Alina Rodriguez

Professor Alina Rodriguez is a Visiting Professor at the School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London. She holds a PhD in Psychology from Uppsala University and is affiliated with Sweden’s VINNMER grant. Her research integrates epidemiology, public health, and psychology to study maternal and child mental health, focusing on preventable lifestyle factors during pregnancy and their long-term impacts on child neurodevelopment and wellbeing. Rodriguez leads global consortia such as the EAGLE and EGG networks, contributing to genetic and life-course analyses of growth and psychiatric outcomes.

Dr. Rodriguez’s expertise includes causal risk factor identification, cohort studies, and global health policy through the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) initiative. She is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society and holds multiple professional memberships in neuropsychology, clinical psychology, and child-focused healthcare. Her work spans multidisciplinary collaborations, addressing issues like ADHD comorbidity with obesity, genetic influences on aggression, and maternal health interventions.

Her research highlights include analyses of non-communicable disease burdens in adolescents, genetic associations in child mental health, and the interplay between prenatal exposures and epigenetic markers. Rodriguez also contributes to postgraduate education in epidemiology and supervises PhD students and postdoctoral researchers.

Key awards and recognitions include her Chartered Psychologist status and memberships in specialized psychology divisions. Her research has informed global health policies and continues to advance understanding of maternal-child health dynamics through large-scale cohort studies and international networks.