Professor H Ross Anderson

NAME

Ross Anderson

Research Status

Professor of Epidemiology

Academic Section

Community Health Sciences

Phone Number

020 8725 5419

Email

randerso@sgul.ac.uk

Research Interests

Asthma, Air pollution, Public Health 

Research Methods

Epidemiology, Statistics, Routine Health Information 

Fellowships

Faculty of Public Health, Fellow 1990 —

Royal College of Physicians, Fellow 2000 —

Academy of Medical Sciences, Fellow 2001 —

International:

Health Effects Institute, Boston . Subgroup on Health Effects of Air Toxics 2004 —

WHO Steering Committee for the revision of air quality guidelines 2004 — 2006

WHO Task Force on health aspects of long-range transboundary air pollution 2003 —

Health Effects Institute, Boston . Oversight Committee of PAPA (Public Health Effects of Air Pollution in Asia ) 2003 —

WHO Scientific Advisory Committee on the health effects of air pollution in Europe 2003-2004

US National Academy of Sciences: Committee on estimating the Health-Risk-Reduction benefits of proposed air pollution regulations 2001-2003

National:

Department of Health COMEAP Subcommittee: Quantification of health effects of air pollution in the UK (QUARK). Chairman of sulphate subgroup. 2005 — 2006

London Health Observatory Scientific Advisory Committee 2003 —

COMEAP Advisory Group on multi-pollutant models 2002 — 2003

COMEAP Advisory Group on air pollution and cardiovascular disease 2002 — 2005

COMEAP Advisory Group on air pollution and asthma 2002 —

Royal Society Working Group on Ozone 2007

Bupa Foundation. Governor, 1996 -

US Health Effects Institute, Boston .

Johns Hopkins Medical School , Prof Jon Samet.

University of Athens , Prof Klea Katsouyanni.

Department of Epidemiology, Local Health Authority, Rome , Dr Paola Michelozzi.

University of Hong Kong , Prof Tony Hedley.

King's College London, Prof Frank Kelly.

University of Birmingham , Prof Roy Harrison.

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Drs Paul Wilkinson & Ben Armstrong.

Gupta R, Sheikh A, Strachan DP, Anderson HR . Time trends in allergic disorders in the UK . Thorax 2007; 62:91-96

Michelozzi P, Kirchmayer U, Katsouyanni K, Biggeri A, McGregor G, Menne B, Kassomenos P, Anderson HR , Baccini M, Accetta G, Analytis A, Kosatsky T. Assessment and prevention of acute health effects of weather conditions in Europe, the PHEWE project: background, objectives, design. Environ Health 2007; 6:12.

Anderson HR , Gupta R, Strachan D, Limb ES. 50 years of asthma: UK trends from 1955 to 2004. Thorax 2007; 62:85-90

Analitis A, Katsouyanni K, Dimakopoulou K, Samoli E, Nikoloulopoulos AK, Petasakis Y, Touloumi G, Schwartz J, Anderson HR , Cambra K, Forastiere F, Zmirou D, Vonk JM, Clancy L, Kriz B, Bobvos J, Pekkanen J. Short-term effects of ambient particles on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality. Epidemiology 2006; 17:230-233.

Atkinson RW, Strachan DP, Anderson HR , Hajat S, Emberlin J. Temporal associations between daily counts of fungal spores and asthma exacerbations. Occup Environ Med 2006; 63:580-590.

Butland BK, Strachan DP, Crawley-Boevey EE, Anderson HR . Childhood asthma in South London : trends in prevalence and use of medical services 1991-2002. Thorax 2006; 61:383-387.

Field-Smith ME, Butland BK, Ramsey JD, Anderson HR . Trends in death associated with abuse of volatile substances 1971-2004. 19. 2006. St George's University of London , Division of Community Health Sciences.
Gupta R, Anderson HR , Strachan DP, Maier W, Watson L. International trends in admissions and drug sales for asthma. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2006; 10:138-145.

Marossy AE, Strachan DP, Rudnicka AR , Anderson HR . Childhood Chest Illness and the Rate of Decline of Adult Lung Function Between Ages 35 and 45 Years. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006.

Anderson HR . Prevalence of asthma. BMJ 2005; 330:1037-1038.

Anderson HR , Ayres JG, Sturdy PM, Bland JM, Butland BK, Peckitt C, Taylor JC, Victor CR. Bronchodilator treatment and deaths from asthma: case-control study. BMJ 2005; 330:117-120.

Anderson HR , Atkinson RW, Peacock JL, Sweeting MJ, Marston L. Ambient particulate matter and health effects: publication bias in studies of short-term associations. Epidemiology 2005; 16:155-163.

Cohen A, Anderson HR , Ostro B, Pandey K, Krzyzanowski M, nzli N, Gutschmidt K, Pope A, Romieu I, Samet J, Smith K. The Global Burden of Disease Due to Outdoor Air Pollution. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A: Current Issues 2005; 68:1301-1307.

Field-Smith ME, Butland BK, Ramsey JD, Anderson HR . Trends in death associated with abuse of volatile substances 1971-2003. 18. 2005. St George's Hospital Medical School , Department of Community Health Sciences.

Samoli E, Analitis A, Touloumi G, Schwartz J, Anderson HR , Sunyer J, Bisanti L, Zmirou D, Vonk JM, Pekkanen J, Goodman P, Paldy A, Schindler C, Katsouyanni K. Estimating the exposure-response relationships between particulate matter and mortality within the APHEA multicity project. Environ Health Perspect 2005; 113:88-95.

Sturdy PM, Butland BK, Anderson HR , Ayres JG, Bland JM, Harrison BD, Peckitt C, Victor CR. Deaths certified as asthma and use of medical services: a national case-control study. Thorax 2005; 60:909-915.

Touloumi G, Samoli E, Quenel P, Paldy A, Anderson HR , Zmirou D, Galan I, Forsberg B, Schindler C, Schwartz J, Katsouyanni K. Short-term effects of air pollution on total and cardiovascular mortality: the confounding effect of influenza epidemics. Epidemiology 2005; 16:49-57.

Anderson HR , Ruggles R, Strachan DP, Austin JB, Burr M, Jeffs D, Standring P, Steriu A, Goulding R. Trends in prevalence of symptoms of asthma, hay fever, and eczema in 12-14 year olds in the British Isles, 1995-2002: questionnaire survey. BMJ 2004; 328:1052-1053.

Anderson HR , Atkinson RW, Peacock JL, Konstantinou K. Meta-analysis of time-series studies and panel studies of Particulate Matter (PM) and Ozone (O3) Report of a WHO task group. 2004. Copenhagen , WHO Regional Office for Europe .

Cohen A, Anderson HR , Ostro B, Pandey KD, Krzyzanowski M, Kuenzli N et al. Mortality Impacts of Urban Air Pollution. In: Ezzati M, Lopez AD, Rodgers A, Murray CJL, editors. Comparative quantification of health risks: global and regional burden of disease attributable to selected major risk factors. Geneva : World Health Organization; 2004.

Cooper PJ, Chico ME, Rodrigues LC, Strachan DP, Anderson HR , Rodriguez EA, Gaus DP, Griffin GE. Risk factors for atopy among school children in a rural area of Latin America . Clin Exp Allergy 2004; 34:845-852.

Field-Smith ME, Butland BK, Ramsey JD, Anderson HR . Trends in death associated with abuse of volatile substances 1971-2002. 17. 2004. St George's Hospital Medical School , Department of Community Health Sciences.

Gryparis A, Forsberg B, Katsouyanni K, Analitis A, Touloumi G, Schwartz J, Samoli E, Medina S, Anderson HR , Niciu EM, Wichmann E, Kriz B, Kosnik M, Skorkovsky J, Vonk JM, Dortbudak Z. Acute Effects of Ozone on Mortality from the "Air Pollution and Health: A European Approach" Project. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004.

Gupta R, Sheikh A, Strachan DP, Anderson HR . Burden of allergic disease in the UK : secondary analyses of national databases. Clin Exp Allergy 2004; 34:520-526.

Mahon GJ, Anderson HR , Gardiner TA, McFarlane S, Archer DB, Stitt AW. Chloroquine causes lysosomal dysfunction in neural retina and RPE: implications for retinopathy. Curr Eye Res 2004; 28:277-284.

Medina S, Plasencia A, Ballester F, Mucke HG, Schwartz J, Anderson HR . Apheis: public health impact of PM10 in 19 European cities. J Epidemiol Community Health 2004; 58:831-836.

Aga E, Samoli E, Touloumi G, Anderson HR , Cadum E, Forsberg B, Goodman P, Goren A, Kotesovec F, Kriz B, Macarol-Hiti M, Medina S, Paldy A, Schindler C, Sunyer J, Tittanen P, Wojtyniak B, Zmirou D, Schwartz J, Katsouyanni K. Short-term effects of ambient particles on mortality in the elderly: results from 28 cities in the APHEA2 project. Eur Respir J Suppl 2003; 40:28s-33s.

Anderson HR , Atkinson RW, Bremner SA, Marston L. Particulate air pollution and hospital admissions for cardiorespiratory diseases: are the elderly at greater risk? Eur Respir J Suppl 2003; 40:39s-46s.

Atkinson RW, Anderson HR , Sunyer J, Ayres J, Baccini M, Vonk J, Boumghar A, Forastiere F, Forsberg B, Touloumi G, Schwartz J, Katsouyanni K. Acute effects of particulate air pollution on respiratory admissions. 81-84. 2003. Boston , MA., Health Effects Institute. Revised analyses of time-series studies of air pollution and health. Special Report.

Field-Smith ME, Butland BK, Ramsey JD, Bland JM, Anderson HR . Trends in death associated with abuse of volatile substances 1971-2001. 16. 2003. London., Department of Community Health Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School .

Gupta R, Sheikh A, Strachan D, Anderson HR . Increasing hospital admissions for systemic allergic disorders in England : analysis of national admissions data. BMJ 2003; 327:1142-1143.

Katsouyanni K, Touloumi G, Samoli E, Petasakis Y, Analitis A, Le Tertre A, Rossi G, Zmirou D, Ballester F, Boumghar A, Anderson HR , Wojtyniak B, Paldy A, Braustein R, Pekkanen J, Schindler C, Schwartz J. Sensitivity Analysis of Various Models of Short -Term Effects of Ambient Particles on Total Mortality in 29 Cities in APHEA 2. 157-164. 2003. Health Effects Institute.

Peacock JL, Symonds P, Jackson P, Bremner SA, Scarlett JF, Strachan DP, Anderson HR . Acute effects of winter air pollution on respiratory function in schoolchildren in southern England . Occup Environ Med 2003; 60:82-89.

Sunyer J, Atkinson RW, Ballester F, Le Tertre A, Ayres JG, Forastiere F, Forsberg B, Vonk JM, Bisanti L, Anderson HR , Schwartz J, Katsouyanni K. Respiratory effects of sulphur dioxide: a hierarchical multicity analysis in the APHEA 2 study. Occup Environ Med 2003; 60.

Zanobetti A, Schwartz J, Samoli E, Gryparis A, Touloumi G, Peacock J, Anderson HR , Le Tertre A, Bobros J, Celko M, Goren A, Forsberg B, Michelozzi P, Rabczenko D, Hoyos SP, Wichmann HE, Katsouyanni K. The temporal pattern of respiratory and heart disease mortality in response to air pollution. Environ Health Perspect 2003; 111:1188-1193.

Anderson HR , Gupta R. Trends in asthma. In: Partridge MR, Miles A, editors. The effective management of asthma. London : Aesculapius; 2002.

Anderson HR , Atkinson RW, Peacock JL, Sweeting M. Publication bias in studies of ambient particulate pollution and daily mortality. Epidemiology 2002; 13:S149.

Anderson HR , Derwent RG, Stedman JR. Air Pollution and Climate Change. Health effects of climate change in the UK . Department of Health; 2002. 193-217.

Davey G, Sedgwick P, Maier W, Visick G, Strachan DP, Anderson HR . Association between migraine and asthma: matched case-control study. Br J Gen Pract 2002; 52:723-727.

Field-Smith ME, Bland JM, Taylor JC, Anderson HR . Trends in death associated with abuse of volatile substances 1971-2000. 15, -53. 2002. Department of Public Health Sciences, St. Georges Hospital Medical School.
Ref Type: Report

Hajat S, Anderson HR , Atkinson RW, Haines A. Effects of air pollution on general practitioner consultations for upper respiratory diseases in London. Occup Environ Med 2002; 59:294-299.

Hedley AJ, Wong CM, Thach TQ, Ma S, Lam TH, Anderson HR . Cardiorespiratory and all-cause mortality after restrictions on sulphur content of fuel in Hong Kong : an intervention study. Lancet 2002; 360:1646-1652.

Katsouyanni K, Touloumi G, Samoli E, Gryparis A, Monopolis Y, LeTertre A, Boumghar A, Rossi G, Zmirou D, Ballester F, Anderson HR , Wojtyniak B, Paldy A, Braunstein R, Pekkanen J, Schindler C, Schwartz J. Different convergence parameters applied to the S-PLUS GAM function. Epidemiology 2002; 13:742-743.

Krzyzanowski M, Cohen A, Anderson HR . Quantification of health effects of exposure to air pollution. Occup Environ Med 2002; 59:791-793.

National Research Council, Anderson HR , et al. Estimating the public health benefits of proposed air pollution regulations. Washington : National Academies Press; 2002.

Peacock JL, Anderson HR , Atkinson RW, Sweeting M. Publication bias in studies of PM10 and children's lung function. Epidemiology 2002; 13:S149 (391).

Sturdy PM, Victor CR, Anderson HR , Bland JM, Butland BK, Harrison BD, Peckitt C, Taylor JC. Psychological, social and health behaviour risk factors for deaths certified as asthma: a national case-control study. Thorax 2002; 57:1034-1039.

Wong CM, Atkinson RW, Anderson HR , Hedley AJ, Ma S, Chau PY, Lam TH. A tale of two cities: effects of air pollution on hospital admissions in Hong Kong and London compared. Environ Health Perspect 2002; 110:67-77.

Anderson HR , Bremner SA, Atkinson RW, Harrison RM, Walters S. Particulate matter and daily mortality and hospital admissions in the west midlands conurbation of the United Kingdom: associations with fine and coarse particles, black smoke and sulphate. Occup Environ Med 2001; 58:504-510.

Anderson HR , Limb ES, Bland JM, Strachan DP. The Health Effects of Smog Episodes in London in December 1991 and in the Manchester and Birmingham Conurbations in December 1992. Report to the Department of Health, 2001. London : St George's Hospital Medical School ; 2001.

Anderson HR , Coggan D. Epidemiological evidence for health effects of particles. Airborne particles: report of expert panel on air quality standards of the Department of the Environment, Transport and regions. 65-85. 2001. London , The Stationery Office. Ref Type: Report

Anderson HR , Poloniecki JD, Strachan DP, Beasley R, Bjorksten B, Asher MI. Immunization and symptoms of atopic disease in children: results from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood. Am J Public Health 2001; 91:1126-1129.

Atkinson RW, Anderson HR , Sunyer J, Ayres J, Baccini M, Vonk JM, Boumghar A, Forastiere F, Forsberg B, Touloumi G, Schwartz J, Katsouyanni K. Acute effects of particulate air pollution on respiratory admissions: results from APHEA 2 project. Air Pollution and Health: a European Approach. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 164:1860-1866.

Field-Smith ME, Taylor JC, Norman CL, Bland JM, Ramsey J, Anderson HR . Trends in death associated with abuse of volatile substances 1971-1999. 14, 1-48. 2001. London., Department of Public Health Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School .

Hajat S, Haines A, Atkinson RW, Bremner SA, Anderson HR , Emberlin J. Association between air pollution and daily consultations with general practitioners for allergic rhinitis in London, United Kingdom. Am J Epidemiol 2001; 153:704-714.

Katsouyanni K, Touloumi G, Samoli E, Gryparis A, Le TA, Monopolis Y, Rossi G, Zmirou D, Ballester F, Boumghar A, Anderson HR , Wojtyniak B, Paldy A, Braunstein R, Pekkanen J, Schindler C, Schwartz J. Confounding and effect modification in the short-term effects of ambient particles on total mortality: results from 29 European cities within the APHEA2 project. Epidemiology 2001; 12:521-531.

Ohya Y, Williams H, Steptoe A, Saito H, Iikura Y, Anderson HR , Akasawa A. Psychosocial factors and adherence to treatment advice in childhood atopic dermatitis. J Invest Dermatol 2001; 117:852-857.

Samoli E, Schwartz J, Wojtyniak B, Touloumi G, Spix C, Balducci F, Medina S, Rossi G, Sunyer J, Bacharova L, Anderson HR , Katsouyanni K. Investigating regional differences in short-term effects of air pollution on daily mortality in the APHEA project: a sensitivity analysis for controlling long-term trends and seasonality. Environ Health Perspect 2001; 109:349-353.

Sturdy PM, Victor CR, Anderson HR , Bland JM, Wilman C, Butland BK, Harrison BDW, Taylor JC. Psychological, social and health behaviour risk factors for asthma death. Thorax 2001; 56:32.

Sturdy PM, Anderson HR , Wilman C, Butland BK, Bland JM, Victor CR. Associations between asthma death and the use of medical services: A national case-control study. Thorax 2001; 56:iii32 (S101).

WHO, Anderson HR . Quantification of Health Effects of Exposure to Air Pollution. 2001. Bilthoven , Netherlands .

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2007 Re-analysis of UK case-control study of asthma-related deaths. Principal Investigator with B. Butland. GlaxoSmithKline..

2007 Database of chronic exposure studies of asthma. Principal investigator, with RW Atkinson. Department of Health.

2006 Links between urban ambient particulate matter and health - time-series analyses of particle metrics. With R Atkinson (principal investigator). Department of Environment, Farming and the Regions.

2006 Impact of the 1990 Hong Kong legislation for restriction on sulphur content in fuel. With Chit-Ming Wong (principal investigator) and others. US Health Effects Institute.

2006 Air pollution and risk of pre-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest. With J Pell ( University of Glasgow ) principal investigator. Chief Scientist Office of Scotland .

2006 The LEZ study: The introduction of the London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) and its impact on air quality and health. With F Kelly (King's College, London ) principal investigator, and others. US Health Effects Institute.

2005 Lung and Asthma Information Agency (LAIA) . Principal investigator with D. Strachan, R. Gupta. National Asthma Campaign, British Lung Foundation, British Thoracic Society.

2005 A national register of deaths associated with the abuse of volatile substances. Principal investigator with J Ramsey, M Field-Smith and B Butland. Department of Health.

2005 Congestion Charging Scheme in London : assessing its impact on air quality and health. With F. Kelly (King's College London) principal investigator, and others. Health Effects Institute.

2005 Environmental Health Information System (ENHIS-1). With INVS (Paris) and WHO ( Bonn ) principal investigators. European Commission (DG SANCO).

2004 Air pollution epidemiology database (APED) Principal Investigator with R Atkinson and J Peacock. Department of Health.

2004 Measurement and modelling of exposure to air toxics and verification by biomarker . With Roy Harrison ( University of Birmingham ), principal investigator, and others. Health Effects Institute. $707,655 over 3 years (none to St George's in stage 1)

2003 Meta-analysis of time-series studies of PM and ozone in Europe . WHO.

2002 Assessment and prevention of acute health effects of weather conditions in Europe (PHEWE). With Michelozzi (PI) and others.

2002 Air pollution and health: a combined European and North American approach (APHENA ). With Katsouyanni (PI) and others.

2002 APHEA-POL : Air pollution and health: a European approach elaborating methods and results to support public policy. With Katsouyanni (PI) and others.

2002 International trends in hospital admissions for asthma . With R Gupta and DP Strachan. GlaxoSmithKline.

2002 Burden of allergic disease in the United Kingdom . With R Gupta, A Sheikh, D Strachan. British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

2002 Air pollution and ventricular arrhythmias in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator attending London hospitals . Principal investigator with P Wilkinson, J Poloniecki, A Timmis, R Harrison and B Armstrong. Department of Health.

2002 Quantitative systematic review of short term associations between ambient air pollution (particles, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide) and mortality and morbidity. Principal investigator with: R Atkinson and J Peacock. Department of Health

2001 Trends in the prevalence of symptoms of asthma and allergies in England . ISAAC 3 (PI ) with Strachan . National Asthma Campaign.