Ben Lacey

Ben Lacey is Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at UK Biobank, Oxford Population Health, University of Oxford.

His work seeks to further understanding of the determinants of population health, mainly through the design, conduct and analysis of large-scale cohort studies. He has worked on cohorts in the UK, India, Cuba and elsewhere.

He studied Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, qualifying in 2004. After a few years clinical work, he undertook specialty training in Public Health Medicine, and received a master’s degree in Global Health Science and a doctorate in Epidemiology from the University of Oxford. He joined Oxford Population Health in 2015.

He is also an Honorary Consultant Physician in Public Health at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians.