Deborah Lawlor

Deborah Lawlor
Born
NationalityBritish
Known forLife course epidemiology, Reproductive health, Perinatal health, Cardio-metabolic health
Scientific career
FieldsEpidemiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Bristol
Thesis The epidemiology of coronary heart disease in women: the role of insulin resistance (2003)

Deborah A. Lawlor CBE FFPH FMedSci is a British epidemiologist and professor at the University of Bristol, where she is the deputy director of the Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit. She is also a fellow of the Faculty of Public Health and of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Her main areas of research are perinatal, reproductive and cardio-metabolic health. Lawlor was awarded a CBE in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours for her services to social and community medicine research.