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The MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health are holding a two day International Symposium in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Small Area Health Statistics Unit.
The Rapid Inquiry Facility is an automated tool devised by SAHSU that rapidly addresses epidemiological and public health questions using routinely collected health and population data and generates standardised rates and relative risks for any given health outcome, for specified age and year ranges, for any given geographical area.
SAHSU brings together the work of epidemiologists, statisticians, database managers, computer programmers, application developers and experts in exposure assessment.
About Us
The Small Area Health Statistics Unit (SAHSU) was originally established in 1987 following the recommendations of the Black Enquiry, a national investigation into the incidence of leukaemia in children and young adults near the Sellafield nuclear plant.
The main aim of SAHSU has been to assess the risk of exposure to environmental factors, to the health of the population, with an emphasis on the use and interpretation of routine health statistics.
Our Research
SAHSU is a nationally and internationally recognised institution for research into environment and health, with over 200 scientific publications and impact on health policy. SAHSU is currently undertaking a number of major research projects, with increasing attention being given to improving exposure assessment techniques.
SAHSU maintains a wide range of routinely collected health and environmental data at small area level. A key focus of its work is the development of methods in spatial statistical analysis to investigate potential associations between environmental factors and health.
SAHSU works with a multi-disciplinary team that collaborates extensively with other departments within Imperial College and with external institutions in the UK, Europe and the USA.
Publications
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Space-time modeling of small area data is often used in epidemiology for mapping chronic disease rates and by...
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INTRODUCTION: There is no national register of childhood type 1 diabetes mellitus for England. Our aim was to assess...
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BACKGROUND: The 'exposome' represents the accumulation of all environmental exposures across a lifetime. Top-down...
News
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Risks in the workplace responsible for one in six cases of adult onset asthma, according to study. A new study led by Centre researchers has found strong...
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The Imperial College PhD Scholarship Scheme offers an outstanding opportunity for potential PhD students. If you are a high performing undergraduate or Master...
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The Small Area Health statistics Unit (SAHSU) celebrated its 25th Anniversary at a major Symposium, Frontiers in Spatial Epidemiology, on the 5th and 6th...
Events
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Course Summary: Use of Bayesian methods is becoming increasingly widespread in spatial epidemiology for analysing data with complex...
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Course summary: Environmental exposure modelling and assessment is an important part of environmental epidemiology and risk assessment. ...
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An international symposium in celebration of 25 years of the Small Area Health Statistics Unit The MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health are...
