Trevor Sheldon studied medicine, economics and medical statistics. He joined QMUL in July 2020 where he is currently Professor of Health Services Research in the Global Public Health Unit of the Centre for Public Health and Policy and also Research Mentor at the Bradford Institute for Health Research. Previously he was at the University of York where he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor and then Dean of the Hull York Medical School.
He co-directs the UK Prevention Research Partnership- funded ActEarly consortium which focuses on early life changes to improve the health and opportunities for children living in areas with high levels of child poverty; Bradford, West Yorkshire and Tower Hamlets, London.
He collaborates with the Tower Hamlets Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC). He is a member of the PREPARE partnership between the King’s Fund and the University of York, supporting policy making by providing fast, responsive analysis for the Department of Health and Social Care. He chairs the panel of the NIHR Population Health Career Scientist Award (PHCSA), a UK-wide initiative to enable senior researchers to make the next step to Reader/Professor level in their host institutions. He teaches on the QMUL MSc in Global Public Health and Policy. He also chairs the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Research Collaboration Advisory Board.