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
- BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccination uptake, safety, effectiveness, and waning in children and young people aged 5–11 years in Scotland
- Rudan Igor, Kerr Steven, Sullivan Christopher, Jeffrey Karen, Grange Zoe, Fenton Lynda, Kurdi Amanj, Shi Ting, Cullen Lucy A, Simpson Colin R, Katikireddi Srinivasa Vittal, Ritchie Lewis D, Robertson Chris, Sheikh Aziz
- Journal of Global Health Vol 15 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.15.04250
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare associated bloodstream infections in Scottish intensive care units : a retrospective cohort study
- Falconer Jennifer, Balfour Mabel, Walsh Stephanie, Milne Aynsley, McCoubrey Jodie, Murdoch Fiona, Hall Roselind, Robertson Chris, Imrie Laura, Lone Nazir, Cairns Shona
- Journal of Intensive Care Medicine (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/08850666251368802
- Tocilizumab versus sarilumab among adults hospitalised due to COVID-19 : a federated comparative effectiveness study across England and Scotland under the target trial emulation framework
- Zheng Bang, Kurdi Amanj, Amstutz Alain, Green Amelia, Herrett Emily, Tazare John, Wen Qing, Mahalingasivam Viyaasan, Smith Rebecca, t The OpenSAFELY Collaborative, MacKenna Brian, Mehrkar Amir, Bacon Seb, Goldacre Ben, Robertson Chris, Sheikh Aziz, Tomlinson Laurie
- ISPOR Europe 2025 (2025)
- Sustained natural immunity following SARS-CoV-2 infection against severe COVID-19 outcomes and symptomatic reinfection : analyses of national data for Brazil and Scotland
- Haider Fasih, Cerqueira-Silva Thiago, Hainey Kirsten J, Millington Tristan, Shah Syed Ahmar, de Araujo Oliveira Vincius, Pearce Neil, Barreto Mauricio L, Sampaio Boaventura Viviane, Katikireddi Srinivasa Vittal, Robertson Chris, Barral-Netto Manoel, Sheikh Aziz
- BMJ Open Vol 15 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-104057
- M. Gabriela M. Gomes, Ibrahim Mohammed and Chris Robertson's contribution to the Discussion of 'Some statistical aspects of the Covid-19 Pandemic' by Wood et al
- Gomes M Gabriela M, Mohammed Ibrahim, Robertson Chris
- Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jrsssa/qnaf104
- Enabling health data analyses across multiple private datasets with no information sharing using secure multiparty computation
- Kerr Steven, Robertson Chris, Sudlow Cathie, Sheikh Aziz
- BMJ Health & Care Informatics Vol 32 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjhci-2024-101384
Professional Activities
- Impact Case Studies in Maths & Stats
- Speaker
- 9/1/2025
- Joint Committee for Vaccinations and Immunisation (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 12/7/2024
- Advanced Statistical Analyses Using R
- Participant
- 17/3/2016
- Bayesian Statistical Methods for PhD Students
- Participant
- 22/2/2016
- Glasgow Caledonian University (External organisation)
- Member
- 15/2/2016
- International Prevention Research Institute (IPRI) (External organisation)
- Member
- 20/1/2016
Projects
- Mobilising Scotland’s assets in equitable ways for epidemic control (MOSAEC)
- Flowers, Paul (Principal Investigator) Clark, Ruaridh (Co-investigator) Egan, Kieren (Co-investigator) MacIntyre, Gillian (Co-investigator) Robertson, Chris (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- PHS Respiratory Modelling
- Robertson, Chris (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
- Describing, characterising and predicting winter respiratory accident and emergency attendances, hospital and intensive care unit admissions and deaths
- Robertson, Chris (Principal Investigator)
- 05-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
- Use Of National Linked Healthcare data to Identify And Characterise Post-autumn Booster Dose Severe COVID-19 Outcomes Across the UK
- Robertson, Chris (Principal Investigator)
- 30-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
- Developing capacity and capability to undertake UK-wide studies on +65M people using COVID-19 as an exemplar (COALESCE)
- Robertson, Chris (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
- Characteristics and outcomes of patients receiving Sotrovimab for the early treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19
- Robertson, Chris (Principal Investigator) Mueller, Tanja (Co-investigator)
- Project for GSK - Subcontract to University of Edinburgh
- 27-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2022
Contact
Professor
Chris
Robertson
Mathematics and Statistics
Email: chris.robertson@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3215