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Epidemiology

BM, BCH, MA, MRCGP, DPhil Carl Heneghan - Professor of Evidence-Based MedicineProfessor Carl Heneghan is a clinical epidemiologist with expertise in evidence-based medicine, research methods, and evidence synthesis. He has investigated the evidence for antivirals Tamiflu, acute respiratory infections, IVF 'add-on' treatments, metal-hips, cancer screening, health checks, surgical mesh, medical devices, and hormone pregnancy tests.
MA (Cantab), MSc, PhD (Cantab) Emily McFadden - Departmental Lecturer and Senior Statistical EpidemiologistEmily McFadden is a senior statistical epidemiologist, leading on the Big Data Epidemiology module. Emily's current research interests include the use of large routine databases in medical research and research design. 
BSc MSc DPhil Jennifer Hirst - Senior Research Fellow

Jennifer Hirst is a senior research fellow and epidemiologist, working as part of the QResearch team. Jennifer is leading a study to determine the uptake, safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination in people living with blood cancer using the QResearch database.

She has expertise in quantitative methods, meta-analysis, managing UK-based and international multicentre clinical studies, clinical epidemiology and qualitative data collection and analysis, and is the  module coordinator for the Meta-analysis module.