Dr Harriet Forbes did an undergraduate degree in Human Sciences, followed by a Masters in Epidemiology at LSHTM. She was a Research Assistant at the Kings Centre for Military Health Research, exploring the mental health of military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, before joining the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2011. She has experience working with large datasets, namely the CPRD and HES.

Harriet is currently working on my PhD looking at risk factors for zoster and postherpetic neuralgia, using UK electronic healthcare records.