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Date: Monday 21 November 2022

Time: 17:30 - 19:30

Twenty years of being noisy 

Presenter: Professor Charlotte Clark, Professor of Epidemiology.

Location: The Curve Lecture Theatre (Hunter Wing, Level 0).

About this lecture

Professor Clark will discuss her research on the burden of disease for environmental noise effects on health, summarising research on the effects of environmental noise on children’s learning, as well as effects on annoyance, mental health, and sleep.

Charlotte will explore how this research has informed policy, guidance, and impact assessment as well as the challenges associated with reducing noise exposure to improve public health.

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About Professor Clark

Charlotte Clark is Professor of Epidemiology in St George’s Population Health Research Institute. Epidemiologists seek to find the causes of health outcomes and diseases in populations.

Professor Clark’s research focuses on how the environment in which we live affects physical and mental health across life.

She is recognised for her expertise in the field of environmental noise and its effects on health. This includes research exploring the effects of road traffic and aircraft noise on children's reading ability.

Professor Clark has reviewed major studies on the effects of noise on health for the World Health Organization and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

She is currently leading a Department for Transport funded study on the effects of aircraft noise on sleep.

She has planned and run large studies into teenage health and researched existing national data, such as the 1958 National Child Development study – a study following the lives of over 17,000 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week during 1958.

In her Inaugural Lecture, 20 years of being noisy, Professor Clark will reflect on her career so far and talk about her hopes for the future of environmental noise research.

About our Inaugural Lectures

St George's newly arrived or promoted professors are invited to give an Inaugural Lecture to mark this milestone in their academic careers.

Professors use the opportunity to introduce themselves, update colleagues on current and future research plans and share their research with wider audiences. It is also a chance to celebrate the support from friends and family, and from colleagues, mentors, and collaborators past and present.

The Inaugural Lecture Series culminates in an annual celebration of research excellence at St George’s on Research Day, which will be held on 7 December 2022.

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