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Gavin Shaddick

Professor Gavin Shaddick

Pro Vice-chancellor

Overview

I am the Pro Vice-Chancellor for the College of Physical Sciences and Engineering, and a member of the University’s Executive Board.

My academic interests include the theory and application of Bayesian hierarchical models and spatio-temporal modelling in a number of fields including environmental modelling, epidemiology and public health. A major focus is modelling global air quality by integrating information from multiple sources, including ground monitoring, remote sensing satellites and chemical transport models.

I am a member of the UK government’s Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) and the sub-group on Quantification of Air Pollution Risk (QUARK). I lead the World Health Organization’s Data Integration Taskforce for Global Air Quality and led the development of the Data Integration Model for Air Quality (DIMAQ) that is used to calculate air pollution related indicators for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

From 2018-2024, I was a Turing Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute of Data Science and AI where I developed and led the Environment and Sustainability Theme.

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My research lies at the interface of data science, AI and environmental science with a focus on Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling. My methodological work is driven by the need for models and approaches which allow more accurate representation of complex systems in environmental modelling, policy support and health. I am the author of over 180 publications and co-author of two books: The Oxford Handbook of Epidemiology for Clinicians and Spatio-Temporal Modelling in Environmental Epidemiology using R (2nd edition).

My research has led to major impact across a variety of fields including environmental modelling, epidemiology, global burden of disease and public health.

Biography

I received my PhD in statistics and epidemiology from Imperial College where was a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. I then moved to the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Bath as a Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professor During that time I was also co-Director of the EPSRC funded Centre for Doctoral Training in Statistical Applied Mathematics at Bath (SAMBa) and Deputy Director of the Bath Institute of Mathematical Innovation.

After Bath, I moved to the University of Exeter as Chair of Data Science and Statistics and Head of the Mathematics Department.  At Exeter, I was also co-Director of the Joint Centre for Excellence in Environmental Intelligence, a joint research centre with the UK Met Office, PI and Director of the UKRI funded Centre for Doctoral Training in Environmental Intelligence: Data Science and AI for Sustainable Futures and co-Director of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) – University of Exeter joint centre in Environmental Sustainability and Resilience (ENSURE).

Immediately prior to joining Cardiff University in 2024, I was Executive Dean of Engineering, Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Partnerships and External Collaboration at Royal Holloway University of London.

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