Stephen Kaptoge

Preventive Cardiology

NHS Blood and Transplant

About

Stephen Kaptoge works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with NHS Blood and Transplant.

Stephen Kaptoge is a principal research associate and senior statistician in the BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge. He has worked in the unit since 2005, leading biostatistical analyses in large-scale epidemiological studies and trials on cardiovascular disease. He collaborates with the NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit in Donor Health and Behaviour on research related to blood donation.

Research focus

Cardiovascular risk predictionGenetic epidemiology of cardiovascular diseaseMeta-analysis of biomarkers for coronary heart diseaseTelomere length and cardiovascular riskBlood donation practices and cardiovascular health

Impact

124 pubs · 14,804 cites · h-index 43

Training

BSc in Mathematics
University of Nairobi
1998
MPhil in Statistical Science
University of Cambridge
2000
PhD in Epidemiology
University of Cambridge
2005

Affiliations

Work Experience

Principal Research Associate (Senior Statistician)

BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge · 2005 - Present

Publications