Iain Lake

My principal research examines the impact that the natural environment has upon human health. Such research if often statistical using time series approaches to associate health outcomes (e.g. waterborne disease outbreaks) with weather events (e.g. extreme rainfall), or medical geography focussed to examine whether the environment plays a role in the spatial distribution of disease. Another key strand of my research is using GIS to link health outcome data with environmental conditions. This GIS expertise has enabled me to work additionally on ecologically focussed projects within the School. My research has been undertaken for a wide range of funders including Research Councils, Charitable Trusts and Government Departments. I have over 60 peer-reviewed publications and according to Scopus have been cited nearly 1400 times and according to Google Scholar 2900 times (h-index 23).