Full Name
Professor Stephen Evans
Hospital/Organisation/Company
London School Of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Speaker Bio
Stephen Evans is Emeritus Professor of Pharmacoepidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). He is the statistician to the the “Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations” (CEPI) meta-Data and Safety Monitoring Board.
After a BSc in Physics & Chemistry, he worked in the computer industry and at CERN, Geneva, then went to The London Hospital and Medical College (LHMC) in 1970. He did the MSc in Medical Statistics (1978) at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), and was made Professor of Medical Statistics in 1990 at LHMC.
He left LHMC in 1995 for the UK Medicines Control Agency (MCA, now MHRA) and was there until 2002 with a brief period at Quintiles (now IQVIA). He became Professor of Pharmacoepidemiology at LSHTM (part-time) on retirement from the MCA in 2002.
From 2006 to 2018, he was on the EU committees on medicines safety, as a European Commission appointed independent Expert, and was a member of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (2006-12). He gave written and Oral evidence on assessing safety of vaccines to the UK Covid Inquiry conducted by Baroness Hallett.
He has been on various editorial boards, including the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and was an Associate Editor of Pharmaco-epidemiology and Drug Safety. He was a statistical advisor to the British Medical Journal and a member of its editorial review committee for over 15 years. He is an Honorary Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians of London.
After a BSc in Physics & Chemistry, he worked in the computer industry and at CERN, Geneva, then went to The London Hospital and Medical College (LHMC) in 1970. He did the MSc in Medical Statistics (1978) at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), and was made Professor of Medical Statistics in 1990 at LHMC.
He left LHMC in 1995 for the UK Medicines Control Agency (MCA, now MHRA) and was there until 2002 with a brief period at Quintiles (now IQVIA). He became Professor of Pharmacoepidemiology at LSHTM (part-time) on retirement from the MCA in 2002.
From 2006 to 2018, he was on the EU committees on medicines safety, as a European Commission appointed independent Expert, and was a member of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (2006-12). He gave written and Oral evidence on assessing safety of vaccines to the UK Covid Inquiry conducted by Baroness Hallett.
He has been on various editorial boards, including the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and was an Associate Editor of Pharmaco-epidemiology and Drug Safety. He was a statistical advisor to the British Medical Journal and a member of its editorial review committee for over 15 years. He is an Honorary Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians of London.
