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Professor of Public Health Research, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
David Ogilvie is professor of public health research at the University of Cambridge, where he jointly leads the Population Health Interventions programme at the MRC Epidemiology Unit. He qualified in medicine from Cambridge and subsequently trained in general practice in Suffolk and then in public health medicine in the west of Scotland. He was a research fellow at the MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in Glasgow before joining the MRC Epidemiology Unit in 2007. He specialises in population-level intervention studies and evidence synthesis, with a particular focus on the relationships between transport, the environment, physical activity and health. He has previously published work on other public health topics including cervical screening, choice architecture, paediatric services, and tobacco control and health inequalities.
His research is focused on understanding the effects of efforts to influence the ‘wider’ (environmental or societal) determinants of health. His methodological interests lie in the design of population-level intervention studies and in evidence synthesis. He specialises in research on the relationships between transport, the environment, physical activity and health. He has previously published work on other public health topics including cervical screening, paediatric services, and tobacco control and health inequalities.
