Tim Driscoll

Professor Tim Driscoll is an academic at the Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney. He specializes in epidemiology, occupational health and safety, and injury prevention, with a focus on the burden of occupational disease and injury, including asbestos, silica, diesel exhaust, and welding fumes. He leads the occupational risk factors expert working group in the Global Burden of Disease study.

Research Interests: His work bridges global burden of disease analysis, occupational carcinogens, climate change health impacts, and communication of epidemiological findings. Key areas include occupational cancer, injury surveillance, and prevention strategies for workplace hazards.

Publication Trends: Recent articles emphasize climate change effects on infectious and cardiovascular diseases, occupational carcinogens (welding fumes, UV radiation), and athlete cardiac screening. Collaborations span global epidemiology (WHO/ILO joint estimates) and regional public health studies in Australia and New Zealand.

Teaching & Supervision: Delivers postgraduate epidemiology courses in the Master of Public Health and Graduate Medical Program, integrating occupational health and burden of disease frameworks.

Students: Supervises research students including Kate Cole (silica exposure in tunnel construction) and Angus Davis (athlete heart studies).