Colleges, School and Institutes
Research interests
Chronic disease epidemiology
Specifically: a) Behavioural medicine, focusing on childhood obesity prevention
b) Epidemiology of COPD
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Medicine, University of Birmingham
Master of Public Health, University of Birmingham
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Liverpool
Willingness to take PhD. students
Yes
PhD projects
Peymané Adab’s research interests are twofold, including behavioural epidemiology (specifically childhood obesity prevention) and chronic disease epidemiology (focusing on the epidemiology of COPD). She holds major grants in these areas from the National Institute for Health Research and, in the past, from the Medical Research Council.
Professor Adab has successfully supervised five PhD students in the last few years, who have moved on to academic careers. She currently supervises four PhD students working in childhood obesity prevention and COPD epidemiology.