Geraldine Surman

Geraldine Surman trained in biology and environmental biology at Oxford Brookes University (then Oxford Polytechnic) and in Ecosystems Analysis and Governance at the University of Warwick. She later studied epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She has worked on various studies covering topics including HRT and the menopause and thromboprophylaxis in pregnancy. For several years she was responsible for the day-to-day management of a large database relating to children with early childhood impairments (specifically cerebral palsy and severe vision loss and hearing loss), co-ordinating cerebral palsy research in the UK and has participated in related research projects in the UK and Europe and liaised with fellow researchers world-wide. In 2011, Geraldine joined the Unit of Health Care Epidemiology to carry out research for the UK Medical Careers Research Group using data from surveys of doctors.