Hazel Inskip

Professor Hazel Inskip is a leading academic in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton. She serves as Deputy Director of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (MRC LEU) and holds a Chair in Statistical Epidemiology. Her career spans decades of impactful research in maternal and child health, public health interventions, and lifecourse epidemiology.

• Education: BSc in Mathematics and Statistics (University of Edinburgh, 1978), MSc in Medical Statistics (University of London, 1979), PhD in Epidemiology (University of London, 1985)

Her research focuses on how preconception and pregnancy health behaviors influence offspring development, exemplified by the Southampton Women’s Survey (SWS), a landmark cohort study tracking 12,583 women and their children. Key interventions include the MAVIDOS trial (maternal vitamin D supplementation) and the EACH-B initiative (Healthy Conversation Skills training and digital health apps). She also emphasizes adolescent health, recognizing its role in shaping future generations.

Professor Inskip has received prestigious accolades, including the Society of Social Medicine’s Honorary Life Membership and the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Collegiality. She actively contributes to national and international advisory roles, such as the MRC Population and Systems Medicine Board and the Wellcome Trust Expert Review Group.

She supervises PhD students and oversees MSc dissertations in Statistics with Applications in Medicine. Her work extends to public engagement through initiatives like LifeLab, a health education program for schools based at Southampton General Hospital.