Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London

Irene Petersen is professor of epidemiology and health informatics at the Department of Primary Care and Population Health, UCL, London. Her focus is on epidemiological and methodological research arising from electronic health records. She has a special interest in drug safety in pregnancy, but has been involved in many studies on infectious diseases, mental health, and cardiovascular diseases.

Irene is also part-time professor at Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University.

Irene Petersen teaches "Design of pharmacoepidemiological studies" on Friday, June 14.