Dr. Claire Carson

Biography

Claire Carson is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Oxford, specifically within the Medical Sciences Division, and is based at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU). With expertise in both quantitative and qualitative methods, her research focuses on analyzing observational routine data. Her interests span infertility and fertility treatment, preterm birth, and breastfeeding. Claire supervises DPhil students and is actively involved in teaching the Maternal Child Health module of the MSc in Global Health Science Epidemiology, contributing to the Principles of Epidemiology and Statistics modules as well. She joined the NPEU in 2008 to work on a project examining health outcomes for children born through assisted reproductive technologies (ART) using the Millennium Cohort Study data. Claire holds an MRC Career Development Award, investigating the long-term outcomes of fertility treatment on women and children through record linkage, and serves as a co-investigator for the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Maternal and Neonatal Health Care, where she leads work on preconception health. Prior to her tenure at the University of Oxford, she was a Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, where she completed her MSc and PhD in Epidemiology.

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