Deborah (Debbie) Jarvis | |
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Born | UK |
Citizenship | British |
Known for | Epidemiology of
Asthma Epidemiology of Allergy |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Public health |
Institutions | National Heart & Lung Institute Imperial College London |
Website | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/d.jarvis |
Deborah (Debbie) Jarvis is a British professor of public health at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London. [1] She is an authority on the epidemiology of asthma in adults. [2]
Jarvis obtained both her MB.BS degree and MD (postgraduate research degree) from University of London, and trained in public health in South East Thames. The early part of her research career was spent at King's College London. She moved to Imperial College London in 2006.
Jarvis main research focus has been on identifying lifestyle and environmental factors, including air pollution, that could determine whether adults have or develop allergy, asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [3] She is project lead of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) [4] and principal investigator of the Ageing Lungs in European Cohorts study. [5] She was member of the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP), [6] and served as Chair of the Epidemiology group of the Occupation and Epidemiology Assembly of the European Respiratory Society. [7]
Deborah (Debbie) Jarvis | |
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Born | UK |
Citizenship | British |
Known for | Epidemiology of
Asthma Epidemiology of Allergy |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Public health |
Institutions | National Heart & Lung Institute Imperial College London |
Website | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/d.jarvis |
Deborah (Debbie) Jarvis is a British professor of public health at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London. [1] She is an authority on the epidemiology of asthma in adults. [2]
Jarvis obtained both her MB.BS degree and MD (postgraduate research degree) from University of London, and trained in public health in South East Thames. The early part of her research career was spent at King's College London. She moved to Imperial College London in 2006.
Jarvis main research focus has been on identifying lifestyle and environmental factors, including air pollution, that could determine whether adults have or develop allergy, asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [3] She is project lead of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) [4] and principal investigator of the Ageing Lungs in European Cohorts study. [5] She was member of the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP), [6] and served as Chair of the Epidemiology group of the Occupation and Epidemiology Assembly of the European Respiratory Society. [7]