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- Professor of Health Care Evaluation
- Applied Health Research
- Institute of Epidemiology & Health
- Faculty of Pop Health Sciences


I am Chief investigator on the following major current / recent research programmes/ grants:
Director of NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North Thames
Socioeconomic inequalities in multimorbidity and mortality (L&G)
Designing and evaluating strategies to reduce the social gradient in health service use: ASCEND Project (NIHR Applied Programme Grant)
Evaluation of welfare advice in primary care (NIHR
Improving the effectiveness of multidisciplinary team meetings for patients with chronic diseases. (NIHR HS&DR Research Programme)
The relative influences of health care and risk factors on future longevity across socio-demographic groups in England. (L&G)
PhD Award Programme (The Health Foundation)
I am the Vice-Director of the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Cancer Awareness, Screening and Early Diagnosis
I am also a co-applicant on the following current/ recent major research programmes/grants:
NIHR Health Protection Research Unit (PI Prof Caroline Sabin)
NIHR School for Public Health Research
Evaluation of Specialist Cancer Services for Teenagers and Young Adults (NIHR Applied Programme Grant, led by Dr Jeremy Whelan, UCL)
Innovative use of antibiotics in the prevention COPD exacerbations (NIHR Applied Programme Grant, led by Professor Wisia Wedzicha, Imperial College London)
Developing indicators of change in NHS equity performance (NIHR HS&DR Research Programme, led by Dr Richard Cookson, York)
Inequalities in access to dementia care in the UK (Dunhill Medical Trust, led by Dr Claudia Cooper, UCL)
2004 | Fellowship | Royal College of Physicians | |
2001 | Doctor of Philosophy | University of London | |
1994 | Master of Science | University of London | |
1989 | Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery | University of London | |
1986 | Bachelor of Science (Honours) | University of London |