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School of Public Health, Imperial College London

Consistently rated amongst the world’s best universities, Imperial College London is a science-based institution with a reputation for excellence in teaching and research. The School of Public Health at Imperial College is a recognised leader in public health research and was rated in the top two submissions nationally in epidemiology and public health in the UK Research Assessment Exercise 2008.

Imperial College London coordinates the Consortium assuring strong cohesion. In this role the Imperial team will take advantage of their several strengths in exposure assessment, epidemiology and laboratory science, under the umbrella of the MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health.

Role in project

Imperial leads WP1 for project coordination, WP3 for exposure assessment of air pollution, and WP8 for statistical analyses. Imperial performs validation of metabolomics and the integration of data across the multiple omics platforms.

Key persons to be involved

Name  Expertise Role in the project
Professor Paolo Vineis Environmental and molecular epidemiology Coordinator and PI
Professor Paul Elliot Cardiovascular epidemiology Advisory role on omics
Dr John Gulliver Exposure assessment  WP3 Leader
Dr Toby Athersuch NMR- and MS-based metabolic profiling
Multivariate data analysis
Integration of omics data		 Subproject lead contributing to
WP5 and WP6
Study design
Profiling
Data analysis and interpretation
 
Dr Hector Keun NMR- and MS-based metabolic profiling
Multivariate data analysis
Integration of omics data
Pathway analysis
 		 WP5 Advisory: Study design,
data interpretation
Professor Jeremy Nicholson NMR- and MS-based metabolic profiling
Pathway analysis		 WP5 Advisory: Study design,
data interpretation
     
Dr Marc Chadeau-Hyam Biostatistics
 		 WP8
Dr Kees de Hoogh Exposure assessment
 		 WP3
Professor Debbie Jarvis Respiratory epidemiology WP3
Mr Terrence Simmons Project & programme management WP1