Neil Pearce - Curriculum Vitae#

Academic qualifications (year, qualification, discipline, university/institute)

• 2015 FFPH, Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health
  
• 2013 FMedSci, Epidemiology, Academy of Medical Sciences
  
• 2005 FRSNZ, Epidemiology, Royal Society of New Zealand
  
• 2004 DSc, Epidemiology, Massey University
  
• 1985 PhD, Epidemiology, University of Otago
  
• 1978 DipORS, Statistics, Victoria University
  
• 1977 DipSci, Mathematics, University of Otago
  
• 1976 BSc, Mathematics, University Of Otago

Professional distinctions

• 2009 Honorary Life Member, Australasian Epidemiological Association
  
• 2005 - 2008 President, International Epidemiological Association
  
• 2007 Massey University Research Medal, Individual
  
• 2006 Massey University Research Medal, Best Research Team (CPHR)
  
• 2005: Lagrange Fellow, Progetto Lagrange, Fondazione CRT / ISI
  
• 1999 Silver Medal, Royal Society of New Zealand
  
• 1992 - 1993 IARC Visiting Scientist award
  
• 1990 - 2001 NZ MRC Senior Research fellowship
  
• 1985 - 1987 NZ MRC Overseas Research fellowship

Government Advisory Committees (selected)

• 2015 - 2021: Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COC)
  
• 2011 - 2021: Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (UK)

Research Funding Committees (Selected)

• 2015 - 2018 Medical Research Council Methodology Research Programme (MRP) Panel
  
• 2014 - 2016 Medical Research Council Population Health Sciences Group (PHSG)
  
• 2013 - 2015 Medical Research Council Cross Board Cohort Advisory Group
  
• 2013 - 2018 Medical Research Council Population and Systems Medicine Board (PSMB)

Editorial and Advisory Boards (Selected)

• 2011 - 2017 International Journal of Epidemiology (Associate Editor)
  
• 1991 - 1998 American Journal of Epidemiology
  
• 1988 - 2003 Epidemiology
  

Current grants (selected)

Principal Investigator

Pearce N, Hooper C, Crawford L, Nyirenda M, Cooper P, Williamson E, Critchley J, McKee M, Murphy A, Ma J, Edmunds J, Lindsay J, Douglas I, Filteau S, Brickley E, Ho V, Glynn J. MRC LID Doctoral Training Programme (DTP). 2022-2025. £2,815,685

Pearce N. Causes and MEchanisms foR non-atopic Asthma in children (CAMERA). European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant. 2021-2026 €2,612,117.

Pearce N, Caplin B, Ruwanpathirana T, Gunawardena N, Kaur P, Nitsch D, Brickley E, Gale D, Gonzalez Quiroz M. Getting to the cause of Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown cause (CKDu). MRC Programme Grant 2021-2026. £1,821,304.

Pearce N, Restrepo A, Santaella-Tenoria J, Narvaez J, Maldonado A, Montoya NE, Martinez E, Grisales H, Rhodes T. Health effects of conflict and Covid-19 in health care workers in Colombia. UKRI/ESRC/Newton. £413,256. 2021-2024 (subsequently cut by 70% because of the UK government cuts to ODA/GCRF-related funding)

Pearce N, Fletcher T, van Veldhoven K, Pembrey L, Brickley E. Occupational and environmental causes of Covid-19 infection. Health and Safety Executive (HSE). £565,682. 2020-2022

Co-investigator

Rhodes S, van Tongeren M, Pearce N, Demou E, Kromydas T, Edge R, Kattireddi SV, Wilkinson J, Gittins M, Nafilyan V. Covid-19 Infection Survey analyses. Office of National Statistics (ONS). £65,000. 2021-2022

Caplin B, Beck S, Gonzalez Quiroz M, Ecker S, Pearce N, O’Callaghan-Gordo C, Morton J, Cardenas A. Pilot studies of epigenome-wide DNA-methylation to characterise established and unrecognised environmental exposures in Central American agricultural communities at risk of kidney failure. UCL Internal Small Grants. £96,782. 2021

Douwes J, Potter J, 't Mannetje A, Brooks C, Shorter C, Crane J, Corbin M, Pembrey L, Pearce N, Cunningham C, Knight R, Rogers G. Biodiversity, microbiota, and childhood allergies and asthma: variation across space and time. Marsden Fund (NZ). NZ$3,000,000. 2021-2026

Scopus H-Index = 99; >88,000 citations