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Clinical Associate Professor and Reader in Epidemiology; Consultant Gastroenterologist, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
Dr Joe West studied Medicine at the University of Nottingham. He then worked in and around Nottingham, Derby and London in the NHS before completing his Master's in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He returned to the University of Nottingham to complete his PhD, as well as taking a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Economics at the University of York.
Keywords:
Epidemiology, coeliac disease, liver disease, use of routinely available electronic health data
Dr West co-convenes a module on the Master's course on the use of Routinely Available Data for Epidemiological Research, as well as supervising a number of Clinical Academic Research Fellow's, PhD… read more
Dr West's main area of research is into the occurrence and consequences of digestive disease in the UK using large, population-based data sources. This includes work using the General Practice… read more
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Dr West co-convenes a module on the Master's course on the use of Routinely Available Data for Epidemiological Research, as well as supervising a number of Clinical Academic Research Fellow's, PhD and Master's students. He is also a member of the Academy of Medical Sciences Outreach mentoring scheme, in which he mentors a group of young aspiring academics in his field.
Dr West's main area of research is into the occurrence and consequences of digestive disease in the UK using large, population-based data sources. This includes work using the General Practice Research Database, Hospital Episode Statistics, registry data from the Office for National Statistics, The Health Improvement Network and in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine the MRC Elderly Study. The work is currently funded by a 5 year Senior Clinical Research Fellowship from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and University of Nottingham.
Research interests also include other diseases in areas such as respiratory medicine, dermatology and surgery.
He works closely within the Division of Epidemiology and Public Health with other members of the Gastrointestinal Epidemiology Research group, which includes Professor Richard Logan and Dr Tim Card.
The University of NottinghamMedical School Nottingham, NG7 2UH
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