CBE, DSc (hon), BSc, MBChB, MRCP (UK), MPH, MD, FFPHM, FRCP (Edin)
Professor Raj Bhopal was born in India and raised in Scotland, attending schools in Glasgow. He graduated from Edinburgh University in physiology (in 1975), in medicine (in 1978) and as Doctor of Medicine (in 1991). After house-jobs (internships) and general practice, he trained in Public Health Medicine in Glasgow. He was appointed lecturer at Glasgow University in 1985, senior lecturer at Newcastle University in 1988, and Professor and Head of Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Newcastle University in 1991. He returned to Edinburgh as Alexander Bruce and John Usher Professor of Public Health in 1999. Professor Bhopal was appointed Head of the Division of Community Health Sciences 2000-2003. He was also a non-executive director of the Newcastle and North Tyneside Health Authority (1992-l996), and a non-executive Director, of the Health Education Authority ( 1996-1999). Professor Bhopal has about 150 peer reviewed publications in subjects including Legionnaires’ disease, environmental epidemiology, primary care, ethnicity and health, and the application of epidemiology. Book chapters include: Health Care Needs Assessment: Black and Minority Ethnic Groups. His textbook, Concepts of Epidemiology was published in 2002. His other books are edited collections: The epidemic of coronary heart disease in South Asian populations: causes and consequences and Public health: past, present and future. He is currently researching ethnic variations in cardiovascular disease. His textbook ‘Ethnicity, race and health in multicultural societies’ was published by OUP in January 2007.
He was honoured with the award of the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) by the Queen in 2001 and honorary DSc from Queen Margaret University College in 2006.
His personal interests include golf, rambling, chess and, most of all, spending time with friends and family.
