Catherine H. Mercer MSc, PhD

Dr. Cath Mercer working as a statistician and demographer by training, my career began leading the analyses for the second National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal). In 2005, she was awarded a Fellowship from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (‘Exploring the contribution of general practice to the management of sexual health in the UK’); and then in 2008 began as Principal Investigator for the MRC-funded project ‘Public health outcomes, costs and cost-effectiveness of GUM and primary care based STI services’). She completed her education Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton and Master of Science in Social Statistics at the University of Southampton.