People
Dr Steven Cummins - Programme Lead Senior Lecturer & NIHR Fellow
Steven has interests in the socio-environmental and contextual determinants of health, the evaluation of social, environmental and policy interventions to improve population health and the use of geographical research in public policy. He is a keen cross-country runner and lacrosse enthusiast.
Email: s.c.j.cummins@qmul.ac.uk
Dr Tim BrownLecturer
Tim has interests in the application of discourse analysis to understand health-care restructuring. Recently he has been developing a critical geography of health to investigate the ways in which epidemiologically defined notions of risk are employed in health governance and policy.
Email: tim.brown@qmul.ac.uk
Dr Dianna SmithResearch Fellow
Dianna has interests in social and spatial health inequalities. She utilises population simulation techniques to create estimates of health outcomes and behaviours within small areas. Using such an approach allows the modelling of the impact of policy interventions on local-level health outcomes .
Email: d.smith@qmul.ac.uk
Jamie FaggDoctoral Student
Jamie is a doctoral student with training in geography and GIS. He is investigating the effects of family and neighbourhood environments on pathways of adolescent self-esteem over time. He is a keen surfer and trombonist.
Email: j.fagg@qmul.ac.uk
Michael GrayerDoctoral Student
Michael's primary interest is demography and its relation to public health, and has a degree in mathematics. He is investigating the use of Bayesian techniques to estimate life expectancies within small sub-regions of London. He is a keen musician and regularly plays korfball and softball.
Email: m.p.grayer@qmul.ac.uk