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Professor Gavin Pereira is a distinguished Professor at the Curtin School of Population Health within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University. He leads the Epidemiology Research Lab and holds a National Health and Medical Research Council investigator grant. His academic career spans prestigious institutions including Yale University's Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology and School of Environmental Studies, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Telethon Kids Institute, and the University of Western Australia.
Professor Pereira's research focuses on epidemiology, perinatal health, environmental health, and biostatistics. His work examines the influence of air pollution and climate change on children's health, develops prognostic models using machine learning for stillbirth and perinatal morbidity, evaluates vaccine effectiveness, and reviews WHO clinical guidelines. He has served on National Health and Medical Research Council grant review panels for over ten years and previously held leadership positions at Curtin including Discipline Lead of Health Economics and Data Analytics and Chair of Research Committee.
His extensive publication record demonstrates a strong focus on maternal exposure to environmental factors and their impact on birth outcomes, childhood development, and long-term health. His research employs sophisticated epidemiological methods across multiple international settings, contributing significantly to evidence-based public health policy and clinical practice.
- 2022 Researcher of the Year (John de Laeter Award for research leadership), Curtin University
Professor Pereira has made substantial contributions to epidemiological methods, particularly in addressing bias in reproductive and perinatal epidemiology. His laboratory focuses on population health data analysis, environmental epidemiology, and developing predictive models for adverse pregnancy outcomes, with current projects examining critical windows of susceptibility to environmental exposures during pregnancy.
