Stephen Evans (pharmacoepidemiologist)

Stephen James Weston Evans (born c.1943) is a British pharmacoepidemiologist and medical statistician,  professor of pharmacoepidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).

Evans earned a bachelor's degree in physics and chemistry, and a master's in medical statistics from LSHTM.

Evans worked in statistics and computing at the London Hospital Medical College for 25 years, leaving there in 1995 as Professor of Medical Statistics.

He was president of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology for 2010/2011, and a member of the statistics expert group for the Infected Blood Inquiry.

Evans was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to the safety of medicines.

Evans, aged 5, was a survivor of the 1949 Manchester BEA Douglas DC-3 accident.