Dr Eliazar Luna is a Research Fellow at University College London’s Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. After working in Children’s Social Care in Chile, he completed an MSc in Social Epidemiology and a PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health at UCL. He has also worked in public mental health research at the Royal College of Psychiatrists. His research uses routinely collected and linked administrative data to understand inequalities in health and service use, particularly among children and families experiencing adversity. 

He currently works with the ECHILD database to investigate healthcare needs and service use among children involved with social care, and contributes to the NIHR Children and Families Policy Research Unit, including research on national health visiting data. His ADR UK Fellowship examines how Health Visiting and Children’s Social Care interact during the early years, while addressing data linkage gaps that can leave some children underrepresented in research.

Alongside his research, Eliazar is involved in teaching and supervision at UCL, delivers quantitative methods training, develops open research resources, and works with practitioners and local authorities to translate evidence into practice. He is also involved equality initiatives and international collaborations, with a particular interest in strengthening connections between research, policy and communities.

Professional profiles

• University staff profile: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/70608-eliazar-luna