ECHRG team
The Environmental Child Health Research Group are team of researchers using large, administrative data to study how the local environment affects children’s health as they are growing up.
Professor Pia Hardelid
Pia's primary research interest is in how linked, administrative data can be used for research into the epidemiology of respiratory infections in children, and how the physical environment impacts child health. Increasingly, Pia’s work is focused on the impact of the physical environment on children's health and development.
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Dr Amal Rammah
Amal is a senior researcher at the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, contributing to the PICNIC Study and the Kids’ Environment and Health Cohort. Her work explores how environmental and social factors – like air pollution, housing, temperature, and stress – impact maternal and child health, with a focus on health inequalities in vulnerable communities.
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Dr Selin Akaraci
Selin is a research fellow at the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, specialising in environmental epidemiology. Her research focuses on investigating the health impact of urban environments, with a particular emphasis on maternal and child health.
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Dr Niloofar Shoari
Niloofar's research lies at the intersection of environmental sciences and public health, with a particular emphasis on the application of Bayesian methods. Currently, Niloofar's focus is on utilising administrative data to investigate the impact of the built environment on the mental health of children and young people.
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Dr Joana Pereira Da Cruz
Jo is a Research Fellow dedicated to shaping health agendas, with a primary research interest in uncovering the complex interplay between environmental determinants and health outcomes in children and young people. Jo's expertise lies in the integration of health, demographic, socio-economic, and environmental data from varied sources, succinctly mapped to small administrative units.
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Faith Miller
Faith is Research Assistant and PhD student. Faith's research uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods to study some of the health and social challenges faced during pregnancy and childhood in the UK and South Asia.
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Caroline Hart
Caroline is a PhD student working on the Air Pollution, housing and respiratory tract Infections in Children: National birth Cohort study (PICNIC Study). Caroline's interests include in working with birth cohorts to investigate how adverse early life living environments can influence long-term health and development outcomes.
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Dr Melody Turner
Melody is an MRes student exploring the associations between access to green spaces and the psychological well-being of children and young people.
Matthew Lilliman
Matthew is the Data Resource Manager at the UCL GOS ICH Child Health Informatics Group. He is UCL's Programme Manager for the Kids' Environment and Health Cohort study.
