Tim Cole#
| Membership Number: | 6270 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=TCOLE39 |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-5711-8200 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 - date Band 10, Professorial Research Associate, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
- 1999 - date Professor of Medical Statistics, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
- 1998 - 2019 Band 2 Scientist, Medical Research Council External Scientific Staff, London, UK
- 1975 - 1998 Senior Scientist, Medical Research Council Dunn Nutrition Unit, Cambridge, UK
- 1970 - 1975 Scientist, Medical Research Council Pneumoconiosis Unit, Cardiff, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Medical statistics of child growth and development
- Construction of growth charts
- Definition of child obesity based on body mass index
- Estimation of growth curves
- Age assessment of unaccompanied asylum seeking children
- Timing and intensity of puberty
Honours and Awards
- 2019 Tanner Memorial Medal of the Society for the Study of Human Biology
- 2016 Rank Prize for Nutrition
- 2015 Bradford Hill Medal of the Royal Statistical Society
- 2007 Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)
- 2006 Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
