Dr Simon DS Fraser 

Associate Professor of Public Health

As a public health doctor building on my past experience as a GP, my research focuses on chronic disease and its impact at population level. I am passionate about research that will help to improve health care, reduce inequalities and improve outcomes for the growing numbers of people living with long term conditions. My work focuses on kidney disease and its comorbidities.

The greatest burden of long term conditions like chronic kidney disease falls on those with the least resources, and multimorbidity is becoming the norm…

Simon Fraser is Associate Professor of Public Health in the School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education. He qualified in medicine from Southampton in 1992 and trained as a GP on the Winchester VTS scheme. 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 became interested in Academic Public Health and 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