
Professor Shantini Paranjothy
MBBCh, MSc Medical Statistics, PhD, FFPH
Clinical Chair in Public Health
- About
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Biography
Professor Shantini Paranjothy graduated from the University of Wales College of Medicine in 1995 and worked as a junior doctor in accident and emergency, obstetrics, gynaecology and sexual health in London and Chelmsford. She completed a MSc in Medical Statistics in 2000 at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and completed a PhD in Epidemiology whilst working as a Clinical Research Fellow at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology in 2004. Shantini joined the Welsh Public Health Specialty Training Programme in 2004 and was appointed as a Walport Lecturer at Cardiff University in 2007. She completed specialist training in Public Health Medicine in 2008 and was appointed as a Clinical Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University and Honorary Consultant in Public Health at Public Health Wales NHS Trust in 2009. In 2016, Shantini was appointed as the Mansel Talbot Professor of Preventive Medicine at Cardiff University’s School of Medicine and moved to the University of Aberdeen in 2020 as a Clinical Professor of Public Health and Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine at NHS Grampian.
Professor Shantini Paranjothy is based in the Aberdeen Health Data Science Research Centre and leads the Centre’s research programme on understanding health and disease across the life course. Shantini has a special interest are in women and children’s health, and is experienced in conducting epidemiological studies using record-linked routinely available health and social data to study the social and environmental influences on inequalities in perinatal, child health and wellbeing. She is also an editor of the Cochrane Collaboration Fertility and Gynaecology group.
Qualifications
- MBBCh Medicine1995 - University of Wales College of Medicine
- MSc Medical Statistics2000 - University of London London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- PhD Epidemiology2004 - University of London London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- FFPH Public Health2008 - Faculty of Public Health
- Publications
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Health and household environment factors linked with early alcohol use in adolescence: a record-linked, data-driven, longitudinal cohort study
International Journal of Population Data Science, vol. 7, no. 1, 13Contributions to Journals: ArticlesImproving children and young people’s mental health services: Local data insights from England, Scotland and Wales
Commissioned by The Health Foundation. The Health Foundation. 38 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsInequalities in children's mental health care: analysis of routinely collected data on prescribing and referrals to secondary care
Working Papers and Discussion PapersMediators of socioeconomic inequalities in preterm birth: a systematic review
BMC Public Health, vol. 22, no. 1, 1134Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAcceptability of alternative technologies compared with Faecal Immunochemical Test and/or colonoscopy in colorectal cancer screening: A systematic review
Journal of Medical ScreeningContributions to Journals: Review articlesPopulation birth outcomes in 2020 and experiences of expectant mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A 'born in Wales' mixed methods study using routine data
PloS ONE, vol. 17, no. 5, e0267176Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMediators and Effect Modifiers of the Causal Pathway Between Child Exposure to Domestic Violence and Internalizing Behaviors Among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Literature Review
Trauma, Violence and Abuse, vol. 23, no. 2, 1524838020965964Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPublic acceptability of non-pharmaceutical interventions to control a pandemic in the United Kingdom: a discrete choice experiment
BMJ Open, vol. 12, no. 3, e054155Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHospital admissions in infants with Down syndrome: a record-linked population-based cohort study in Wales
Journal of Intellectual Disability ResearchContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12903
Pregnancy rates and outcomes amongst women with cystic fibrosis in the UK: comparisons with the general population before and after the introduction of disease modifying treatment, 2003-17
BJOG-An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, vol. 129, no. 5, pp. 743-751Contributions to Journals: Articles