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
- M. Gabriela M. Gomes, Ibrahim Mohammed and Chris Robertson's contribution to the Discussion of ‘Some statistical aspects of the Covid-19 response’ by Wood et al
- Gomes M Gabriela M, Mohammed Ibrahim, Robertson Chris
- Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A Vol 189, pp. 43-45 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jrsssa/qnaf104
- CO252 Tocilizumab vs. Sarilumab Among Adults Hospitalized 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, MacKenna Brian, Mehrkar Amir, Bacon Seb, Goldacre Ben, Robertson Chris, Sheikh Aziz, Tomlinson Laurie
- Value in Health Vol 28, pp. S94 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2025.09.352
- What Can International Disaster Law Learn from Global Health Responses? : Workshop Report and Briefing Document
- O'Donnell Therese, Switzer Stephanie, Sadowski Mirosław M, Mitchell Lynsey, Lines Katie, Cubie Dug, Devaney James, Brown Rebecca, Harrington John, Wenton Anthony, Perrie Yvonne, Robertson Chris, MacDougall Audrey, Hill Conor, Shucksmith-Wesley Christy, Strobeyko Adam, Breau Susan, Carolei Domenico, Kaur Kirndeep, Sindico Francesco, Grez Hidalgo Pablo
- (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00095041
- Study protocol : Effectiveness of the maternal RSVpreF vaccine by virus type
- Mensah Anna, Symes Rebecca, Mpamhanga Chengetai, Andrews Nick, Ferguson Lynne, Gunson Rory, Hoschler Katja, Kele Beatrix, Lim Wei Shen, Lopez Bernal Jamie, McQueenie Ross, Robertson Chris, Talts Tiina, Whitaker Heather, Marsh Kimberly, Watson Conall, Zambon Maria, Williams Thomas
- Wellcome Open Research Vol 10 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24371.1
- Effectiveness of the maternal RSVpreF vaccine against severe disease in infants in Scotland, UK : a national, population-based case-control study and cohort analysis
- McLachlan Isobel, Robertson Chris, Morrison Kirsty E, McQueenie Ross, Hameed Safraj Shahul, Gibbons Cheryl, Wood Rachael, Merrick Rachel, Pollock Louisa, Ho Antonia, Shi Ting, Williams Thomas C, Sheikh Sir Aziz, McMenamin Jim, Ghebrehewet Sam, Marsh Kimberly
- Lancet Infectious Diseases (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00624-3
- Bayesian hierarchical Poisson models for multiple grouped outcomes and clustering with applications to observational health data
- Carragher Raymond, Mueller Tanja, Bennie Marion, Robertson Chris
- Journal of Open Research Software Vol 13 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.356
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 3804