Associate Professor Ben Lacey
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Ben Lacey
MBChB MSc DPhil FFPH
UK BIOBANK
Ben Lacey is Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at UK Biobank, Oxford Population Health, University of Oxford.
His research interests are in population health metrics, health inequalities, and the enhancement of large-scale observational epidemiology, focusing particularly on the use of linked administrative records.
He studied Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, qualifying in 2004. After a few years clinical work, he undertook specialty training in Public Health Medicine, and received a master’s degree in Global Health Science and a doctorate in Epidemiology from the University of Oxford. He joined Oxford Population Health in 2015.
He is also an Honorary Consultant Physician in Public Health at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians.
Recent publications
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Global, regional, and national progress towards the 2030 global nutrition targets and forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.
Journal article
Global Nutrition Target Collaborators None., (2025), Lancet, 404, 2543 - 2583
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Cancer inequalities in the United Kingdom and the data used to measure them: a scoping review.
Journal article
Underwood S. et al, (2025), Lancet Reg Health Eur, 52
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Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990-2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.
Journal article
GBD 2021 Adult BMI Collaborators None., (2025), Lancet, 405, 813 - 838
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Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990-2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.
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GBD 2021 Adolescent BMI Collaborators None., (2025), Lancet, 405, 785 - 812
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UK Biobank-A Unique Resource for Discovery and Translation Research on Genetics and Neurologic Disease.
Journal article
Taylor H. et al, (2025), Neurol Genet, 11
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Reproducibility and associated regression dilution bias of accelerometer-derived physical activity and sleep in the UK Biobank
Preprint
Zisou C. et al, (2025)