Raj Bhopal is currently Emeritus Professor of Public Health at The University of Edinburgh.

His books are Concepts of Epidemiology, Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes; Explaining the Phenomenon in South Asians Worldwide; and Migration, Ethnicity, race and Health. His academic publications include about 350 journal articles, on topics including Legionnaires' disease, primary care epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, ethnicity and health and the pandemic of COVID-19. He is currently focusing on ethnic variations in disease, with a special emphasis on how to respond to this knowledge with more effective public health interventions and clinical services. As Chairman of the Executive Committees he was leader of the first World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health 2018. Raj Bhopal was appointed CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 2001.

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Praise for previous editions

"The text carries the trademarks of an experienced and conscientious teacher, as befits an author who is a senior professor and head of the Department of Community Health Sciences at the venerable institution of the University of Edinburgh. He writes forthright prose, clear and uncomplicated throughout; he deploys an array of teaching tools; and the tables and diagrams are numerous and well done." -- Mervyn Susser, International Journal of Epidemiology

"Among many other strengths are an abundance of worked out problems and references to relevant literature that follow each chapter...On balance, Iwould strongly recommend this as a supplementary text that can double as a study guide for the serious graduate student in epidemiology." -- Preventive Medicine

"Case studies are abundant and the questions and answers that end the chapters should be particularly useful for those using the book outside of a course setting. Figures have been used creatively to explain key concepts." -- American Journal of Epidemiology

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"The range of topics is broad, updated, and appropriate for an introductory text." -- American Journal of Epidemiology