Two new interdisciplinary research projects investigating how to prepare for epidemics and for volcanic eruption, led by researchers in UCL's Institute for Global Health and the Department for Earth Sciences have received funding from the UKRI. Read more: https://t.co/uTSAXvgxXu
UCL Institute for Global Health
Higher Education
Changing lives with first class global health research
About us
The Institute for Global Health changes lives across the world. We work in the real world, collaborating with communities at all levels, and offering workable solutions for policy makers. As an Institute we implement a cross disciplinary initiative to provide innovative, workable solutions to global health problems which is reflected throughout our research and teaching. Equality, diversity and inclusion are central to our approach to research, teaching and beyond and we successfully renewed our Silver Athena Swan award in 2023. We offer a wide range of leading educational programmes such as MSc's in Global Health and Development, Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Health Economics and Decision Science.
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https://www.ucl.ac.uk/global-health/
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Employees at UCL Institute for Global Health
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Jonathan Willitts
Senior Research Software Engineer - at UCL Institute for Global Health
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Jorge Luis DIAZ
Consultant in Development Studies and Social Projects
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Gerard J Abou Jaoude
Senior Research Fellow at UCL Institute for Global Health, Director at Bloomsbury Policy Lab Ltd.
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Jocalyn Clark
International Editor, The BMJ
Updates
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Join us for the hybrid ASSIST Symposium on the 23rd September 2024. The symposium brings together researchers, healthcare providers, policymakers, and community representatives to assess the impact of online postal self-sampling for STIs and HIV. The findings from the ASSIST project will guide future service planning and may aid in the development of similar public health services. The goal is to ensure that sexual health services are equitable, effective, and sustainable. Register now: https://buff.ly/3XrN7CH
Online postal self-sampling - ASSISTing better sexual health delivery?
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Opportunity for professional services staff who support research activity at UCL We are pleased to introduce the Research Capacity Strengthening (RCS) Fellowship 2024, designed to enhance global research ecosystems through valuable international experience. This fellowship is open to professional services staff supporting health-related research. What’s Included: - Trip to South Africa: fellows will travel during the week of 18 November 2024. - Coverage: the fellowship includes all costs for return flights, visas, local flights, accommodation, and subsistence. Eligibility: - Open to professional services Job Grades 6-10 staff who support health research with global partners. Information Session: - Tuesday, 10 September 2024 from 12:15 to 12:45 BST on Teams. - This session will provide detailed insights and answer any questions you may have. 📅 Application Deadline: Monday, 23 September 2024. For more information and to apply, visit: https://lnkd.in/emCWN8aU UCL, UCL Research, UCL Innovation & Enterprise
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Congratulations to our former HEDS MSc student Kasim Allel on successfully being awarded his PhD - as well as publishing fantastic research on antimicrobial resistance!
✊Delighted to say that I have been awarded my PhD and it is official now! 🧨 🎊🎓 After three years of intense but fulfilling research, I successfully defended my thesis a few months ago. Thank you very much to Ben Cooper and Gisela Robles Aguilar for a challenging and enjoyable viva examination! 🦠 In the fight against antimicrobial-resistance I've been researching the #burden #mortality #costs #lengthofhospitalstay #ICUadmissions #interventions #costsavings #transmissions #bloodstreaminfections #OneHealth #Hospital #sociodemographics 💡 Happy to announce I submitted with: - 4 peer-reviewed research papers published and another 2 now under review. - Contributions and publication of several other articles (+10), - Award for best poster LSHTM fair 2022, people award. - Funding awarded through the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, a small grant for early-career researchers. - Early career researcher grant LSHTM, traveling grant. - International conferences, including ESCMID 2024, ASTMH 2022, iHEA 2021 - Award for top poster among bacterial diseases section, ESCMID - European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2024 - Several invited seminars to speak about my research - + others! 🙏 A huge thank you to my fantastic primary supervisor, Professor Laith Yakob, and secondary supervisors. I gained fantastic experimental and methodological skills 📈. I extend my deepest gratitude to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London, UCL Institute for Global Health, and my family. 🧐 If you'd like to hear more about my work, please don't hesitate to get in touch! Otherwise, you can find more information below: Thesis link: 📚 https://lnkd.in/exN5ieNx Publications: 📍 Allel, Kasim, et al. "Global antimicrobial-resistance drivers: an ecological country-level study at the human–animal interface." The Lancet Planetary Health 7.4 (2023): e291-e303. https://bit.ly/4csb7tZ 📍 Allel, Kasim, et al. "The impact of inpatient bloodstream infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis." PLoS medicine 20.6 (2023): e1004199. https://bit.ly/4docISC 📍 Allel, Kasim, et al. "Trends and socioeconomic, demographic, and environmental factors associated with antimicrobial resistance: a longitudinal analysis in 39 hospitals in Chile 2008–2017." The Lancet Regional Health–Americas 21 (2023). https://bit.ly/3M3S9Pl 📍Allel, Kasim, et al. "Costs-effectiveness and cost components of pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions affecting antibiotic resistance outcomes in hospital patients: a systematic literature review." BMJ Global Health 9.2 (2024). https://bit.ly/4fBVRNI 🌊 I'm looking forward to continuing my research and the challenges that are in store for me next! Thank you to everyone who has supported me on this incredible journey 😊
Impacts of antimicrobial resistance bloodstream infections among hospital patients and potential interventions: a case study in Chile
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"The concern is [clade] 1b, the new variant, is showing much greater human-to-human transmission, but while COVID-19 was more easily spread through a population as an airborne pathogen, mpox requires "human-to-human contact, so it is harder to transmit." Read Dr. Shema Tariq's insights on the spread of mpox versus COVID-19 in a conversation with Euronews.
Why mpox is 'concerning' but not the next COVID, according to experts
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Professor | Vice Dean (International and Advancement) | UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences | University College London
Published with my outstanding colleagues from the European Global Health Institutes Network #EGHRIN - we comment on Europe's need to implement an outward looking global health strategy: https://lnkd.in/eEcVVd69
Explore scientific, technical, and medical research on ScienceDirect
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The deadline for our MSc programme applications is approaching on August 30th. Explore the full list of MSc programmes and modules on offer at IGH: https://buff.ly/4eAUYEy
Postgraduate taught
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Congratulations to Professor David Osrin (IGH) and Dr Gemma Moore (Bartlett) for securing project funding from the Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing 2024-25 pump-priming funding call. Their new project, Change Stories UK, will delve into the mental health impacts of housing via Community Land Trusts in London. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/exJ_AMtp
We're proud to announced awards from the Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing Pump Priming funding call 2024-25. “A huge number of excellent proposals were submitted to UCL’s Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing Pump-Priming Funding Call 2024-25. We were delighted to be able to support seventeen cross-disciplinary applications from almost all UCL faculties. These represent a range of conceptual and applied projects using novel methods - from animal models to social interventions - including many that incorporate co-production approaches building upon partnerships with communities and organisations outside academia. We very much look forward to seeing the outcomes of these exciting projects, exploring more effective ways to promote wellbeing, the social changes and spaces that support good mental health, and new models of mental illness.” Professor Liza Griffin and Professor Jonathan Roiser, co-chairs of the funding call’s review panel. Read the news story to learn more about the successful recipients. #mentalhealth #wellbeing #funding Sam Balch Siobhan Morris The Bartlett, UCL's Faculty of the Built Environment IOE - UCL's Faculty of Education and Society Keri W. Dr Lusi Morhayim, PhD UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences Dr Kirrily Pells, Gemma Moore David Osrin Student Registry Talya Greene, James B. Kirkbride Veena Meetoo Alison Carlier Professor Catalina Turcu, Hugo Spiers Vasiliki Orgeta Jean Stafford Jessica Jiang Naaheed Mukadam Leslie M Gutman Mazal Oaknin, UCL Arts and Humanities Millie Lowther Michael Crossland Evangelia Chrysikou PhD Artemis Igoumenou Yichao Du Yu, UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences Sophie Scott Clare Elwell Dr Andrew MacAskill, https://lnkd.in/exJ_AMtp
Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing Pump-priming Funding Call 2024-25 Awards Announced
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Our FRC review of the famine in Sudan was published this afternoon. We classify famine in one IDP camp in North Darfur (Zamzam) and draw attention to the crisis affecting a much wider area. Hopefully, the report will contribute to a much greater awareness and focus on the catastrophe facing Sudan, and the need for an urgent resolution of the conflict, as well as an upsurge in the humanitarian response.
🚨 BREAKING: #FAMINE IN SUDAN 🇸🇩 🔍 The IPC's Famine Review Committee confirms #famine conditions in parts of North Darfur, notably Zamzam IDP camp. 💥 Persistent and escalating violence over 15+ months has exacerbated the food crisis, severely limiting humanitarian access & pushing households into Famine (IPC Phase 5). Read more ➡️: https://lnkd.in/dVWDgsSg
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The World Health Organization has revised guidelines to improve access to HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) based on findings from a modelling study led by researchers at UCL's Institute for Global Health. Read more:
WHO Updates HIV Guidelines to Incorporate UCL Research
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