The Uses of Hippocratic Epidemiology

Professor Albert Hofman, MD, PhD
Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and the Stephen B. Kay Family Professor of Public Health and Clinical Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. CHan School of Public Health

Wednesday 15 November 2017 at 17:00 – 18:00
followed by a drinks reception

Lecture Theatre 311, Huxley Building
South Kensington Campus

Welcome by Professor Paul Elliott. Special guest Mrs Ceridwen Rose.

Professor Hofman is the initiator and principal investigator of two population-based, prospective cohort studies in the city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands: the Rotterdam Study and the Generation R study. These cohort studies have in common that they target multiple common chronic diseases, have an extensive and state-of-the-art assessment of the putative determinants of these diseases, and employ as much as possible new technologies to be applied in the setting of epidemiologic population studies. The study of a multiple outcomes, in particular neurological, cardiovascular and endocrine diseases, has enabled the investigation of the interrelations of those diseases, and thereby of the co-morbidity and co-aetiology of various diseases with a large population burden. This has made the findings from these studies generally useful for public health purposes as well as for clinical medicine.

The series of Geoffrey Rose Memorial Distinguished Guest Lectures are held in memory of Professor Geoffrey Rose, CBE (1926-1993), who was a highly influential epidemiologist whose seminal publications included “Sick Individuals and Sick Populations” (1985) and The Strategy of Preventive Medicine (1992), which had an impact that went well beyond the field of epidemiology and into that of public health. Previous guest speakers at these popular lectures have included Professor Sir Richard Peto (2015), Professor Sir Michael Marmot (2013) and Professor Jeremiah Stamler (2011).

The event is open to all comers but registration is recommended to ensure your seat.