About Us

Dr Luis Nacul – Consultant in Public Health Medicine      

As a consultant in Public Health Medicine, Luis Nacul identifies important yet unaddressed issues in national and international public health services for Foundation projects. He leads work that brings together multidisciplinary teams from a wide range of academic organisations, interest groups and health providers. He also participates in our teaching programme towards the Masters in Public Health at the University of Cambridge.

Luis studied medicine and did his medical residency at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He holds a number of degrees in public and community health and epidemiology, and was awarded a PhD in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Prior to joining the Foundation in 2009, Luis worked as a clinical lecturer and held a number of posts with the UK Health Protection Agency and Harrow Primary Care Trust. He has wide experience in epidemiology, teaching and health protection; and is a member of the Faculty of Public Health and fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Luis is currently leading a project on the development of a tool kit for assessing health needs in relation to congenital disorders in low and middle income countries. Other areas of interest include epidemiology, primary care, stratified medicine, and the epidemiology and management of disabling chronic diseases, including chronic fatigue syndrome.

Selected recent publications:

• Burton H, Nacul L and Sanderson S.  Personalised Medicine: Lessons from Birth Defects and Single Gene Disorders.  Current Pharmacogenetics & Personalised Medicine, 2011, 9(2): 80-83
• Pediger CCC, Olinto MTA, Nacul LC et al. The effects of soy protein containing isoflavones on women’s lipid profile: a meta-analysis. Rev Nutricao 2011, 24(1): 161-172,
• Pheby D, Lacerda E, Nacul L et al. A Disease Register for ME/CFS : Report of a Pilot Study. BMC Research Notes 2011, 4:139 doi:10.1186/1756-0500-4-139.
• Lacerda EM, Nacul L, Pheby D et al. Exploring the feasibility of establishing a disease-specific post-mortem tissue bank in the UK: a case study in ME/CFS. Journal of Clinical Pathology 2010;doi:10.1136/jcp.2010.082032.
• Nacul LC, Soljak M, Flowers J, Lacerda EM. COPD in England: a comparison of model-based prevalence and observed prevalence from general practice data. Journal of Public Health 2010; doi 10.1093/pubmed/fdq031.
• Nacul L. (co author). Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) in adults: a qualitative study of perspectives from professional practice.  BMC Family Practice 2010, 11:89, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/11/89
• Nacul L, Moorthie S, Kapila M, and Zimmern R. Addressing congenital causes of disability are essential to achieve the Millennium Development Goals for Child survival, letter in the LANCET 2010; 375:374.

Please visit PHG Foundation’s resources page for a list of our publications and other work by members of our staff.