Honorary Professor
Sheila Bird is Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh and former programme leader at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge. She led the MRC Biostatistical Initiative in support of AIDS/HIV studies in Scotland. She has championed the use of statistical methods in evaluating public policies. She has worked on UK dietary exposure to BSE, and on the design and interpretation of surveillance studies for abnormal prion protein; also on the late sequelae of Hepatitis C virus infection.
