Professor Kate Northstone

Kate Northstone is a Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics at the University of Bristol. Her primary role is to help run the Avo Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) where she has responsibility for all things data-related. She manages a large team who look after the systems, the data pipeline and data access for researchers across the world.  She has worked with the study for over 25 years.

Kate’s research interests have been varied over the years – past focus has been on nutrition, particularly looking at the diet as a whole by using dietary patterns. She teaches Evidence Based Medicine to first year medical students and contributes to the Masters in Epidemiology.