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Professor

Helen Weiss

Professor of Epidemiology

Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health

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  • Professor of Epidemiology
    Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health

BIO

Helen is an epidemiologist and medical statistician. She has been at LSHTM since 1997, and her research focuses on adolescent health, mental health, menstrual health, sleep health and HIV epidemiology in low-income settings.

LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE APPOINTMENTS

  • Professor of Epidemiology
    LSHTM, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, UK1 Dec 2013 - present
  • Reader in Epidemiology
    LSHTM, UK1 Jan 2008 - 30 Nov 2013
  • Senior Lecturer
    LSHTM, UK1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2007
  • Lecturer in Medical Statistics & Epidemiology
    LSHTM, UK1 Jan 1997 - 31 Dec 2002

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Visiting Fellows
    National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, US1 Jan 1995 - 31 Dec 1996

DEGREES

  • DPhil in Cancer Epidemiology
    University of Oxford, UK1 Oct 1990 - 30 Nov 1994
  • MSc in Applied Statistics
    University of Oxford, UK1 Oct 1989 - 30 Sep 1990
  • BSc in Statistics and Mathematics (First Class)
    University of Sussex, United Kingdom1 Oct 1986 - 31 Jul 1989

RESEARCH CENTRES

  • Centre for Evaluation
  • Centre for Maternal Adolescent Reproductive & Child Health

REGIONS & COUNTRIES

  • Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)
  • Uganda
  • Zimbabwe
  • India

TOPICS & DISCIPLINES