Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine is one of the leading scientific universities in the world (currently as 3rd in Europe and 8th in the world). Imperial’s School of Public Health (ISPH) is an organizational leader in public health research, as evidenced by the 2008 RAE, where it was in the top two ranking departments nationally for public health. ISPH hosts two Medical Research Centres including the MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health. The MRC Center incorporates state of the art omics platforms: genomics including microarray gene expression, RNA Seq, DNA sequencing; cutting-edge metabolomics (Phenome Center); metagenomics DNA, RNA and metabolites of the microbiome; epigenomics and epigenomic epidemiology; systems biology, including of airway differentiation and inflammation; and expertise in cellular biology.