MRC Centre for Environment and Health
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: School of Public Health
Abstract
Environmental exposures are increasingly recognised as playing a fundamental role in the development and exacerbation of human diseases, against a background of genetic susceptibility. Estimates suggest that 70% to 90% of disease risks are due to differences in environments. Over half of the world's population now lives in urban environments (around 3.5 billion people worldwide and increasing). Therefore, the built environment plays a critical role in shaping population exposure to environmental hazards, both in the UK and other high-income countries and in Lower and Middle-Income Countries. Urban living is accompanied by a range of environmental challenges including air and noise pollution, especially related to transport networks, access to green space, housing quality and other exposures such as non-ionising radiation from the panoply of digital communications systems and devices. Many environmental exposures are ubiquitous and therefore we are all exposed to a greater or lesser extent (e.g. air pollution). Given the overwhelming importance of the environment in determining variation in disease rates both between and across populations, there is great potential to reduce morbidity and mortality from disease, and increase life expectancy, from appropriate interventions and controls on environmental exposures. By contrast, although genetic susceptibility is important, genes contribute overall to a relatively small component of disease variation in populations and are much less open to manipulation than the environment. Therefore, to have major impact on disease occurrence, we need to i) identify existing and emerging environmental hazards, ii) quantify the risk to human individuals and populations, iii) better understand the mode of action and toxic properties of such environmental contaminants, and iv) help identify populations and individuals at greatest risk so that interventions (including prevention policies and treatments) can be appropriately targeted.
In this second renewal period of the Centre, we propose to focus our research efforts on three ubiquitous environmental challenges, air pollution, noise pollution and non-ionising radiation. We propose to take a holistic ('whole systems') approach to understand the influence of the environment on disease development, progression and exacerbation. We will focus on the influence of urban environments on health, at population, individual and molecular levels. We will exploit developments in i) low-cost technologies that will help measure the extent that individuals are exposed to specific pollutants (e.g. from air); ii) comprehensive assessment of advanced analytical methods that provide information from biological samples (blood, urine) on exposure to environmental contaminants; iii) information on exposure to environmental hazards collected from wearable devices and from satellite images (e.g. air pollution), and other data sources that capture the complexity of human interactions with the city environment; iv) new methods that allow us to combine data from a variety of sources and analyse them together to better understand the relationships of environmental factors and health.
To address the issues related to the analysis of very large datasets, we will link to the investments that have been made in Health Data Research (HDR) UK (both Imperial and King's are part of the HDR UK London substantive site). We will utilise and further advance developments in computational techniques to gain new knowledge on the causal links between environment and health. In this way we aim to help identify individuals at greatest risk from their exposures to environmental hazards, and thus plan for appropriate messaging to the public, mitigation and prevention of the effects of the adverse environmental exposures on health.
In this second renewal period of the Centre, we propose to focus our research efforts on three ubiquitous environmental challenges, air pollution, noise pollution and non-ionising radiation. We propose to take a holistic ('whole systems') approach to understand the influence of the environment on disease development, progression and exacerbation. We will focus on the influence of urban environments on health, at population, individual and molecular levels. We will exploit developments in i) low-cost technologies that will help measure the extent that individuals are exposed to specific pollutants (e.g. from air); ii) comprehensive assessment of advanced analytical methods that provide information from biological samples (blood, urine) on exposure to environmental contaminants; iii) information on exposure to environmental hazards collected from wearable devices and from satellite images (e.g. air pollution), and other data sources that capture the complexity of human interactions with the city environment; iv) new methods that allow us to combine data from a variety of sources and analyse them together to better understand the relationships of environmental factors and health.
To address the issues related to the analysis of very large datasets, we will link to the investments that have been made in Health Data Research (HDR) UK (both Imperial and King's are part of the HDR UK London substantive site). We will utilise and further advance developments in computational techniques to gain new knowledge on the causal links between environment and health. In this way we aim to help identify individuals at greatest risk from their exposures to environmental hazards, and thus plan for appropriate messaging to the public, mitigation and prevention of the effects of the adverse environmental exposures on health.
Technical Summary
We propose to focus our research efforts on three ubiquitous environmental challenges: air pollution, noise pollution and non-ionising radiation. We will study these exposures at the population, individual and molecular levels, taking a systems approach to understand the influence of the environment on disease development, progression and exacerbation. We will focus on the influence of urban environments on health, exploiting developments in i) low-cost environmental sensor technologies that will improve individual exposure assessment at scale; ii) comprehensive assessment of biological signatures through omic technologies applied to our cohorts; iii) remote sensing (including satellites) and other data sources that capture the complexity of human interactions with the city environment; iv) multi-dimensional approaches to data integration and analysis. To further a causal understanding of the effects of environmental contaminants on health, we will investigate the pathophysiological pathways and accompanying mechanisms behind such effects using omic technologies, cell cultures and model organisms.
We will combine high-resolution locational data (space, time), experimental data, biomarker and mechanistic studies, and analyses of large cohorts, using advanced exposure modelling and hierarchical statistical techniques. To address the high computational and data analytic needs, we will link to Health Data Research (HDR) UK (both Imperial and King's are part of the HDR UK London substantive site), and utilise and further advance developments in computational biology and bioinformatics. Such advances are essential to better understand the mode of action and toxic properties of a range of environmental contaminants, and help identify individuals at greatest risk. The results of our research will inform the design and implementation of policies to control, as necessary, and reduce the population disease burden from environmental hazards.
We will combine high-resolution locational data (space, time), experimental data, biomarker and mechanistic studies, and analyses of large cohorts, using advanced exposure modelling and hierarchical statistical techniques. To address the high computational and data analytic needs, we will link to Health Data Research (HDR) UK (both Imperial and King's are part of the HDR UK London substantive site), and utilise and further advance developments in computational biology and bioinformatics. Such advances are essential to better understand the mode of action and toxic properties of a range of environmental contaminants, and help identify individuals at greatest risk. The results of our research will inform the design and implementation of policies to control, as necessary, and reduce the population disease burden from environmental hazards.
Planned Impact
Ensuring the maximum impact of our research is one of the core aims of the MRC Centre for Environment and Health. Our strategies for realising these impacts are detailed further in our Pathways to Impact.
Public: The Centre undertakes research into major public health questions concerning the effects of environmental hazards, such as air pollution. The results of our research inform the design and implementation of policies to control, as necessary, environmental exposures to lower the risk to the population and hence reduce the disease burden and improve health. The knowledge gained from our research is disseminated through existing, well supported channels, and used to influence the policies and interventions that affect the lives of people across the world. Our input to policy includes on air quality exposure limits and improving the understanding of the causes of non-communicable disease. Through our media and other contacts, the Centre has had considerable impact in highlighting key environment and health issues to the general public, e.g. the risks to health from ambient levels of air pollution. In addition, the Centre will seek to engage further with the public, providing them with the information needed to understand the science behind the research outputs, and therefore empowering them to make better-informed decisions and choices.
Policymakers: In the areas of environment and public health, policymakers benefit from the Centre's research outputs in a number of ways. Our researchers will continue to work in collaboration with policy experts, providing the evidence necessary for effective science-based policy. Many of the Centre's senior researchers hold policy and advisory group positions. We intend to develop more proactive mechanisms for sharing up-to-date information and data developed within the Centre to benefit policymakers, providing them with the necessary information to make informed policy decisions. For example, Centre members are interacting directly with the government Chief Scientist on the appropriate response to the levels of air pollutants extant in our major cities. Finally, the training offered by the Centre to early career researchers, who may then go on to work in policy and public health, provides them with the knowledge and expertise for effective policy decision-making within environment and health.
Industry: We are already working with a range of industrial collaborators on new technologies for measurement and control of pollutants, and in health screening. More generally, industry will benefit from the development of new methodologies or resources of public health or clinical relevance, some of which will be of commercial value. We can also benefit industry through acting as an effective research partner, bringing together wide-ranging, and cross-cutting research resources and expertise. Workers within particular industries will benefit from research that is more focussed on occupation, e.g. taxi drivers, London Underground staff, police officers, and will lead to cleaner, less polluted and/or less stressful workplaces and better health for employees.
Early Career Researchers (ERCs): ERCs benefit from the wide range of training and opportunities provided by the Centre, including bespoke training workshops, seminars, and networking events. This will equip them with the skills to develop careers in environment and health, within academia, industry, government and national/international policymaking.
Public: The Centre undertakes research into major public health questions concerning the effects of environmental hazards, such as air pollution. The results of our research inform the design and implementation of policies to control, as necessary, environmental exposures to lower the risk to the population and hence reduce the disease burden and improve health. The knowledge gained from our research is disseminated through existing, well supported channels, and used to influence the policies and interventions that affect the lives of people across the world. Our input to policy includes on air quality exposure limits and improving the understanding of the causes of non-communicable disease. Through our media and other contacts, the Centre has had considerable impact in highlighting key environment and health issues to the general public, e.g. the risks to health from ambient levels of air pollution. In addition, the Centre will seek to engage further with the public, providing them with the information needed to understand the science behind the research outputs, and therefore empowering them to make better-informed decisions and choices.
Policymakers: In the areas of environment and public health, policymakers benefit from the Centre's research outputs in a number of ways. Our researchers will continue to work in collaboration with policy experts, providing the evidence necessary for effective science-based policy. Many of the Centre's senior researchers hold policy and advisory group positions. We intend to develop more proactive mechanisms for sharing up-to-date information and data developed within the Centre to benefit policymakers, providing them with the necessary information to make informed policy decisions. For example, Centre members are interacting directly with the government Chief Scientist on the appropriate response to the levels of air pollutants extant in our major cities. Finally, the training offered by the Centre to early career researchers, who may then go on to work in policy and public health, provides them with the knowledge and expertise for effective policy decision-making within environment and health.
Industry: We are already working with a range of industrial collaborators on new technologies for measurement and control of pollutants, and in health screening. More generally, industry will benefit from the development of new methodologies or resources of public health or clinical relevance, some of which will be of commercial value. We can also benefit industry through acting as an effective research partner, bringing together wide-ranging, and cross-cutting research resources and expertise. Workers within particular industries will benefit from research that is more focussed on occupation, e.g. taxi drivers, London Underground staff, police officers, and will lead to cleaner, less polluted and/or less stressful workplaces and better health for employees.
Early Career Researchers (ERCs): ERCs benefit from the wide range of training and opportunities provided by the Centre, including bespoke training workshops, seminars, and networking events. This will equip them with the skills to develop careers in environment and health, within academia, industry, government and national/international policymaking.
Organisations
- Imperial College London (Lead Research Organisation)
- Universidade de São Paulo (Collaboration)
- World Health Organization (WHO) (Collaboration)
- Lancaster University (Collaboration)
- UK HEALTH SECURITY AGENCY (Collaboration)
- University of Oulu (Collaboration)
- Grantham Institute: Cimate Change and Environemnt (Collaboration)
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- North West London Commissioning Hub (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (Collaboration)
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (Collaboration)
- GENOMICS PLC (Collaboration)
- Imperial College Health Partners (Collaboration)
- Medical Research Council (MRC) (Collaboration)
- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) (Collaboration)
Publications
Walker JL
(2021)
UK prevalence of underlying conditions which increase the risk of severe COVID-19 disease: a point prevalence study using electronic health records.
in BMC public health
Shoari N
(2023)
A decade of child pedestrian safety in England: a bayesian spatio-temporal analysis.
in BMC public health
Zou S
(2022)
Lifestyles and health-related quality of life in Chinese people: a national family study.
in BMC public health
Fernandes G
(2021)
Adverse childhood experiences and substance misuse in young people in India: results from the multisite cVEDA cohort
in BMC Public Health
Amaral AFS
(2020)
Role of DNA methylation in the association of lung function with body mass index: a two-step epigenetic Mendelian randomisation study.
in BMC pulmonary medicine
Sud A
(2023)
Realistic expectations are key to realising the benefits of polygenic scores
in BMJ
Strak M
(2021)
Long term exposure to low level air pollution and mortality in eight European cohorts within the ELAPSE project: pooled analysis.
in BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Vicedo-Cabrera AM
(2020)
Short term association between ozone and mortality: global two stage time series study in 406 locations in 20 countries.
in BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Zhang M
(2023)
Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in China, 2004-18: findings from six rounds of a national survey.
in BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Title | Art installation on the theme of "GREENSPACE" as part of MRC Festival of Medical Research - 17-27 June 2019 |
Description | The MRC Centre's activity for the MRC Festival of Medical research in 2019 was an art installation on the theme of "GREENSPACE". The aim was to raise awareness and engage in discussion with the public on the protective health effects of urban greenspace, and the challenges of measuring human connection to natural environments. The art installation was created by one of our MRC early career researchers, Charlie Roscoe, and artists, Enya Lachman-Curl, Robbie Thompson, Rupert Cole and Robbie Parks. The GREENSPACE installation was located for a two weeks in a public space in London - Merchant Square in Paddington. This is a busy urban area frequented by many local office workers during their lunch break and a significant number engaged in discussion with the MRC Centre researchers present or obtained information on our work on Greenspaces through the leaflets provided. The event was widely advertised as part of the MRC Festival programme and in the websites and social media for the MRC Centre, Imperial College and the Medical Research Council both before and after the event. |
Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | Raising awareness amongst members of the public of the importance of greenspaces in urban settings for health and wellbeing. |
Description | Appointment of MRC Centre member as UKRI and Met Office new Clean Air Champion for the Strategic Priorities Fund Clean Air Programme |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Joint DHSC-Academy of Medical Sciences Workshop on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Research: Learning Applied from COVID |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Description | NIHR & MRC hosted FORUM Multimorbidity Workshop - 2 days - co-chair - October 2020 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | NIHR/MRC Strategic Priority Fund Multimorbidity Wave 2 Launch - Multimorbidity At Scale Concept |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | National COVID Response Centre (NCRC) Variant Technical Group - presentation of REACT community surveillance study results |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Our Future Health Scientific Advisory Board - invited membership |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Presentation to the UK Government COVID-19 Vaccine Benefit / Risk Expert Working Group - March 2021 - on the REACT study programme(REACT2) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | REACT study programme - referred to in UK Government SAGE COVID-19 committee meetings |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
Description | Reporting to UKHSA Pillar 4 Immunity and Surveillance Data Debrief Group on REACT COVID-19 community surveillance programme |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | REACT study results have directly informed UK Government public health policy and influence decision-making on timing and extent of national restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic alongside other national studies including the ONS household survey. REACT data is reported nationally at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/monthly-results-for-react-1-studies/. A recent editorial in the Lancet Respir Med 2022 reports on the importance of REACT data for continued community surveillance Lancet Respir Med 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00016-9. |
URL | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/research-and-impact/groups/react-study/ |
Description | UK Biobank International Scientific Advisory Board - invited membership |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | UK Government Cabinet Office Covid-19 virtual roundtable (health and society) 2020 - by invitation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | UKRI/NIHR/ESRC Multiple Long-term Conditions - Multimorbidity Clusters Programmes Steering Group - invited membership |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Vaccines Science Coordination Group, SAGE COVID - reporting on the REACT community surveillance programme |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | A MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH TO UNDERSTAND HOW INVERTEBRATES MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS UPON EXPOSURE TO PHARMACEUTICALS. |
Amount | £108,279 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 2268580 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2019 |
End | 09/2023 |
Description | A multimodal imaging platform with Raman spectroscopy to disentangle the health risks of nanoplastic particles |
Amount | £499,074 (GBP) |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2022 |
End | 03/2023 |
Description | A statistical framework for the apportionment of particulate contaminants and their health effect determination |
Amount | £512,332 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/T044713/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2021 |
End | 08/2024 |
Description | APEx: An Air Pollution Exposure model to integrate protection of vulnerable groups into the UK Clean Air Programme |
Amount | £1,024,736 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/T001887/2 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2020 |
End | 02/2023 |
Description | Bayesian causal learning: A novel framework for drug-target discovery using Mendelian randomization on single-cell transcriptomics |
Amount | £600,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/W029790/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2022 |
End | 04/2025 |
Description | CO-CONNECT: COVID - Curated and Open aNalysis aNd rEsearCh plaTform |
Amount | £4,091,229 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/V03488X/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2020 |
End | 04/2022 |
Description | Characterise and quantify the biological, social and environmental drivers of medium-term health outcomes following infection with SARS-CoV-2: national administrative data linkage to the REACT national community prevalence programme |
Amount | £19,944,305 (GBP) |
Funding ID | HDRUK2020.143 |
Organisation | Health Data Research UK |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2021 |
End | 06/2021 |
Description | Cognitive DeveLopment in the Urban Environment (The CLUE study) |
Amount | £128,349 (GBP) |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2020 |
End | 12/2021 |
Description | Component-Specific Air pollutant Drivers of Disease Risk in Early to Midlife: a pathway approach. (DREaM) |
Amount | £1,177,667 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/T001895/2 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2020 |
End | 01/2023 |
Description | Creating a national platform for molecular studies of multiple conditions: HDRUK multiomics consortium |
Amount | £1,088,606 (GBP) |
Funding ID | CFC0107 |
Organisation | Health Data Research UK |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2020 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | Developing a UK Community Emission Modelling System (DUKEMS) |
Amount | £74,336 (GBP) |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2020 |
End | 06/2022 |
Description | Developing and disseminating tools for population health improvement: an online interactive atlas for identifying environmental change |
Amount | £200,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MC-PC_21024 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2022 |
End | 12/2023 |
Description | Discover-Now Digital Innovation Hub at Imperial College London |
Amount | £306,572 (GBP) |
Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
Department | Industrial Strategic Challenge Fund |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2019 |
End | 09/2023 |
Description | Exposure to particulate matter on the London Underground in healthy subjects and patients with chronic respiratory disease |
Amount | £867,270 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/S035613/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2020 |
End | 09/2023 |
Description | Geospatial Processing System for Social and Environmental Health Research |
Amount | £137,734 (GBP) |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2022 |
End | 03/2023 |
Description | Grant awarded to Dr Stephanie Wright starting April 2020 - "Understanding UK airborne microplastic pollution: sources, pathways and fate" |
Amount | £582,250 (GBP) |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2020 |
End | 03/2023 |
Description | Health Protection Research Unit on Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards at Imperial College London |
Amount | £3,996,866 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NIHR 200922 |
Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2020 |
End | 03/2025 |
Description | Integrated Observation System for Clean Air |
Amount | £491,256 (GBP) |
Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2021 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | Integrated digital monitoring and management of air pollution in African cities |
Amount | £132,198 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/T029145/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2020 |
End | 10/2021 |
Description | MRC World Class Laboratories Capital Award 2020/21 |
Amount | £400,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2020 |
End | 03/2021 |
Description | Metabolomic and omic assessment of biological ageing across the life-course (METAGE) |
Amount | £1,198,012 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/S03532X/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2020 |
End | 07/2024 |
Description | Pathways and Levers for prevention of Multi-morbidity from Young and Middle Adulthood |
Amount | £100,738 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/V005057/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2020 |
End | 12/2020 |
Description | Public Health Impacts of UK's Clean Air Zones |
Amount | £2,274,895 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/T03226X/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2021 |
End | 12/2025 |
Description | REACT Long COVID (REACT-LC) |
Amount | £5,436,399 (GBP) |
Funding ID | COV-LT-0040 |
Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2023 |
End | 02/2024 |
Description | REACT-GE: Multi-omics to identify biological pathways underlying severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection |
Amount | £2,125,587 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/V030841/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2020 |
End | 06/2021 |
Description | Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission |
Amount | £4,407,886 (GBP) |
Organisation | Government of the UK |
Department | Department of Health and Social Care |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2020 |
End | 03/2021 |
Description | SCAMP Wave 2 |
Amount | £2,449,458 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/V004190/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2021 |
End | 01/2026 |
Description | Strategic Priorities Fund: Clean Air Champion award - Dr Gary Fuller |
Amount | £104,547 (GBP) |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2019 |
End | 06/2022 |
Description | The impact of hybrid/electric vehicles on urban air pollution now and in the future-quantifying non-exhaust emissions |
Amount | £45,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2018 |
End | 10/2022 |
Description | The impact of the Environment and Pollution On Cognitive Health (EPOCH): Building the knowledge base through international collaboration |
Amount | £53,618 (GBP) |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2020 |
End | 09/2023 |
Description | Using metabolomics to investigate the metabolic signatures and associated pathways linked to short-term exposure to air pollutants |
Amount | £615,557 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/S020810/2 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2020 |
End | 03/2023 |
Description | West London Healthy Home and Environment Study (WellHome) |
Amount | £2,900,363 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/W002116/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2021 |
End | 07/2025 |
Description | Worldwide phenotypes of obesity-related morbidity and multi-morbidity |
Amount | £2,556,034 (GBP) |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2021 |
End | 11/2026 |
Description | Accelerating Detection of Disease (ADD) Cohort - collaboration |
Organisation | Genomics plc |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Provision of epidemiological advice on study design, biospecimen collection protocol and contribution of experience from UK Biobank. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in genomics, Biobanking, pharmacogenetics. |
Impact | ongoing collaboration - pilot planned |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Accelerating Detection of Disease (ADD) Cohort - collaboration |
Organisation | GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) |
Department | Quantitative Sciences (GSK) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Provision of epidemiological advice on study design, biospecimen collection protocol and contribution of experience from UK Biobank. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in genomics, Biobanking, pharmacogenetics. |
Impact | ongoing collaboration - pilot planned |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Accelerating Detection of Disease (ADD) Cohort - collaboration |
Organisation | Queen Mary University of London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Provision of epidemiological advice on study design, biospecimen collection protocol and contribution of experience from UK Biobank. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in genomics, Biobanking, pharmacogenetics. |
Impact | ongoing collaboration - pilot planned |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Accelerating Detection of Disease (ADD) Cohort - collaboration |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Department | MRC Epidemiology Unit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Provision of epidemiological advice on study design, biospecimen collection protocol and contribution of experience from UK Biobank. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in genomics, Biobanking, pharmacogenetics. |
Impact | ongoing collaboration - pilot planned |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Accelerating Detection of Disease (ADD) Cohort - collaboration |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Provision of epidemiological advice on study design, biospecimen collection protocol and contribution of experience from UK Biobank. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in genomics, Biobanking, pharmacogenetics. |
Impact | ongoing collaboration - pilot planned |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Collaboration with SPH Sao Paulo University (Brazil) |
Organisation | Universidade de São Paulo |
Department | School of Public Health |
Country | Brazil |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Joint work on the impact of climate change on health In Brazil. Also training on local scientists in Sao Paulo. A researcher from the group in Sao Paulo is currently visiting our research group (for a year). |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to data and epidemiological expertise |
Impact | Short course organised in Sao Paulo Papers in preparations |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Discover-NOW Health Data Research Hub |
Organisation | Imperial College Health Partners |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Expertise in clinical epidemiology of common multifactorial diseases and assessment of environmental exposures and access to Small Area Health Statistics Unit health and environmental datasets. |
Collaborator Contribution | Project and data hub coordination and liaison with healthcare providers and services. |
Impact | ongoing collaboration |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Discover-NOW Health Data Research Hub |
Organisation | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | Expertise in clinical epidemiology of common multifactorial diseases and assessment of environmental exposures and access to Small Area Health Statistics Unit health and environmental datasets. |
Collaborator Contribution | Project and data hub coordination and liaison with healthcare providers and services. |
Impact | ongoing collaboration |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Discover-NOW Health Data Research Hub |
Organisation | North West London Commissioning Hub |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Expertise in clinical epidemiology of common multifactorial diseases and assessment of environmental exposures and access to Small Area Health Statistics Unit health and environmental datasets. |
Collaborator Contribution | Project and data hub coordination and liaison with healthcare providers and services. |
Impact | ongoing collaboration |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Grantham Institute of Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial College London |
Organisation | Grantham Institute: Cimate Change and Environemnt |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Collaborative working on research projects in the molecular signatures and disease pathways research theme in CEH - led by Paolo Vineis contributing epidemiological expertise |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaborative working with CEH contributing expertise in assessing and understanding mechanisms that drive environmental change and identifying impacts on human health |
Impact | continuing collaboration |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | MRC Biostatistics Unit Cambridge - collaboration |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Department | MRC Biostatistics Unit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborative working on the biostatistical methods work stream of the CEH primarily between Prof Blangiardo's research group and Prof Sylvia Richardson and colleagues. |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to specialist biostatistical expertise and advice in particular in modelling and computational aspects of Bayesian statistics applied to complex-highly structured biological and epidemiological data sets. |
Impact | doi: 10.1111/rssc.12490; doi:10.1002/bimj.201900241 |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences - collaboration |
Organisation | Imperial College London |
Department | MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Initiated a one-day "Innovation Mixer" jointly organised with the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences at Imperial College London to present and discuss research topics of potential common interest with the MRC Centre. A number of Imperial-funded SAMURAI PhD studentships (Strategic Alliance MRC University Investments At Imperial) were planned to support the development of collaborative projects, but this initiative was deferred due to the outbreak of COVID-19. |
Collaborator Contribution | Positive response to Innovation Mixer event and interest in follow-up collaboration |
Impact | not yet |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | MRC Toxicology Unit collaboration |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Department | MRC Toxicology Unit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with the MRC Toxicology Unit strengthened through invited partnership in the NIHR HPRUs in Environmental Exposures and Health and in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards and via the Joint International Scientific Advisory Board. We are exploring sharing access to training resources and opportunities for PhD candidates in our Centre PhD training programme to the MRC Integrated Toxicology Training Partnership (ITTP), managed by the MRC Toxicology Unit. |
Collaborator Contribution | In discussion - plans for sharing access to training resources and opportunities for PhD candidates in the MRC Integrated Toxicology Training Partnership (ITTP), managed by the MRC Toxicology Unit with those studying in our MRC Centre. |
Impact | continuing collaboration |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Metabolomic and epigenetic ageing project |
Organisation | University of Oulu |
Department | Biocenter Oulu |
Country | Finland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study concept and design, data curation and analysis, AIRWAVE data acquisition, drafted paper |
Collaborator Contribution | Data and metabolomic analysis of NFBC cohort |
Impact | Published paper Robinson O et al. Ageing Cell doi: 10.1111/acel.13149 |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | REACT research programme- statistical analysis |
Organisation | Lancaster University |
Department | Department of Mathematics and Statistics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study concept and design, methodology and data collection. Data interpretation from epidemiological perspective. |
Collaborator Contribution | Statistical analysis, data mapping, data modelling and visualisation; advice on statistical interpretation of data and spatial/temporal trends |
Impact | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/monthly-results-for-react-1-studies |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | UK DRI and CHARIOT patient register collaboration |
Organisation | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | Expertise in epidemiology of patient cohorts and metabolomics and genome wide association studies |
Collaborator Contribution | Data collection in the CHARIOT patient register and expertise in elderly/geriatric clinical epidemiology and diseases of later life including dementias. |
Impact | new ongoing collaboration |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | UK Health Security Agency - collaboration via NIHR HPRUs |
Organisation | UK Health Security Agency |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Initiated partnership with UK HSA with the award of the NIHR HPRUs in Environmental Exposures and Health and in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards in 2020. This provided the opportunity to strengthen existing links via integration of core management and operational structures, through the creation of joint committees overseeing training, public engagement and knowledge mobilisation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partnership via the NIHR HPRUs in Environmental Exposures and Health and in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards and active input, feedback and management through the joint committees overseeing training, public engagement and knowledge mobilisation and the International Scientific Advisory Board. |
Impact | continuing collaboration |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | World Health Organization - Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) |
Organisation | World Health Organization (WHO) |
Country | Global |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The CEH hosts the Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC, led by Ezzati) in close collaboration with WHO, providing data on NCD risk factors from high-quality population-based surveys from 193 countries. |
Collaborator Contribution | NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) is a network of health scientists around the world that provides rigorous and timely data on major risk factors for non-communicable diseases for all of the world's countries supported by the WHO Global mission to improve access to global health data. |
Impact | multiple publications e.g., 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01330-1; 10.7554/eLife.60060; 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31859-6; |
Start Year | 2019 |
Title | - R package fake for flexible data simulation using the multivariate Normal distribution |
Description | The R package fake can be used to generate artificial datasets conditionally on a specific structure between the simulated variables and/or observations. Possible structures include (i) outcome(s) defined as a linear combination of (a subset of) the predictor variables and a normally distributed error term, (ii) variables with specific conditional independence relationships, and (iii) variables with different distributions between clusters of observations. The simulation models are based on a flexible specification of the parameters of (a mixture of) multivariate Normal distributions. The R package was first released on the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) in 2022. |
Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | The R package fake has been used in simulation studies to evaluate and compare the performances of variable selection models, graphical models and clustering algorithms (https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2106.02521). |
URL | https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2106.02521 |
Title | R package sharp (Stability enhanced Approaches using Resampling Procedures) |
Description | The R package sharp (Stability-enHanced Approaches using Resampling Procedures) can be used to perform stability selection and consensus clustering. It contains functions to run the algorithms, calibrate the hyper-parameters, extract and visualise the results. The R package was first released on the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) in 2022. |
Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | The R package sharp has been used for data analysis in multiple studies, including the identification of DNA methylation markers of lung cancer (doi: 10.1007/s10654-022-00877-2) and the characterisation of COVID-19 symptoms (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003777 and https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34244-2). |
Description | 2022 Annual Meeting of The International Environmetrics Society (TIES), Virtual, November 17-18, 2022 - MP |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Conference chair and invited session organizer • Co-chair of the 2022 Annual Meeting of The International Environmetrics Society (TIES) and Organizer of the invited session: Environmental exposure modeling: between challenges and advances |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Academic Health Sciences Centre Seminar Series 2020 on "Challenging the Myths and Misconceptions of Radiation" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited seminar as part of Imperial College AHSC lunchtime research seminar series with mixed audience of academics, clinicians, students and media correspondents. Seminar presented some results from the COSMOS mobile phone use and health project and the SCAMP study of adolescents and cognitive development project. There was a lot of questions during the networking session. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Conference - invited speaker - GEOMED 2022, University of California, Irvine, 12-14 October 2022 - MP |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Conference presentation on " Impact of climate and local environment on Dengue and Zika virus diseases in Brazil: A joint spatiotemporal model," |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | DTI & British Consulate-General São Paulo Brazil webinar on The UK Testing Programme for Covid-19 - a Cross Sector Collaboration |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Event focused on healthcare innovation and across-sector collaboration in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Presentations and debate on how the UK National Testing Programme was conceived and is being delivered, with a panel of expert speakers from Government and healthcare agencies, academics and industry. Question session followed. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Deep Dementia Phenotyping (DEMON) Network Mendelian randomisation seminar, 22 September 2022 - VZ |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited presentation on "Selecting causal risk factors from high-throughput experiments using multivariable Mendelian randomization" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Delivering Effective and Engaging Science Communication for School Children presentation - 6th October 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | The webinar was aimed at early career researchers who want to improve their ability to engage young children with their scientific research and develop confidence in their communication. This session explored the features of effective and engaging public engagement and educational outreach in the school environment and outline the challenges, needs and expectations of pupils and their teachers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Dr Daniela Fecht participated in Citizen's panel on the public impacts of Net-Zero in Scotland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Citizen panel to explore how policies to meet climate change targets will impact individuals' lives, in particular in rural Scotland |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.cca-glasgow.com/programme/net-zero-citizens-panel |
Description | Dr Daniela Fecht participated in People's Research Cafe activity during the 2022 Great Exhibition Road Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Daniela Fecht participated to identify the most useful reporting mechanisms of research results and identifying potential stakeholders for dissemination. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Dr Daniela Fecht participated in a panel discussion on climate change and health during the Great Exhibition Road Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Panel discussion on climate change and health including MRC CEH researchers and local councillor. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk/event/climate-change-and-health-what-are-dangers-air-p... |
Description | E-poll on VOICE Imperial Platform for public participants |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The Imperial VOICE Digital Platform was used to engage and involve members of the public in a priority-setting initiative. Participants were asked, "Which environmental hazard are you most interested in hearing about?". This activity was designed to inform the content of the research programme within the HPRU application. Responses tied between air pollution and climate change as the most important environmental concern, followed by chemical hazards. This platform allows researchers to access a large and diverse community quickly and easily, use flexible methods of involvement from polls and surveys to discussion forums and public panels |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.voice-global.org/public/opportunities/archived/which-environmental-hazards-most-concern-... |
Description | Envirohealth Podcast |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The Envirohealth Padcast has been created by the Researchers' Society. They sit down with researchers to explore the causes and effects that the environment can have on our health. In 2022, there have been 9 episodes and we are waiting to see more coming. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://envirohealthpodcast.co.uk/ |
Description | GEOMED XII Conference, University of California, Irvine, 17-19 August 2022 - MP |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Organizer of the invited session: Spatial and spatio-temporal models for global health - |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Great Exhibition Road Festival 2021 public engagement activity at White City |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Over two days, engaged with the general public providing activities and information on the impact of air pollution and chemical exposures on health and the environment. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Health Data Science Programme at Charite Berlin Germany, 15 February 2023 - VZ |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited presentation on "An introduction to Mendelian randomization" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Imperial College Academic Health Sciences Centre seminar series - Developing antibody tests for COVID-19 - July 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Lunchtime seminar designed to inform mixed audience of clinicians, academics and students about work to develop and assess various antibody tests for coronavirus followed by Q&A. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Interview with Dr Stephanie Wright, King's College London, about research into plastic fibres being found in the air featured on the BBC's 'War on Plastics with Hugh and Anita' June 17 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Stephanie Wright, King's College London, appeared on "War on Plastic with Hugh and Anita" on Mon, June 17, 2019 to discuss the potential for microscopic plastic particles (microplastics) to impact human health via inhalation and diet. Dr Wright is interested in whether microplastics are airborne; whether air quality measurement instruments can be applied to monitor microplastics; what the sources of airborne microplastics are; whether humans are bioaccumulating microplastics; and the potential human health impacts associated with microplastic exposure. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://www.pressdata.co.uk/viewbroadcast.asp?a_id=18502399 |
Description | Keynote Lecture at 22nd International Congress of Nutrition: The Power of Nutrition, 6-11 December 2022, Tokyo Japan |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited as keynote lecture speaker on Epidemiological evidence on nutrition, the metabolome and cardiometabolic risk. Also attended/participated in several other scientific sessions on human nutrition and health topics eg, from Global Burden of Disease study. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Keynote Lecture at XOmics Festival, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, April 2022 - Tim Ebbels |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Keynote presentation on "Metabolomics-driven data integration: challenges and solutions" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Keynote lecture at US Centers for Disease Control Quantitative Tools & Data Opportunities for Pandemic Surveillance and Response Conference, Cambridge MA, USA. June 29-30 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Event aimed to bring together experts including academic researchers, policy decisionmakers, data holders, mathematical modellers, and public health officials to share experiences during the COVID pandemic and discuss surveillance methods/tools with a view to the future. Contribution to the "Monitor" session to share your experiences of directing the REACT programme and thoughts on key elements needed to improve pathogen monitoring and surveillance. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Keynote presentation by Dr Stephanie Wright at the GESAMP International Workshop on assessing the risks associated with plastics and microplastics in the marine environment, 21st-23rd May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland on "Human health risks associated with nano- and microplastics" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Keynote presentation by Dr Stephanie Wright at the GESAMP International Workshop on assessing the risks associated with plastics and microplastics in the marine environment, 21st-23rd May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland on "Human health risks associated with nano- and microplastics" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Landfill and Health: PPI Café |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | SAHSU researchers hosted a table at a PPI Cafe in a Community Centre in Westminster. The aim of the event was to enhance members of the public in a discussion about their perceptions of the health impacts of landfill sites, whether this is an important concern (or area of study) for them and to discuss how SAHSU uses health data in research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Launch of the "MRC Sustainability Working Group Report + Survey" 16th October 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The MRC Centre Sustainability Working Group, a branch within the Researchers Society launched their report and survey. This survey and report are the fruit of months of hard work and received the approval and full support of Prof. Paul Elliot and Prof. Frank Kelly, who hosted the launch event. The report the report provides a thorough analysis of current barriers and opportunities for sustainable changes within the MRC Centre (and more broadly the college), and makes informative and specific recommendations to make our centre a more sustainable place. You can download it here. In addition, they are also launching a survey to help us understand what are the current challenges faced by students and staff in the MRC Centre. Be part of the change and fill in the survey. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3A37d63090efbd4908883480b795a48c23%40thread.tacv2/tab%3A%3A... |
Description | Lecture at "Journee scientifique Bilille", organised by Lille University - BB |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Introduction to graphical modelling and stability selection to PhD students, post docs and more senior researchers in Epidemiology |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://wikis.univ-lille.fr/bilille/animation/integrationomics2022 |
Description | Lecture at "Training on untargeted metabolomics for non-lab scientists", organised by International Agency for Research on Cancer - BB |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Introduction to graphical modelling and stability selection to PhD students, post docs and more senior researchers in Epidemiology |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | MRC Centre Sustainability Working Group - Sustainability Week Event, 15-19 February 2021 (series of virtual interactive events) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Series of virtual interactive events including Plastic Free Challenge; Sustainable Transport- London By Cycle tips; cooking with low environmental impact Recipe Club, etc. Events promoted across the Centre's network to encourage ideas to promote sustainable living. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | MRC Centre and the London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS) researcher "mixer" networking event 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Informal networking event for members of the MRC Centre and the London Institute of Medical Sciences including short presentations with aim of learning about each others' activities and exploring potential opportunities for collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | MRC Centre news feed on topical health issues of the day including COVID-19 pandemic |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Regular news feed via MRC Centre website picking up on topical news stories in environment and health e.g. reports from the REACT COID-19 study which made national news and wide media coverage. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://environment-health.ac.uk/3-weeks-into-lockdown-latest-REACT-study-findings-show-coronavirus-... |
Description | Member of Ethics Committee, International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO) - Paolo Vineis |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Member of Ethics Committee, International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Member of he National Board of Health, highest advisory board of health Minister in Italy - Paolo Vineis |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Member of National Board of Health, highest advisory board of health Minister in Italy |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Member of the consortium INSPIRE, an UK policy and research consortium devoted to mitigating the impact that air pollution and the exposome have on brain health- MP |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Member of the consortium INSPIRE: an UK policy and research consortium devoted to mitigating the impact that air pollution and the exposome have on brain health |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.inspireairbrain.org/copy-of-about-1 |
Description | Metabolomics Journal Hot Topics Workshop (online) by T Ebbels and M Judge, February 2023 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Virtual workshop on "Problems, principles and progress in computational annotation of NMR metabolomics data" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | New Scientist Live, London 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MRC CEH together with the NIHR HPRUs in Environmental Exposure and Health and Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards took part in the three-day event in New Scientist Live, London in October 2022. Over the three days of the show, NSL welcomed a total of 23,386 attendee, including 2,810 students from schools with a high proportion of disadvantaged students. MRC CEH and the two NIHR HPRUs had a stand with quizzes, interactive games and science activities to highlight the type of work we undertake everyday to understand how our environments shape out health and wellbeing. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Newtok: The Water Is Rising FILM SCREENING |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The Sustainability Working Group hosted an environmental film screening, showcasing the documentary, Newtok, which featured the first North American community to face relocation due to climate change. The film was followed by networking among the group. Attendance was about 2/3rds community members and 1/3rd Imperial College members. The response was very pragmatic, the film was eye-opening and sobering concerning issues surrounding climate change. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://environment-health.ac.uk/sustainability/ |
Description | Online activities hosted during Wellbeing Week hosted by Researchers' Society - 21st-23rd July 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | For wellbeing week, the MRC CEH Researchers' Society organised two activities, namely 'Post graduate dance fitness' and 'Art therapy for self-care'. These two activities aimed to encourage PhD students and Early-Career Researchers to take time out to boost mood through exercise, focus on self-care, to learn how to recognise and guard against symptoms of anxiety, depression and burn out. - Art therapy with 'Social Art and Therapy' - Dance fitness with Vincent Merouze |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Online interactive talks by air quality researchers as part of Saturday STEM sessions with the White City community - November 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | A two-way conversation between the host and the scientist to engage children by communicating the dangers of air quality and what can be done to reduce this. The children participated in the discussion through posting questions, polls and a fun quiz at the end. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Online screening of "The Story of Plastic" and panel discussion - hosted by the Researchers' Society 28th July 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | To mark Plastic Free July, the MRC CEH Researchers' Society is participating in the grassroots screening tour of The Story of Plastic, a documentary by The Story of Stuff Project. The Researchers' Society hosted an online event, including a screening of the documentary and a panel discussion and Q&A session with invited speakers. Panellist members included: - Delphine Lévi Alvarés- Rethink Plastic Alliance - Prof. Paul Lickiss - Academic Leader in Sustainability ICL - Dr Stephanie Wright - Lecturer in Toxicology ICL |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Online training presentation for University of Warwick medical students on the REACT 2 COVID-19 study of keyworkers in Airwave cohort |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Online training session to introduce the REACT study and the health screening process to medical students at one of the selected field centres for the REACT 2 study in key workers prior to clinic go live date. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Online workshop "Food for Thought" hosted by the Researchers' Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Webinar open to HPRU students and early career researchers entitled "Food for thought" with guest speaker "Dr Saray Stancic" followed by a panel discussion on lifestyle medicine. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Panellist at a session within the Turing AI conference - Marta Blangiardo |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | This was a panel discussion as part of the Turing Artificial Intelligence conference. It was an online event and we had more than 100 people who joined. The presentation was very well received with several questions and requests for follow up. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Participated in "Share your passion and your knowledge with young people" online workshop 26th May 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Created a compilation of short videoclips aimed at secondary school students, sharing information about our work on air pollution, health effects etc. The aim is to support online/home learning in secondary schools, while also sharing our passion for the work we do and inspiring young people about Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects. This activity was part of a larger project on the E3G/London Climate Action Week (November 2020), aimed particularly at secondary schools with high percentage BAME pupil populations in socio-economically deprived areas of London with poor air quality. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar - New Scientist Live, Manchester 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MRC CEH together with the NIHR HPRUs in Environmental Exposure and Health and Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards took part in the three-day event in New Scientist Live, Manchester in March 2022. MRC CEH and the two NIHR HPRUs had a stand with quizzes, interactive games and science activities to highlight our research work on environment and population health. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar - Participation in an activity, workshop or similar - Great Exhibition Road, 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MRC CEH together with the NIHR HPRUs in Environmental Exposure and Health and Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards took part in the Great Exhibition Road Festival. The MRC CEH and the two NIHR HPRUs had a stand on science activities to highlight the work of the HPRUs and MRC CEH. The researchers used science communication tools to present the scientific results to the public. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Participation in the "Ask an Air Quality Scientist" initiative |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Also in support of the 2020 Clean Air day campaign, and in collaboration with the Indoor Air Quality Working Party (IAQWP) we took part in the "Ask an Air Quality Scientist" initiative, matching primary schools with scientists for an online classroom session of 30-45 minutes in October or November. The children were then asked to design a poster on the topic of air quality and what the ideal home should look like. The winner will have their work displayed at the Victoria & Albert Museum on Clean Air Day |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Pathways to Equity at the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Blog on Pathways to Equity at the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology .Pathways members Barbara Metzler (PhD student) and Sierra Clark (former PhD student) travelled to Athens to attend and present their research at the Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE, September 18th - 21st 2022) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://equitablehealthycities.org/blog/pathways-to-equity-at-the-international-society-for-environm... |
Description | Presentation - NOVA Meet A Scientist online event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | NOVA organises an after school Meet A Scientist and invited me. Brendan Bos used slides and a quiz to inform and engage the audience and had an open question session afterwards. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Presentation at Forum Labo Lyon: "Prospective identification of elevated circulating CDCP1 in patients years before onset of lung cancer" - BB |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Presentation of BB study on inflammatory markers of lung cancer |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.forumlabo.com/lyon/fr-fr.html |
Description | Presentation by Dr Areti Boulieri on "Detecting life expectancy anomalies in England using a Bayesian hierarchical model" at the 62nd ISI World Statistics Congress 2019 in Malaysia from 18th to 23rd August |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Areti Boulieri on "Detecting life expectancy anomalies in England using a Bayesian hierarchical model" at the 62nd ISI World Statistics Congress 2019 in Malaysia from 18th to 23rd August |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://www.isi2019.org/ |
Description | Presentation by Dr Jessica Laine on "Cross-omics mediation in epidemiology: moving beyond biomarkers and into molecular mechanisms" - 2019 Annual meeting of the Society for Epidemiological Research (SER) in Minneapolis, USA |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Jessica Laine on "Cross-omics mediation in epidemiology: moving beyond biomarkers and into molecular mechanisms" - 2019 Annual meeting of the Society for Epidemiological Research (SER) in Minneapolis, USA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://epiresearch.org/annual-meeting/2019-meeting/ |
Description | Presentation by Dr Stephanie Wright at the Society for Free Radical Research Europe (SFRRE) Annual Meeting 19-21 June, Ferrara, Italy on "Redox Homeostasis: From Signalling to Damage" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Stephanie Wright at the Society for Free Radical Research Europe (SFRRE) Annual Meeting 19-21 June, Ferrara, Italy on "Redox Homeostasis: From Signalling to Damage" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Presentation by Rosemary Chamberlain on "Public Health Impact of Clean Air Zones Interventions in London" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Rosemary Chamberlain gave a brief presentation about her PhD project - Public Health Impact of Clean Air Zones Interventions in London, which led to a structured discussion on 3 specific questions on health data, study design and how to communication of results to the public. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Presentation on Exposome, Mumbai, 2023 - Paolo Vineis |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation on Exposome, Mumbai, EPICOH 17 March 2023 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Presentation to 15th Annual Conference of The Metabolomics Society, June 23-27 2019, The Hague, NL |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presented methods and results of work on a new cross-cohort matching in untargeted metabolomics to generate accurate within-dataset feature matching across multiple cohorts. The new approach addresses a key problem in metabolomics studies and promises to make analysis of large untargeted multi-cohort data sets a viable option. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://metabolomics2019.org/images/2019-Metabolomics_Abstract_9.pdf |
Description | Presentation to 4th LAMPS South American Metabolic Profiling, Cartagena, Colombia, November 2022 - Tim Ebbels |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation on "Computational Metabolomics: Integration and Interpretation using Pathways" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Presentation to European School of Metabolomics, Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, France, March 2022 - Tim Ebbels |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation on "Processing and Analysis of Metabolomics Data" to early research career scientists enrolled in short course aiming to train in metabolomics methods. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.imtm.cz/european-school-metabolomics-2022 |
Description | Presentation to Metabolomic Epidemiology Workshop, Metabolomics 2022, Valencia, Spain, June 2022 - Tim Ebbels |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation on "Data Science Challenges and Reporting Needs in Metabolomic Epidemiology" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Presentation to Second Telluride Metabolomics Workshop, Telluride, CO, USA, July 2022 - Tim Ebbels |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation on "Pathway Methods in Metabolomics: Integration and Interpretation" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Press release re: JAMA publication on analysis to combine genetic results with patients' QRISK score to enhance knowledge of genetic variants linked to heart health |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Press release related to publication of JAMA paper on predictive accuracy of a Polygenic Risk Score for coronary artery disease resulted in a lot of interest within the research community and contacts to do comparative and further analyses. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/195398/gene-tests-heart-disease-risk-have/ |
Description | Public Engagement - Art installation on the theme of "GREENSPACE" as part of MRC Festival of Medical Research - 17-27 June 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The MRC Centre's activity for the MRC Festival of Medical research in 2019 was an art installation on the theme of "GREENSPACE". The aim was to raise awareness and engage in discussion with the public on the protective health effects of urban greenspace, and the challenges of measuring human connection to natural environments. The art installation was created by one of our MRC early career researchers, Charlie Roscoe, and artists, Enya Lachman-Curl, Robbie Thompson, Rupert Cole and Robbie Parks. The GREENSPACE installation was located for a two weeks in a public space in London - Merchant Square in Paddington. This is a busy urban area frequented by many local office workers during their lunch break and a significant number engaged in discussion with the MRC Centre researchers present or obtained information on our work on Greenspaces through the leaflets provided. The event was widely advertised as part of the MRC Festival programme and in the websites and social media for the MRC Centre, Imperial College and the Medical Research Council both before and after the event. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Public Engagement - Art installation on the theme of "GREENSPACE" as part of the Great Exhibition Road Festival - 29-30 June 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The MRC Centre's activity for the Great Exhibition Road Festival in 2019 (previously Imperial Festival) was an art installation on the theme of "GREENSPACE". The aim was to raise awareness and engage in discussion with the public on the protective health effects of urban greenspace, and the challenges of measuring human connection to natural environments. The art installation was created by one of our MRC early career researchers, Charlie Roscoe, and artists, Enya Lachman-Curl, Robbie Thompson, Rupert Cole and Robbie Parks. The GREENSPACE installation was extremely popular over the whole weekend with the visitors to the Imperial Festival which engaged in discussion with the MRC Centre researchers present or obtained information on our work on Greenspaces through the leaflets provided. The event was widely advertised as part of the Festival programme and in the websites and social media for the MRC Centre and Imperial College and was featured in several news items on the Great Exhibition Road Festival. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Public Engagement - Schools' information and engagement day during National Clean Air Day at Manchester Clean Air Week- 20 June 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | A team of air quality scientists from the MRC Centre (King's College) organised an information and awareness day on National Clean Air Day (20 June) aimed at children from schools in and around Manchester during the Manchester Clean Air Week (Monday 17 until Sunday 23 June). The event was attended by several hundred pupils who attended the interactive demonstrations and participated in active discussion with the Centre researchers on the health effects of air pollution and what they can do to reduce the risks. The event was run in parallel with an internationally acclaimed art installation - Pollution Pods - which attracted large numbers of visitors and was widely reported on local and national news. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Public Engagement - stand at the New Scientist Live event on the research at the MRC Centre and the HPRU on the Health Impact of Environmental Exposures - 10-13 October 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Researchers from the MRC Centre together with colleagues from Public Health England hosted a stand at the New Scientist Live festival to showcase collaborative work on the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Impact of Environmental Hazards Health Protection Research Unit. There were a range of displays and interactive activities aimed at children and adults, including on air pollution, chemicals in the environment, e-cigarettes, particles and studies with schools. A survey of attendees indicated their current top environmental concerns were climate change and air pollution, and there was a lot of interest in e-cigarettes and the translation of the science into policy. The stand was extremely well attended and the festival presented a great opportunity to interact with members of the public. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | REACT programme working in collaboration with Imperial Patient Experience Research Centre Public Advisory Group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | We worked via the Imperial BRC PERC to set up a Public Advisory Group for the REACT programme to engage with interested members of the public who voiced opinions and provided feedback on study materials and testing kits, etc. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | REal Time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT 1) research programme launch April 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Government announced launch of the national REACT research programme to monitor the incidence of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in England in a randomly selected population samples in England using a community-based antigen testing approach. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Research by Dr Stephanie Wright featured in ITV's Tonight 'Plastic: The unhidden truth' on 24/10/2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Research from our lab showed that the average person swallows at least 50,000 particles of microplastic a year and breathes in a similar amount, according to the first study to estimate human ingestion of plastic pollution. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Researchers' Society - Online workshop on Health Statistics (1 of 3) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | "Health Statistics in the age of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence" was a series of three workshops arranged by the Researchers Society and open to all, including HPRU students and early career researchers. These workshops were held in a hybrid manner (both online and in-person) and the first featured Dr Jorge Cardoso, a Senior Lecturer in Articficial Medical Intelligence at King's College London. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Researchers' Society - Online workshop on Health Statistics (2 of 3) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | This hybrid workshop was the second in this series and featured guest Lecturer Dr Heather Mattie from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr Mattie discussed the intersection between biostatisics, data science and network science. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Researchers' Society - Online workshop on Health Statistics (3 of 3) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | This third workshop in the Health Statistics series featured Dr Evgeniy Gabrilovic, a Research Director who leads the Public and Environmental Health team at Google Health based in California who provided further information and discussion in his area of expertise. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Researchers' Society Christmas Gala 2020: Getting the science right to improve health inequalities for women and girls globally- Speaker Prof Robyn Norton |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Open seminar event with Q&A with speaker who is co-founder and Principal Director of The George Institute for Global Health. Informal virtual event promoting women in science in line with Athena Swan initiative. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Researchers' Society online seminar on Picture a Scientist: Movie Screening and Panel Discussion |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Virtual discussion event exploring how experiences in the film relate to current experiences of research scientists in the field of environment and health research. Panel of young early career researchers led the discussion from their own differing perspectives. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Science Media Centre-hosted national media briefings & press releases on REACT programme results to accompany publication (multiple occasions) Aug 2020 to March 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Regular SMC-hosted briefings for national media outlets on latest results from the REACT programme. Well-attended sessions to inform publication of scientific reports and papers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Seminar Presentation to INRAE, Toulouse, France, February 2023 - Tim Ebbels |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Seminar presentation on "Computational analysis: the crucial ingredient in modern metabolomics" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Shaping research on how social, environmental and genetic factors impact health - online session |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | The Patient Experience Research Centre hosted an online interactive discussion with members of the public about their planned research into how social, environmental and genetic factors impact health. Invitation was extended to study participants who are signed up as part of one of the following existing research registries: CHARIOT, SCAMP, Lolipop, Airwaves, Imperial Health Knowledge Bank, Cosmos, GenoMICC and REACT. We had a participant from the COSMOS study who joined this online discussion. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Short course in Sao Paulo |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 35 people attended a 5 days short course on Spatial and Spatio-temporal models with R-INLA. The course was run in Sao Paulo (Brazil) as part of the collaboration between our group and the School of Public Health of Sao Paulo University. There was extensive discussion on potential joint works which are now under development |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Short presentation (5 min) at the European Human Exposome Network Scientific Meeting - BB |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dissemination of BB work on stability selection |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.humanexposome.eu/news/ehen-scientific-meeting-barcelona-24th-25th-may-2022/ |
Description | Speaker at Climate change and health, 2022 - Paolo Vineis |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Speaker at Climate change and health, 2022, Paris, France |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Speaker at Exposomics and health series conference 2022 - Paolo Vineis |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Speaker at Exposomics and health series: Exposomics and Health Risk Assessment. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Phoenix, November 16, 2022 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Speaker at Grand Round Seminar - Social Exposome 2023 - Paolo Vineis |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Speaker at Grand Round Seminar, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore: Social exposome, February 10, 2023 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Speaker at Institute of Science Philosophy 2023 - Paolo Vineis |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Gave a lecture at the Institute of Science Philosophy |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Speaker at round table on climatic justice - Paolo Vineis |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Round table on climatic justice, Grantham Institute IC London, 20 February 2023 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Speaker on Exposome-based policy recommendations 2022 - Paolo Vineis |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Speaker on Exposome-based policy recommendations Montpellier University 21 October 2022 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Stefanie Posavec's Visualisation of the Airwave Study |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | 'People Like You' presented an online conversation about Stefanie Posavec's visualisation of the Airwave study and how work like hers can be useful for cohorts and biobanks. As part of our Wellcome Trust Medical Humanities Collaborative award, "People Like You: contemporary figures of personalisation," Stefanie Posavec worked as an artist-in-residence exploring data science and personalisation through visualisation of the Airwave Health Monitoring Study. As a part of this project, the People Like You team invited people who work with research cohorts and biobanks, people who participate in them, and people whose work focuses on these topics to hear a brief presentation of Stefanie's method, reactions from some of those who participated in her practice, and a Q&A discussion about how her work might be useful in other contexts. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | SynbiTECH 2020 virtual conference - COVID and Beyond - testing, monitoring and vaccines- hosted by Imperial College UK Innovation and Knowledge Centre for Synthetic Biology |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Virtual event focused on healthcare innovation in science and biotechnology. Presented on the REACT programme and importance of community surveillance. Took questions following presentation. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Talk at the "COVID-19 evidence session: statistical resources during the pandemic" at the Royal Statistical Society - BB |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk at the "COVID-19 evidence session: statistical resources during the pandemic" at the Royal Statistical Society: "Real-time monitoring of the COVID-19 epidemic in England with the REACT-1 study" Presentation of our work in the REACT-1 study |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://rss.org.uk/news-publication/news-publications/2022/general-news/rss-launches-series-of-covid... |
Description | Talk at the GEOMED conference - Marta Blangiardo |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The talk was hybrid and had around 70 people attending, mostly academic (statistics, geography, epidemiology) and policy makers. There was an interesting discussion afterwards which encouraged plans for grant writing on the subject |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Talk at the International Conference on Statistics and Data Science - BB |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk at the International Conference on Statistics and Data Science: "Stability selection for the identification of multi-omics markers of lung cancer" Presentation and discussion of my work with Statisticians from other institutes Generated collaborations with researchers from Harvard |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://sites.google.com/view/icsds2022 |
Description | Talk: HDRUK Public Health theme meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk to HDRUK PH Theme on 1st February 2021. Presentation of "Davies, B., Parkes, B.L., Bennett, J. et al. Community factors and excess mortality in first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in England. Nat Commun 12, 3755 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23935-x". |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Talk: UKRI Clean Air Fund: Bringing together data to improve air quality for the health of the nation Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited talk given at workshop on air quality and health data. Title: illustrations of successful collaborations between data and health communities. 16th September 2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | The International Environmetrics Society (TIES) - MP |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Chair of the Membership Committee of The International Environmetrics Society (TIES), 01/09/2020 - present • Member of the Election Committee of The International Environmetrics Society (TIES), 01/12/2022 - present |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | The World Food Day Talks & Nibbles |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A community/public event which hosted three 10-minute talks from guest speakers at City Harvest (a food waste charity), PhD student from the Grantham Institute, Sally Musungu, discussing regenerative farming and Multus Media discussing mediums for lab-grown meat. The idea was to engage the public and Imperial College London community on food sustainability issues and innovations. The talks were followed by a networking session catered by three local businesses who provided plant-based, locally made food. There were over 90 attendees and it sparked a lot of conversation and debate about best-practices in food sustainability. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://environment-health.ac.uk/imperial-college-community-come-together-for-world-food-day/ |
Description | Time Series Analysis workshops |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Two workshops on this theme took place in January 2022 open to students and early career researchers, incuding a workshop with presentations on case studies in this area from Dr Dimitris Evangelopolous, Prof Klea Katsouyanni and Dr Monica Pirani, Prof Antonio Gasparrini of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Prof Ioar Rivas of IS Global. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | UK DRI 'Big Data & Dementia Research' Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Brainstorming and networking event with participants from many fields with aim of fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | UK Government Cabinet Office Future Industry Engagement Online Webinar on Innovation in Health - REACT 1 COVID-19 presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Webinar to provide insights for industry representatives into what health related research the DHSC is doing. Presentation designed to inform non-academic audience. Generated a lot of questions and interest. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | UKHSA Science Strategy Workshop - Academic Partners, September 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited to attend UKHSA workshop on development of Ten Year Science Strategy and discussion on future partnership with academic and other scientific organisations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Using routinely collected data to investigate the impact of the environment on health; PPI Cafe event at NIHR Imperial BRC Research Open Day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | SAHSU researchers ran a PPI café event to discuss the Unit's use of health data under Section 251 at the NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre Open Day (2019). The event, "Using routinely collected data to investigate the impact of the environment on health" aimed to involve the public in SAHSU's remit and to obtain new input from the public perspectives into our work |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Video participation in "Air pollution and health" video for Clean Air Day 2020 - 8th October 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Professor Frank Kelly and Dr Ian Mudway contributed to a short video on "Air pollution and health", in collaboration with the Indoor Air Quality Network and Dyson, which led to discussion both between professionals, students and industry members, among other audiences. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2-fukVo0Ug |
Description | Webinar on Preparedness and Response to COVID-19 in Turkmenistan July 2020 - the REACT programme |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Online event organised by The British Embassy Ashbagat on topics related to Community surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 infection as part of the UK Government's broader COVID-19 global response to help the authorities respond effectively to the pandemic and its negative impacts on health and economy. Presentation designed to inform a foreign clinical audience from a different cultural background. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Why accessibility matters: a case study of London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | The Transport and Mobility group studies the influence of urban transportation, land use and services on health in an integrated manner. The emphasis is on how the combinations of location of home, transportation options and provision of services determines mobility and access to services. The group uses engineering, environmental and epidemiological models to predict the expected impacts of transport and land use policies on population health and health inequalities. The work is integrated closely with work on Housing and Neighbourhood. This blog post emphasises the work done by PhD candidate Abhilash C. Singh, Dr. Fangce Guo and Dr. Aruna Sivakumar. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://equitablehealthycities.org/blog/why-accessibility-matters-a-case-study-of-london/ |