Professor Chris Robertson

Mathematics and Statistics

Personal statement

Since 2002 I have been Professor of Public Health Epidemiology in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and also Head of Statistics at Health Protection Scotland (HPS). I have a joint appointment in the two institutes where I lead a team of researchers in statistics and public health epidemiology and manage the statistical research and consultancy service at HPS. In 2010 I was appointed as a senior research fellow with the International Prevention Research Institute, Lyon, France (http://www.i-pri.org/).

I am an applied statistician with interests in the application of Statistics over a wide variety of disciplines. Presently my main research interest is in statistical modelling of infectious diseases and in epidemiological studies. This involves work on statistical methods for the analyses of linked data, mapping diseases, pharmaco-epidemiology studies, which are linked to the FARR Institute Scotland, population simulation models for infectious diseases, meta analysis and the design of disease surveillance systems.

Publications

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Publications

Uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations amongst 3,433,483 children and young people : meta-analysis of UK prospective cohorts: Aldridge Sarah J, Agrawal Utkarsh, Murphy Siobhán, Millington Tristan, Akbari Ashley, Almaghrabi Fatima, Anand Sneha N, Bedston Stuart, Goudie Rosalind, Griffiths Rowena, Joy Mark, Lowthian Emily, de Lusignan Simon, Patterson Lynsey, Robertson Chris, Rudan Igor, Bradley Declan T, Lyons Ronan A, Sheikh Aziz, Owen Rhiannon K; Nature Communications Vol 15 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46451-0
Risk of winter hospitalisation and death from acute respiratory infections in Scotland : national retrospective cohort study: Shi Ting, Millington Tristan, Robertson Chris, Jeffrey Karen, Katikireddi Srinivasa Vittal, McCowan Colin, Simpson Colin R, Woolford Lana, Daines Luke, Kerr Steven, Swallow Ben, Fagbamigbe Adeniyi, Vallejos Catalina A, Weatherill David, Jayacodi Sandra, Marsh Kimberley, McMenamin Jim, Rudan Igor, Ritchie Sir Lewis Duthie, Mueller Tanja, Kurdi Amanj, Sheikh Sir Aziz; Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (2024); https://doi.org/10.1177/01410768231223584
Caveats in reporting of national vaccine uptake: Millington Tristan, Morrison Kirsty, Jeffrey Karen, Sullivan Christopher, Kurdi Amanj, Fagbamigbe Adeniyi Francis, Swallow Ben, Shi Ting, Shah Syed Ahmar, Kerr Steven, Simpson Colin R, Ritchie Sir Lewis D, Robertson Chris, Sheikh Sir Aziz, Rudan Igor; Journal of Global Health Vol 14 (2024); https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.14.03006
COVID-19 vaccine safety in Scotland - background rates of adverse events of special interest: Cullen LA, Grange Z, Antal K, Waugh L, Alsina MS, Gibbons CL, MacDonald LE, Robertson C, Cameron JC, Stockton D, O'Leary MC; Public Health Vol 224, pp. 1-7 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.08.006
Adverse events after first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccination in England: a national vaccine surveillance platform self-controlled case series study: Tsang Ruby SM, Agrawal Utkarsh, Joy Mark, Byford Rachel, Robertson Chris, Anand Sneha N, Hinton William, Mayor Nikhil, Kar Debasish, Williams John, Victor William, Akbari Ashley, Bradley Declan T, Murphy Siobhan, O’Reilly Dermot, Owen Rhiannon K, Chuter Antony, Beggs Jillian, Howsam Gary, Sheikh Aziz, Richard Hobbs FD, Lusignan Simon de; Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (2023); https://doi.org/10.1177/01410768231205430
Developing the EAVE III platform for future health crises: Simpson Colin R, Robertson Chris, McMenamin Jim, Ritchie Lewis D, Sheikh Aziz; The Lancet Infectious Diseases Vol 23, pp. 1223-1225 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00626-6