Skin Health African Research Programme
Project Lead(s)
Professor
Project Background
Funded by the UK’s United Kingdom National Institute for Health Research, we are an experienced group of researchers with wide-ranging skills: epidemiology, clinical medicine, social sciences and anthropology, clinical trials, health economics, public health, laboratory sciences and diagnostics. Together, we will take a broad approach to the common problem of skin disease to help deliver healthy skin and healthy lives.
Neglected tropical diseases of the skin - such as Buruli ulcer, cutaneous leishmaniasis, leprosy, and yaws - are associated with physical disability, psychological distress, financial hardship, and social isolation. Conducted with affected individuals, communities, and other stakeholders, our research programme comprises three projects in Ethiopia and Ghana.
Community Engagement Activities
SHARP Training and Field project
Team
External Collaborator(s)
Professor Richard Phillips, (Infectious Diseases Physician), College of Health Sciences, KNUST, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR),
Dr Jacob Novignon, (PhD, Health Economics) Department of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Ghana
Professor Elizabeth Allen, (PhD, Professor, Head of Department Medical Statistics), Department Medical Statistics, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), UK
Dr Giulia D’Odorico (MSc, PhD, Research Fellow), Department of Global Health and Development, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), UK
Professor Katherine Elizabeth Halliday, (MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor), Disease Control Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, (LSHTM), UK
Dr Saba Lambert, (PhD, Clinical research Fellow), Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), UK
Professor David Mabey, (DM, FRCP, FMedSci, Professor of Communicable Diseases), Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Professor Michael Marks, (MRCP, DTM&H PhD, Assistant Professor, Infectious diseases clinician and epidemiologist), Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Professor Jennifer Palmer (BSc, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor, Co-Director, Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre), Department of Global Health and Development, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Professor Catherine Pitt, (BA, MSc, Assistant Professor of Health Economics), Department of Global Health and Development, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Professor Rachel Pullan, (MSci, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology), Disease Control Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), UK
Professor Vanessa Yardley, (PhD, Assistant Professor), Department of Infection Biology, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Dr Maria Zuurmond, (MPhil, BA, PGCE MSc, Research Fellow), Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Funder(s)
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)