Stephen Evans (born c.1943) is a British pharmacoepidemiologist and
medical statistician, professor of
pharmacoepidemiology
Pharmacoepidemiology is the study of the uses and effects of drugs in well-defined populations.Porta M, editor. Greenland S, Hernán M, dos Santos Silva I, Last JM, associate editors (2014). "A dictionary of epidemiology", 6th. edition. New York: O ...
at the
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a public university, public research university in Bloomsbury, central London, and a constituent college, member institution of the University of London that specialises in public h ...
(LSHTM).
Evans earned a
bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...
in
physics
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and
chemistry, and a
master's
A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice. in medical statistics from LSHTM.
Evans worked in statistics and computing at
The London Hospital and Medical College for 25 years, leaving there in 1995 as Professor of Medical Statistics.
He was president of the
International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology The International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) is a society focused on the practice of pharmacoepidemiology.
The society was launched officially by Stanley A. Edlavitch, David E. Lilienfeld, and Hugh A. Tilson in 1989 during the Fifth In ...
for 2010/2011,
and a member of the statistics expert group for the
Infected Blood Inquiry.
References
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Living people
British epidemiologists
Academics of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
British statisticians
Year of birth missing (living people)
1940s births