Newcastle University

Profile

I am currently in the second year of the Academic Foundation Programme, working in child health epidemiology and international child health within the Institute of Health and Society.

Qualifications 

BSc(Hons) International Health. University of Leeds 2008

MBChB University of Leeds 2010 

I am currently on the Academic Foundation Programme and so spend 1/3 time on child health epidemiology research. I am particularly interested in international child nutrition, and studied the intercalated BSc in International Health at the Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, University of Leeds.

In January 2012 I will be continuing my work in international child health with SEARCH in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India.

I run a 4-stranded, 12-week teaching programme run by 1st and 2nd year junior doctors for final year medical students in the Tyne Base Unit (RVI, Freeman hospital, Queen Elizabeth hospital Gateshead).

• Theodoratou E, Zhang JSF, Kolcic I, Davis AM, Bhopal S, Nair H, Chan KY, Liu L, Johnson H, Rudan I, Campbell H. Estimating Pneumonia Deaths of Post-Neonatal Children in Countries of Low or No Death Certification in 2008. PLoS One 2011, 6(9), e25095.
• Bhopal S, Mann K, Pearce M. Rates of childhood cancer in females remain lower than expected in developing countries. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2011, 65(s1), A325.
• Bhopal S, Mann KD, Embleton N, Korada M, Cheetham TD, Pearce MS. The Influence of Early Growth on Bone Mineral Density at Age 9-14 Years in Children Born Preterm. In: Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: 7th World Congress on Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 2011, Portland, Oregon, USA: Cambridge University Press.
• Theodoratou E, Johnson S, Jhass A, Madhi SA, Clark A, Boschi-Pinto C, Bhopal S, Rudan I, Campbell H. The effect of Haemophilus influenzae type b and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on childhood pneumonia incidence, severe morbidity and mortality. International Journal of Epidemiology 2010, 39(s1), i172-i185.
• Bhopal S, Chan J, Ellis O, Graham S, Halpin S, Lawrence T, Laws J, Howes A. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs prescribing in chronic kidney disease: an observational study. Primary Health Care Research & Development 2010, 11(3), 280-284.