We are delighted to announce Niloofar Shoari as one of our Data Impact Fellows for 2023. In this post Niloofar shares a bit about her background, her current work and research and what she hopes to get out of the Fellows scheme.
Background
I am an MRC Early Career Research Fellow at the Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London. Broadly speaking, my research is at the intersection of environmental sciences and public health, with a particular focus on the application of Bayesian methods in this area. I am interested in understanding the long-term health effects of portugal rcs data neighbourhood-level environmental exposures among children and young people. I mainly use data from Millennium Cohort Study and National pupil Database held at the UK Data Service.
Prior to my current position, I worked in the Global Environmental Health research group, a world-leading research hub for urban health and inequalities. I have contributed to understanding the impact of environmental factors in child-specific urban settings. For example, I evaluated open and green space in London schools and their variations and inequalities by school-level socioeconomic status. This research, in collaboration with Public Health England, discusses significant health implications of the school environment, and proposes a series of policy options to make schools healthier for all children. This work also provides an interactive map showing the area of open (non-built-up) space and green space in schools in Greater London.