Colin Crooks completed his undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS) and B.Med.Sci (Hons) at University of Nottingham, before going on to receive his Diploma MRCP (UK) Royal College of Physicians and MSc in Epidemiology at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He completed his PhD on Epidemiology of Upper Gastrointestinal bleeding at the University of Nottingham July 2013.