Julian Gardiner completed his PhD in Applied Statistics / Epidemiology in 2005 at the University of Cambridge. His thesis was on the application of Bayesian methods to correcting measurement error in dietary data in epidemiological studies. Since then, he has worked in a number of roles in the fields of epidemiology and child development / education.
In 2006-7 he worked in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge on studies of mental health issues in adolescents. There followed two years at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Department of Epidemiology and Population Health working on statistical analyses for studies of infectious diseases and maternal health.
In 2010-13 he was employed at Birkbeck, University of London in the Institute for the Study of Children, Families & Social Issues, working on modelling data from the Millennium Cohort Study and the National Evaluation of Sure Start. Research included investigating the effects of parental age on children’s physical, social and cognitive development. He has also held posts at University College London, working on cohort studies of health and ageing in Eastern Europe, and at Imperial College London, contributing to research on musculoskeletal health.
He joined the Oxford University Department of Education in July 2015 and has worked here for the last 9 years. During 2020 to 2023 he also worked 50% FTE for the UCL and Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, contributing to studies of the long-term health effects of assisted reproductive technology (IVF) on men, women and children.