Helen Weiss

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Helen Weiss
FMedSci
OccupationEpidemiologist
Academic background
Alma mater University of Oxford
Thesis Cancer epidemiology: with special reference to the long-term effects of explosure to ionizing radiation (1994)
Doctoral advisor Sarah Darby
Institutions London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Helen Anne Weiss FMedSci is a British epidemiologist who specialises in HIV research, sexual health and mental health. Her research on HIV risk in circumcised men inspired reforms to World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. [1] After getting her PhD at the University of Oxford in 1994, she started working at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she became Professor of Epidemiology. She was elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2020. [2]

Biography

Professor Helen Anne Weiss obtained her PhD from the Imperial Cancer Research Fund at the University of Oxford, for her 1994 doctoral dissertation, Cancer epidemiology: with special reference to the long-term effects of exposure to ionizing radiation, which was supervised by Sarah Darby. [3] [4] Following a post-doctoral position at the National Cancer Institute in the United States, she joined the faculty at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1997. [5] She was a Reader in Epidemiology and International Health there [1] before becoming Professor of Epidemiology. [6]

As an academic, Weiss's research focus is on HIV transmission, sexual health and mental health in low- and middle- income countries. [7] Her research on decreased HIV risk for heterosexual circumcised men inspired WHO guideline reforms. [6] She has also worked for the Medical Research Council's International Statistics & Epidemiology Group as a statistical epidemiologist and as their director. [5] [3] In 2019, she served as a member of the World Health Organization Technical Advisory Group on Innovations in Male Circumcision. [1]

Weiss was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2020. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Annex 2. List of participants" (PDF). WHO Technical Advisory Group on Innovations in Male Circumcision. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "50 leading biomedical and health scientists elected to the prestigious Academy Fellowship". acmedsci.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Helen Weiss". London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Cancer Epidemiology : With Special Reference to the Long-Term Effects of Explosure to Ionizing Radiation". Bodleian Library. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Professor Helen Weiss". Centre for Global Mental Health. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 "Professor Helen Weiss". Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Pontiano Kaleebu and Helen Weiss elected as Fellows of the Academy of Medical". www.lshtm.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
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