Ioannis Bakolis is a Reader (Associate Professor) in biostatistics and epidemiology. Ioannis research integrates statistics, epidemiology, biology, geography, and computer-science to explore social and environmental risk and protective factors for population physical and mental health over the life course. Ioannis is also a leading expert on evaluation, implementation, and scale up population-health interventions and clinical trials in healthcare and community settings worldwide with the use of quasi-experimental and novel hybrid designs. Ioannis is a deputy lead for the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London Economics and Biostatistics theme, methodology lead for the Centre for Implementation Science. Before joining King’s College, Ioannis has previously held research positions at Imperial College London (2013-2015) and (2008-2012) and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2012-2013).