Last updated on: 18/06/2012
1. Contact details{View data sources/studies associated with this centre}
Name of organisation 
1) Department/Research groupLSHTM Pharmacoepidemiology Group
2) Organisation/affiliationLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Short Name in the inventoryLSHTM
Website/Homepagehttp://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/areas/index.php 
Administrative Contact
Title Professor
Last name Evans
First name Stephen
Address line 1Department of Medical Statistics
Address line 2Keppel St 
Address line 3 
CityLondon 
PostcodeWC1E 7HT 
CountryUnited Kingdom
Phone number (incl. country code)442079272960 
Alternative phone number447979600702 
Fax number (incl. country code) 
Email address stephen.evans@lshtm.ac.uk
Scientific Contact
Title Professor
Last name Evans
First name Stephen
Address line 1Medical Statistics Unit
Address line 2Keppel St 
Address line 3 
CityLondon 
PostcodeWC1E 7HT 
CountryUnited Kingdom
Phone number (incl. country code)442079272960 
Alternative phone number 
Fax number (incl. country code) 
Email address stephen.evans@lshtm.ac.uk
Alternative Scientific Contact
Title Professor 
Last name Smeeth 
First name Liam 
Address line 1Dept Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology  
Address line 2LSHTM 
Address line 3Keppel St 
CityLondon 
PostcodeWC1E 7HT 
CountryUnited Kingdom 
Phone number (incl. country code)44 - 207 927 2296 
Alternative phone number 
Fax number (incl. country code) 
Email address Liam.smeeth@lshtm.ac.uk 
2. Description
LSHTM as an Institution is Britain's national school of public health and a leading postgraduate institution worldwide. Part of the University of London, it is the largest institution of its kind in Europe with major depth & breadth of expertise encompassing many disciplines. It is about the 3rd highest-rated research institution in the UK. There are ~4000 students from >100 countries in 22 taught masters courses locally (~650) or by distance learning (~2700), & doing PhDs (~400). There are ~1300 staff drawn from over 60 countries. Research collaborations exist with >100 countries worldwide, utilizing our critical mass of multidisciplinary expertise which includes clinicians, epidemiologists, statisticians, social scientists, molecular biologists and immunologists. At any time >100 School staff are based overseas. We have a strong commitment to partnership with institutions in low and middle income countries to support the development of teaching and research capacity.
3. Category
University based
4. Available resources
 In houseVia Contacts/Network
Epidemiologist/Pharmacoepidemiologist Yes Yes
Statistician Yes Yes
Clinician Yes Yes
Clinical Pharmacologist Yes Yes
Pharmacist Yes Yes
Geneticist/Pharmacogeneticist Yes Yes
IT specialist Yes Yes
Ethics expertise Yes Yes
Regulatory expertise Yes Yes
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