John Danesh - Staff Page

Title:
Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Head, Department of Public Health & Primary Care

Address:
Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit
Strangeways Research Laboratory
2 Worts Causeway
Cambridge CB1 8RN

Contact: Prof John Danesh
Background:
John Danesh trained in medicine at the University of Otago in New Zealand and at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia. As a Rhodes scholar, he trained in epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and at the University of Oxford. He was elected to his present position at the University of Cambridge in 2000. He was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 2007.

Current research interests and activities:
Professor Danesh leads a research group of over 30 staff and students investigating the genetic, biochemical and lifestyle determinants of cardiovascular disease in large-scale epidemiological studies. He has authored over 100 scientific publications that have attracted about 7000 citations to date. He leads several international data pooling collaborations, such as the 1 million-person Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration. His group is principally funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), the UK Medical Research Council (MRC), the Wellcome Trust, GlaxoSmithKline, the BUPA Foundation and the Evelyn Trust.