The Department of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology has a wide ranging and innovative set of research projects on non-communicable diseases that address many important scientific and public health issues around the world. While epidemiology is the core discipline, we work with statisticians, clinicians, sociologists, demographers and basic biological scientists. Most of our research involves extensive collaborations both across the School and with colleagues in other research institutions around the UK and overseas.

Publications by department staff can be viewed in the School’s online repository.  

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7612 7942

The Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology conducts research on the epidemiology and control of infectious diseases of public health importance. Work is carried out in low-, middle- and high-income countries, including the United Kingdom, in close collaboration with partners in each country. The Department has groups working on maternal, neonatal and child health; international statistics and epidemiology; vaccines, outbreaks and humanitarian crises; and modelling. Research methods include ecological studies of variations in disease frequency in different populations, observational case-control and cohort studies to define risk factors for disease, randomized controlled trials to evaluate the effectiveness of individual- and community-level interventions, and mathematical models to project the impact of public health interventions.

IDE has over 240 staff and has an active research degree training programme (PhD, DrPH) with over 100 registered students from across the globe.

Publications by department staff can be viewed in the School’s online repository.   

Courses

• Advanced Course in Epidemiological Analysis
• Casual Inference in Epidemiology: Recent Methodological Developments
• Design & Analysis of Cluster Randomised and Stepped Wedge Trials
• Epidemiological Evaluation of Vaccines: Efficacy, Safety and Policy
• Global Adolescent Health
• Introductory Course in Epidemiology & Medical Statistics
• Introduction to Infectious Disease Modelling and Its Applications
• Introduction to Infectious Disease Modelling and its Applications (Online)

Tel: +44 (0)20 7958 8110

The Department of Population Health aims to bring important benefits to global population health and health equity by generating, evaluating and disseminating effective interventions, treatments and policies. It is a centre of excellence in the determinants and consequences of population change.

Our research involves epidemiology, drug trials, complex intervention development and trials, demography, research on the mechanisms of disease, treatments and interventions, qualitative research and systematic reviews of evidence, and evidence to improve the health and wellbeing of people with disabilities globally. We work on some of the largest public health issues in the world including: climate change and planetary health, Covid-19, demography, emergency care, global mental health, maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH), nutrition, non-communicable disease and sexual and reproductive health (SRH). The Department of Population Health has strong links with the Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (MEIRU), the MRC unit the Gambia, international agencies and a large network of overseas research collaborators. The Head of Department is Professor Suneetha Kadiyala.

Publications by department staff can be viewed in the School’s online repository.  

Tel: +44 (0)207 927 2164

This multidisciplinary department includes world-leading science and operational staff focussing on the control of diseases that are arthropod-borne, water-borne or associated with poor environmental services and poverty – mainly in low- and middle-income countries. The department fosters world-class research which aims to improve our knowledge of disease dynamics, understand and change human behaviours, and develop and evaluate targeted public health interventions, all leading to better control of diseases worldwide. Our research is closely linked to global public health agencies and institutions, as well as the private sector, and is directed at addressing current health policy issues. The department also excels in knowledge transfer and the translation of research into policy and practice.

Publications by department staff can be viewed in the School’s online repository.