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
- Effect modification and interaction between ethnicity and socioeconomic factors in severe COVID-19 : analyses of linked national data for Scotland
- McCabe Ronan, Kibuchi Eliud, Amele Sarah, Irizar Patricia, Sheikh Aziz, Jeffrey Karen, Ruden Igor, Simpson Colin R, McCowan Colin, Ritchie Lewis, Robertson Chris, Leyland Alastair H, Demou Evangelia, Pearce Anna, Katikireddi Srinivasa Vittal
- BMJ open Vol 15 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-092727
- The COVID-19 pandemic in children and young people during 2022-24: what new did we learn?
- Rudan Igor, Kerr Steven, Simpson Colin, Kurdi Amanj, Adeloye Davies, Robertson Chris, Sheikh Sir Aziz
- Journal of Global Health Vol 15 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.15.01002
- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on elective care backlog trends, recovery efforts, and capacity needs to address backlogs in Scotland (2013-2023): a descriptive analysis and modelling study
- Shah Syed Ahmar, Jeffrey Karen, Robertson Chris, Sheikh Aziz
- The Lancet Regional Health - Europe Vol 50 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101188
- Early evidence of RSV vaccination impact on hospitalisation rates of older people in Scotland
- Hameed Safraj Shahul, Robertson Chris, Morrison Kirsty, McQueenie Ross, McMenamin Jim, Ghebrehewet Sam, Marsh Kimberly
- Lancet Infectious Diseases Vol 25, pp. 256-258 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00064-7
- Deriving and validating a risk prediction model for long COVID : a population-based, retrospective cohort study in Scotland
- Jeffrey Karen, Hammersley Vicky, Maini Rishma, Crawford Anna, Woolford Lana, Batchelor Ashleigh, Weatherill David, White Chris, Millington Tristan, Kerr Robin, Basetti Siddharth, Macdonald Calum, Quint Jennifer K, Kerr Steven, Shah Syed Ahmar, Kurdi Amanj, Simpson Colin R, Katikireddi Srinivasa Vittal, Rudan Igor, Robertson Chris, Ritchie Lewis, Sheikh Aziz, Daines Luke
- Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Vol 117, pp. 402-414 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/01410768241297833
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on influenza hospital admissions and deaths in Wales : descriptive national time series analysis
- Alsallakh Mohammad, Adeloye Davies, Vasileiou Eleftheria, Sivakumaran Shanya, Akbari Ashley, Lyons Ronan A, Robertson Chris, Rudan Igor, Davies Gwyneth A, Sheikh Aziz
- JMIR Public Health and Surveillance Vol 10 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.2196/43173
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, Donald (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