ucl.ac.uk/pcph/research-groups-themes/thin-pub
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My main
interest is in epidemiological and methodological research. I work with a
team of epidemiologists and statisticians across a number
of research areas and projects. This includes topics such as prescribed
medicine in pregnancy, physical health in people with severe mental illnesses,
development of new methods for longitudinal imputation of missing data in
electronic health records. I supervise a large group of PhD students and (postdoctoral) research
associates and we often have national and international researchers working
with our team for shorter or longer periods of time.
For more details about our research please see http://www.ucl.ac.uk/pcph/research-groups-themes/thin-pub
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Teaching Summary
Current PhD students: Juan Carlos Bazo Alvarez and Sonia Coton
Past PhD students: Sarah Hardoon (2012), Linda Wijlaars (2014), Cathy Welch (2015), Wilhelmine Meeraus (2015), Shuk-Li Man (2016), Ruth Blackburn (2016), Hilary Davies (2017), Ding Tao (2018), Manuj Sharma (2018), Tra Pham (2018)
I teach on our short courses on electronic health records.
Academic Background
| 2010 | MSc | Master of Science – Epidemiology | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| 2008 | PGCert | Postgraduate Certificate – Pharmacology | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| 2007 | P.Grad Dip | Postgraduate Diploma – Epidemiology | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| 2002 | PhD | Doctor of Philosophy – Biology | University of London |
| 1997 | MSc | Master of Science (by research) – Biology | Aarhus Universitet |
