Current Post: Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science

Room Number: ZICER 0.05

Telephone: 01603 593744 (+44 1603 593744)

Fax: 01603 591327 (+44 1603 591327)

Email: i.lake@uea.ac.uk

Web Page: Personal web page

Publications: EPrints Digital Repository

Posts of Special Responsibility:

• PGR Progress Director and Chair of GAC
• First Year Co-ordinator

Research Interests

Environment, weather and health; climate change and health; water supply; Geographical Information Systems


Biography

I have a longstanding interest in the environment and took my BSc and Phd in the school. My current research is looking at the impact of the natural and social environment upon human health. I am currently working on projects looking at the impact of environment, weather and water supply upon gastrointestinal infections; water hardness and cardiovascular disease; and agriculture, water supply and Crohns disease. I am keen to develop my research into looking at the impact of climate change upon health. I also have skills in Geographical Information Systems and have used these in projects on environment and health and ecology. I have a number of peer reviewed publication and have undertaken research for a number of charitable trusts and government departments.
 

Significant Publications

• Lake, I.R., Jones, N.R., Bradshaw, L.C. and Abubakar, I. (2011) Effects of distance to treatment and case load upon tuberculosis treatment completion. European Respiratory Journal (In Press). 
• Lake, I.R., Foxall, C.D., Fernandes, A., Lewis, M., Rose, M., White, O. and Dowding, A. (2011) Effects of river flooding on Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) levels in cows’ milk, soil, and grass. Environmental Science and Technology 45(11), 5017-5024. doi: 10.1021/es2007098.
• Colon, F., Lake, I.R. and Bentham C.G. (2011) Climate variability and dengue fever in warm and humid Mexico. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 84(5), 757-763. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0609.
• Yip Richardson, H., Nichols. G. Lane, C., Lake, I.R. and Hunter, P.R., (2009) Microbiological surveillance of private water supplies in England - The impact of environmental and climate factors on water quality. Water Research 43, 2159–2168. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.02.035.
• Lake, I.R., Gillespie, I.A., Bentham, G., Nichols, G.L., Lane, C., Adak, G.K. and Threlfall, E.J. (2009) A re-evaluation of the impact of temperature and climate change upon foodborne illness. Epidemiology and Infection 137(11), 1538-1547. doi: 10.1017/S0950268809002477.

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