Dr Laila J Tata

PhD, MSc, BSc

Associate Professor in Epidemiology

University of Nottingham

School of Medicine - Lifespan and Population Health

City Hospital, Nottingham

Laila Tata obtained her BSc in Physiology at McGill University in Canada, before completing her MSc in Epidemiology at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and her PhD in Epidemiology at University of Nottingham. Her research in applied epidemiology includes drug safety, healthcare service use, consequences of chronic illness, risk prediction and health inequalities mainly through the use of real-world health data that are routinely collected on large populations: Linked general practice databases (Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database, QResearch); national level Hospital Episode Statistics (HES and Maternity HES); national disease registry data linked across multiple sources; routine US CDC and Swedish Registry Data. She has published extensively with a particular focus on pregnancy, maternal and child health. Her academic profile with more information on her research can be found here https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ medicine/people/laila.tata.