Dr Simon DS Fraser BM. MSc, DM, DRCOG, DCH, MRCGP. Dip, FHEA, MFPH, FFPH
Associate Professor of Public Health
Dr Simon Fraser is Associate Professor of Public Health based in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton.
We need to optimise quality of life and reduce disease and healthcare burden for the growing population of people living with long term health conditions
As a public health doctor building on his past experience as a GP, his research aims to understand and address the determinants, burden, inequalities and adverse outcomes associated with chronic disease. He has a particular interest in kidney disease.
Simon qualified in medicine from Southampton in 1992. After ten years as a full time Principal in General Practice in Southampton, he joined the Wessex Public Health training programme while continuing as a part time GP. He completed his doctoral degree in 2014 on the epidemiology of chronic kidney disease, with a particular interest in inequalities and health literacy.
Qualifications
Academic
BM, University of Southampton 1992
MSc Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 2009
DM, University of Southampton 2014
Professional
DRCOG 1994
DCH 1995
MRCGP 1998
Dip Pall Med 2002
FHEA 2016
MFPH 2011
FFPH 2017
Professional
Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, 2017
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2016
Member of the Faculty of Public Health, 2011
Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 1998
Diploma of the Faculty of Public Health, 2010
Diploma in Palliative Medicine, 2002
Diploma of Child Health, 1995
Diploma of the Faculty of Family Planning, 1995
Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1994
Appointments held:
1. Associate Professor of Public Health
2. Consultant in Public Health Medicine / Consultant Advisor, NETSCC, Wessex Institute