Tim Pearson

Public Health GIS Unit
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)
The University of Sheffield
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA

Office@  Room 3037a, 3rd Floor, Regent Court

T: +44(0) 114 222 0832
E: t [dot] pearson [at] sheffield [dot] ac [dot] uk

Biographical details

I joined the Public Health GIS Unit in 2001.

Research Interests

 Spatial epidemiology. Data management technologies. High Performance Computing. Data visualisation.

Teaching

I teach on the Master in Public Health and Statistics with Medical Applications postgraduate programmes.

Professional Activities

I represent ScHARR on the Research Computing Advisory Group. This group makes recommendations on the development and use of High Performance Computing for research purposes within the University of Sheffield. The group also liaises with the White Rose Grid, of which Sheffield is a collaborative partner. Within ScHARR I represent the Section of Public Health at ScHARR's internal IT group meetings where departmental IT requirements and strategy are formulated.

Key Publications

(1) Maheswaran R, Pearson T, Smeeton NC, Beevers SD, Campbell MJ, Wolfe CD. Impact of outdoor air pollution on survival following stroke – a population-based cohort study. Stroke 2010 (in press).
(2) Maheswaran R, Pearson T, Hoysal N, Campbell MJ. Evaluation of the impact of a health forecast alert service on admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Bradford and Airedale. Journal of Public Health 2009; [Epub ahead of print].
(3) Maheswaran R, Pearson T, Jiwa M. Repeat attenders at NHS walk-in centres – a descriptive study using routine data. Public Health 2009;123:506-10.
(4) O´Cathain A, Coster J, Salisbury C, Pearson T, Maheswaran R, Nicholl J. Do walk-in centres for commuters work? A mixed methods evaluation. British Journal of General Practice 2009;59:383-9.
(5) Strong M, Maheswaran R, Pearson T, Fryers P. A method for modelling GP practice level deprivation scores using GIS. International Journal of Health Geographics 2007;6:38.
(6) Maheswaran R, Pearson T, Munro J, Jiwa M, Campbell MJ, Nicholl J. Impact of NHS walk-in centres on primary care access times: ecological study. British Medical Journal 2007;334:838-41.
(7) Strong M, Maheswaran R, Pearson T. A comparison of methods for calculating general practice level socioeconomic deprivation. International Journal of Health Geographics 2006;5:29.
(8) Maheswaran R, Haining RP, Pearson T, Law J, Brindley P, Best NG. Outdoor NOx and stroke mortality – adjusting for small area level smoking prevalence using a Bayesian approach. Statistical Methods in Medical Research 2006;15:499-516.
(9) Maheswaran R, Pearson T, Campbell MJ, Haining RP, McLeod CW, Smeeton N, Wolfe CDA. A protocol for investigation of the effects of outdoor air pollution on stroke incidence, phenotypes and survival using the South London Stroke Register. International Journal of Health Geographics 2006;5:10.
(10) Maheswaran R, Pearson T, Jordan H, Black D. Socioeconomic deprivation, travel distance, location of service and uptake of breast cancer screening in North Derbyshire, UK. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2006;60:208-12.
(11) Pearson T, Russell J, Campbell MJ, Barker ME. Do 'food deserts' influence fruit and vegetable consumption? - A cross-sectional study. Appetite 2005;45:195-207.