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Biography

Ian Roberts is Professor of Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and co-director of LSHTM’s Clinical Trials Unit.

He first trained as a paediatrician and then in epidemiology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and at McGill University, Canada. He established and is co-ordinating editor of the Cochrane Injuries Group, an international network of individuals that prepares and maintains systematic reviews of the effectiveness of interventions in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of injury.

He is principal investigator of the CRASH trials, large international randomised controlled trials that seek better ways to treat seriously injured trauma patients. His current focus is the conduct of large scale trials of tranexamic acid in the management of acute severe bleeding. This includes the international WOMAN trial which tested the administration of tranexamic acid to women with post-partem haemorrhage.

Forthcoming events

Will the next pandemic be caused by H5N1 influenza?

Monday, 02 June 2025, 1pm to 2pm @ Richard Doll Lecture Theatre

The world is currently experiencing a panzootic of H5N1 influenza. Wild birds have carried the virus across all continents and an unprecedented number of mammalian species have been infected including humans. What will it take for this virus to go pandemic, and does the introduction of the virus into dairy herds in USA bring that one step closer? Wendy will discuss the current knowledge on host range barriers that protect us from more frequent zoonoses and pandemic from bird flu, and show how we can use this scientific knowledge to risk assess the current situation.

Better treatment for tuberculosis

Monday, 09 June 2025, 1pm to 2pm @ BDI/OxPop Building LG seminar rooms

Resolving the genetic basis of type 2 diabetes in 125 000 Mexicans

Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 1pm to 2pm @ Richard Doll Lecture Theatre

The burden of drug resistant infections, the GRAM project

Monday, 16 June 2025, 1pm to 2pm @ BDI/OxPop Building LG seminar rooms