Tim J. ColeMedical statistician with a long term research interest in child growth and nutrition. Previously worked at MRC Pneumoconiosis Research Unit in South Wales, then MRC Dunn Nutrition Unit in Cambridge for 23 years. Now professor of medical statistics at Institute of Child Health. Developed statistical methods for constructing growth charts, and applied them to produce national charts for 8 countries. Has designed several novel forms of growth chart. Invented the Cole Calculator, a slide rule to assess child height, weight and body mass index. Joint editor of Body Composition Techniques in Health and Disease, CUP 1995. 300+ publications in statistical, medical, nutritional and auxological journals. Developed International Obesity Task Force cutoffs to define child obesity. Helped develop Baby Check, booklet to help parents identify seriously ill infants. Member, steering committee, WHO Multicenter Growth Reference. Editorial board member of Annals of Human Biology, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Statistics in Medicine and Public Health Nutrition, also statistical adviser to BMJ. Won 1976 Frances Wood Memorial Prize, Royal Statistical Society. Read More Read Less