Antonio Gasparrini

Professor Antonio Gasparrini is a leading biostatistician and epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), where he leads the Environment & Health Modelling (EHM) Lab and co-directs the Centre for Data and Statistical Science for Health. His career spans methodological innovation and applied research in environmental epidemiology.

• Current appointments: Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology (2019-present)
• Previous roles: Associate Professor (2016-2019), Senior Lecturer (2015-2016), and Research Fellow (2008-2011)

Research Focus includes:

• Development of distributed lag models, smoothing methods, and meta-analytical frameworks
• Climate change health impact assessment and planetary health
• Time series and spatio-temporal modeling of environmental risks
• Advocacy for open science and reproducible research through freely available R software packages

Scientific Contributions and honors:

• Lead author on 15+ recent high-impact publications in journals like Nature Medicine, The Lancet Planetary Health, and Environmental Pollution
• Recipient of Highly Cited Researcher status (2019-2023) and distinguished lectureships
• Principal investigator on grants from Wellcome Trust, Medical Research Council, and EU Horizon 2020, including a Wellcome Discovery Award (2025-2032)

Teaching involves:

• Module organizer for Statistical Computing (MSc in Medical Statistics) and Programming (MSc in Health Data Science)
• Coordinator of R software workshops for LSHTM staff and students
• Lecturer on time series methods and climate change health impacts across multiple MSc programs