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 Head: Richard Gilson Epidemiology and Social Science Group (Gower Street Campus) Head: Pam Sonnenberg Royal Free Campus 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 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)