Emeritus Professor Ravi Maheswaran
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
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Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
- Profile
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I retired in September 2023 and have been awarded an Emeritus Professorship. I continue to be actively involved in research.
I graduated in Medicine (MBChB) from the University of 葫芦影业 in 1981 and was awarded an MD in 1990 by the University of 葫芦影业 for research on alcohol and hypertension. I joined the University of 葫芦影业 in 1998 as a Senior Clinical Lecturer and was subsequently promoted to Reader and then Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health.
My professional qualifications included Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP, 1984), Membership (MFPHM, 1996) and subsequently Fellowship (FFPH, 2009) of the Faculty of Public Health. I relinquished my registration with the General Medical Council and the Faculty of Public Health following my retirement.
- Research interests
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My specialist areas of research interest and expertise focus on geographical and environmental epidemiology and socioeconomic and geographical disparities in health and health care.
I have worked on numerous grants incorporating innovative linkage of geographical, environmental and health datasets to address a wide range of research questions.
My publication track record includes over 100 publications with a Scopus H-index of over 20.
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- . BJS Open, 8(5).
- . BJS Open, 8(1).
- . British Journal of Surgery, 109(10), 958-967.
- . BMC Cancer, 18(1).
- . Addiction, 113(11), 2051-2059.
- . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , 72(6), 519-525.
- . Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 18, 74-81.
- . PLOS ONE, 11(6).
- . International Journal of Health Geographics, 13.
- . Stroke, 43(1), 22-27.
- . Stroke, 41(5), 869-877.
- . J Public Health (Oxf), 32(1), 97-102.
All publications
Journal articles
- . Environmental Health, 23.
- . BJS Open, 8(5).
- . EJVES Vascular Forum, 61(Supp 1), S7-S8.
- . BJS Open, 8(1).
- . BJS Open, 7(4).
- . Health Policy, 131.
- . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023(2).
- . British Journal of Surgery, 109(10), 958-967.
- . BJS Open, 6(4).
- . Surgical Infections, 23(1), 73-83.
- . PLoS ONE, 16(7).
- . British Journal of Surgery, 108(5), 521-527.
- . Programme Grants for Applied Research, 9(5), 1-150.
- . Pediatric Obesity, 15(7).
- . Health & Place, 62.
- . BMC Health Services Research, 19(1).
- . Ecological Indicators, 106.
- . Geoforum, 103, 126-137.
- . Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 39, 45-54.
- . British Journal of Surgery, 106(1), 82-89.
- . BMC Cancer, 18(1).
- . European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 56(6), e30-e30.
- . Addiction, 113(11), 2051-2059.
- . Public Health, 165, 154-154.
- . International Journal of Health Geographics, 17.
- . BMJ Open, 8(7).
- . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , 72(6), 519-525.
- . Public Health, 158, 9-14.
- . BMC Public Health, 17(1), 412.
- . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(4).
- . JMIR Research Protocols, 5(4).
- . Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 18, 38-43.
- . Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 18, 74-81.
- . PLOS ONE, 11(6).
- . International Journal of Health Geographics, 13.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review, 33(5), 515-525.
- . Emergency Medicine Journal.
- . Stat Methods Med Res, 23(6), 552-571.
- Accuracy of diagnosis and classification of COPD in primary and specialist nurse-led respiratory care in Rotherham, UK: A cross-sectional study. Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 23(1), 67-73.
- . BMJ Qual Saf, 23(1), 47-55.
- . Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 10, 27-28.
- . Health Services Management Research, 26(4), 110-118.
- . Statistics in Medicine, 32(19), 3300-3313.
- . Journal of Information Science, 39(1), 36-47.
- Mapping gender variation in the spatial pattern of alcohol-related mortality: A Bayesian analysis using data from South Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology.
- . BMJ, 344, e1001.
- . Stroke, 43(1), 22-27.
- . Stroke, 43(1), 22-27.
- Outdoor air pollution and stroke: An overview. Cerebrovascular Diseases, 32(6), 592-594.
- . ISEE Conference Abstracts, 2011(1).
- . ANN GEOPHYS-GERMANY, 29(6), 1113-1120.
- . Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 2(2), 69-78.
- . J Public Health (Oxf), 33(2), 212-222.
- . Bull World Health Organ, 88(11), 873-875.
- . Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 6277 LNAI(PART 2), 163-172.
- . Stroke, 41(5), 869-877.
- . Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 1(2-3), 123-131.
- . BMC Public Health, 10, 99.
- . J Public Health (Oxf), 32(1), 97-102.
- . BRIT J GEN PRACT, 59(569), 934-939.
- Do walk-in centres for commuters work? A mixed methods evaluation.. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 59(569).
- . Public Health, 123(7), 506-510.
- . Int J Health Geogr, 8, 28.
- Do walk-in centres for commuters work? A mixed methods evaluation.. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 59(569).
- Inequalities in alcohol-related mortality in England and Wales. J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H, 62, A29-A30.
- . Int J Health Geogr, 6, 38.
- . STOCH ENV RES RISK A, 21(5), 501-509.
- . BMJ, 334(7598), 838.
- . Sex Transm Infect, 83(1), 41-46.
- . FUTURE MICROBIOLOGY, 1(3), 247-247.
- . Stat Methods Med Res, 15(5), 499-516.
- . J PUBLIC HEALTH-UK, 28(3), 294-294.
- . Int J Health Geogr, 5, 29.
- Analyzing the relationship between smoking and coronary heart disease at the small area level: A Bayesian approach to spatial modeling. GEOGR ANAL, 38(2), 140-159.
- . Int J Health Geogr, 5, 10.
- . J Epidemiol Community Health, 60(3), 208-212.
- . J Public Health (Oxf), 28(1), 39-42.
- . J Am Med Inform Assoc, 12(6), 630-641.
- . Eur Heart J, 26(23), 2543-2549.
- . Comput. Environ. Urban Syst., 29, 455-469.
- . Stroke, 36(2), 239-243.
- . Int J Health Geogr, 3(1), 24.
- . Public Health, 118(3), 167-176.
- . Nephrol Dial Transplant, 19(4), 963-968.
- . Health Policy, 68(2), 245-255.
- . Stroke, 34(12), 2776-2780.
- . J Epidemiol Community Health, 57(9), 673-674.
- . J Epidemiol Community Health, 57(7), 523-524.
- . Ann Intern Med, 138(7), 534-541.
- . Health Informatics Journal, 8(4), 167-173.
- . J Public Health Med, 24(2), 149.
- . J Public Health Med, 24(2), 120-122.
- A population-based case-control study for examining early life influences on geographical variation in adult mortality in England and Wales using stomach cancer and stroke as examples.. Int J Epidemiol, 31(2), 375-382.
- . International Journal of Epidemiology, 31(2), 375-382.
- A strategy for vascular services--testing the 600,000 population model.. Ann R Coll Surg Engl, 82(3), 176-181.
- . Heart, 82(4), 455-460.
- . J Public Health Med, 21(3), 289-298.
- Density of truck traffic and respiratory health of infants in London. EPIDEMIOLOGY, 10(4), S54-S54.
- . J Epidemiol Community Health, 53(4), 255.
- . Epidemiology, 9(Supplement), S103-S103.
- . Epidemiology, 9(Supplement), S31-S31.
- . Clin Rehabil, 12(3), 265-271.
- . Public Health, 111(6), 411-415.
- Cancer clusters and their origins. CHEM IND-LONDON(7), 254-256.
- . J Epidemiol Community Health, 51(2), 121-126.
- . J Epidemiol Community Health, 51(2), 127-131.
- . Public Health, 111(6), 411-415.
- . Am J Epidemiol, 137(6), 645-653.
- . Hypertension, 19(1), 79-84.
- . Hypertension, 17(6 Pt 1), 787-792.
- . J Clin Pharm Ther, 15(6), 405-410.
- . Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 15(6), 395-397.
- Clinical correlates in parathyroid hypertension. Journal of Hypertension, Supplement, 7, S190-S191.
- LEAD AND BLOOD-PRESSURE. JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION, 7, S381-S382.
- . J Med Eng Technol, 12(4), 160-163.
- . Proc Nutr Soc, 47(2), 111-114.
- . Journal of Hypertension, 6(11), 946-946.
- . Int J Psychophysiol, 6(1), 65-69.
- DIENE CONJUGATED 9,11 LINOLEIC-ACID AND ANTIOXIDANT STATUS DURING ALCOHOL-WITHDRAWAL. CLINICAL SCIENCE, 73, P45-P45.
- SECONDARY ANTIOXIDANT STATUS IN ALCOHOLICS DURING WITHDRAWAL FROM ALCOHOL. CLINICAL SCIENCE, 73, P45-P45.
- . EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 8, 27-29.
- . The Lancet, 329(8538), 925.
- RECENT ALCOHOL INTAKE AND BLOOD-PRESSURE. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY, 46(3), A134-A134.
- THE EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ON BLOOD-PRESSURE IS DUE TO RECENT ALCOHOL INTAKE. CLINICAL SCIENCE, 72, P70-P70.
- THE EFFECT OF ACUTE ALCOHOL INGESTION ON SERUM IONIZED CALCIUM (CA-2+) IN MAN. CLINICAL SCIENCE, 72, P71-P71.
- . Clinical Science, 72(s16), 71P-71P.
- The role of alcohol in hypertension. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2(2), 172-178.
- PREDICTION OF THE ACUTE PRESSOR-RESPONSE TO ORAL ALCOHOL. JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION, 4, S340-S342.
- . Br Med J (Clin Res Ed), 287(6389), 392-393.
- . Journal of Public Health.
- . Health Services and Delivery Research, 2(48), 1-126.
Chapters
- Geographic information systems in spatial epidemiology and public health, Handbook of Spatial Epidemiology (pp. 69-97).
- , GIS and Evidence-Based Policy Making (pp. 183-200). CRC Press
- , Innovations in GIS CRC Press
- Pattern identification in public health data sets: The potential offered by graph theory, GIS and Evidence-Based Policy Making (pp. 159-176).
- , GIS in Public Health Practice CRC Press
- , GIS in Public Health Practice CRC Press
- , GIS in Public Health Practice CRC Press
- , GIS in Public Health Practice CRC Press
- Using Modelled Outdoor Air Pollution Data for Health In Maheswaran R & Craglia M (Ed.), GIS in Public Health Practice (pp. 125-150). CRC Press
Conference proceedings papers
- . Value in Health Regional Issues, Vol. 22 (pp S105-S105)
- . British Journal of Surgery, Vol. 105(S1) (pp 8-8). Nottingham, United Kingdom, 11 January 2018 - 11 January 2018.
- Trends in aortic aneurysm treatment from Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, Vol. 103 (pp 20-20)
- Alcohol-related mortality, socioeconomic deprivation and urbanicity in England and Wales. GUT, Vol. 57 (pp A77-A77)
- Use of graph theory for data mining in public health. DATA MINING III, Vol. 6 (pp 819-828)
- CLINICAL CORRELATES IN PARATHYROID HYPERTENSION. JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION, VOL 7, SUPPL 6 (pp S190-S191)
Reports
Other
- Grants
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- Policy research support for NIHR Vascular Socioeconomic Project (below). Research England (QR-PSF) 2021-22, 拢54,881 (PI)
- Investigating socioeconomic and geographical disparities in vascular surgery rates and outcomes in England. National Institute for Health Research 2020-23, 拢145,049 (Joint PI)
- A multidisciplinary approach to prevention of multimorbidity in post-conflict Serbia. University of 葫芦影业 (QR GCRF) 2019-21, 拢84,180 (Co-I)
- Improving Wellbeing through Urban Nature (IWUN). Natural Environment Research Council 2016-19, 拢1.04 million (Co-I)
- Investigation of the association between alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related hospital admission rates in England. Alcohol Research UK 2015-16, 拢58,369 (PI)
- Innovative approaches to understanding the wider determinants of health and wellbeing using record linkage and mixed methods to exploit the full potential of population cohorts in Yorkshire & Humber (BiB and SYC). White Rose Consortium (White Rose PhD studentship Network) 2014-17, 拢268,725 (Co-I)
- Treatment patterns of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Amgen Ltd 2014-15, 拢29,275 (PI)
- The design, development, commissioning and evaluation of patient-focused vascular services. NIHR (Programme Grant) 2013-19, 拢1.86 million (Co-I)
- Impact of migration on geographical patterns of health inequalities in 葫芦影业. 葫芦影业 Primary Care Trust 2011-13, 拢30,572 (PI)
- Evaluation of the new Summary Hospital Mortality Index (SHMI) for the Department of Health. Department of Health 2011-12, 拢62,837 (Co-I)
- Alcohol and the Performing Community: Mapping representations of 鈥淏inge-drinking鈥 and community health. Arts and Humanities Research Council 2011-12, 拢30,890 (Co-I)
- Alcohol policy modelling and evaluation. Medical Research Council 2010-13, 拢1.05 million (Co-I)
- Teaching activities
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My main teaching role was as Director of Undergraduate Public Health Teaching on the 葫芦影业 MBChB. I provided leadership and management for public health teaching across all phases of the 葫芦影业 MBChB curriculum.
I also previously set up and taught postgraduate modules on Epidemiology, Using Sources of Information and GIS in Public Health on the 葫芦影业 MPH.
- Professional activities and memberships
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I organised the First European Conference on Geographic Information Sciences (GIS) in Public Health, held in 葫芦影业 in 2001 (252 participants from 19 countries) with European Union Fifth Framework funding to support the conference and associated workshops.
I was involved in organising GIS Research UK 2002 and the 2nd UK and Ireland Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology meeting in 2006.
I was also involved in organising several conferences for GEOMED, the premier international conference series on spatial statistics, geographical epidemiology and public health:
- 2005 (Cambridge, UK)
- 2009 (Charleston, USA)
- 2011 (Victoria, Canada)
- 2013 (葫芦影业, UK)
- 2015 (Florence, Italy)
- 2017 (Porto, Portugal)
- 2019 (Glasgow, UK)
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