Professor Andrew Lee

MB ChB MSc (Dist) MRCGP MFPH FHEA FRSPH DCH DTM&H DLSHTM CILT

School of Medicine and Population Health

Professor of Public Health

Andrew Lee
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andrew.lee@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0872
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2037, 2nd Floor, Regent Court (ScHARR)

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Professor Andrew Lee
School of Medicine and Population Health
2037, 2nd Floor
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Profile

I joined the Section of Public Health in ScHARR in February 2008 and am a Professor of Public Health. Alongside my academic role, I am the Regional Deputy Director for Health Protection with UKHSA Yorkshire and the Humber. I am also the editor-in-chief of Public Health, a journal of the Royal Society for Public Health. I was previously a founding co-editor-in-chief of the journal Public Health in Practice.

I qualified in medicine from the University of Edinburgh. Following paediatric and tropical medicine training, I then worked overseas running primary health care and tuberculosis control programmes in Afghanistan, and as a humanitarian aid worker in various disaster zones. 

I am dual trained in general practice and public health in the UK and have previously worked as a Public Health Consultant in Nottingham City, as a director of primary care and population health with the NHS, and as a Consultant in Communicable Disease Control with the Health Protection Agency, Public Health England and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). I was previously a Senior Consultant in Global Health with the UKHSA International Health Regulations (IHR) Strengthening Project.

Research interests

My research interests are health protection (disaster response and emergency planning, control of communicable diseases), international health and health service management.  My current and previous research projects include:

  • DHSC-EPSRC grant (EP/Y009894/1): UK-South East Asia Vaccine Manufacturing Research Hub. Nov 2023-Mar 2028.
  • NIHR-funded study (Ref NIHR202310): Evaluation of pandemic preparedness plans during COVID-19 at the interface with infection prevention and control services in acute and community care. Nov 2020 - 2023. 
  • PHE funded study: Evidence review of the population health role of ambulance services in COVID-19. Dec 2020-2021.
  • PHE funded study: Evidence review for COVID-19 mass testing. May 2020
  • NIHR-funded study (HTA - 11/46/07): The PRIEST Study: Pandemic Respiratory Infection Emergency System Triage. 2012-2022. Activated in 2020 to study COVID-19.
  • MRC HSRI funded study. The impact of federalisation on Nepal's health system: a longitudinal analysis (MR/T023554/1). Apr 2020 – Mar 2023
Publications

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Journal articles

  • Lee ACK (2024) . American Journal of Public Health, 114(10), 963-965.
  • Lee ACK, Iversen BG, Lynes S, Desenclos J-C, Bezuidenhoudt JE, Flodgren GM & Pyone T (2024) . Public Health, 228, 85-91.
  • Hertelendy AJ, Easthope L, FitzGerald G & Lee ACK (2023) . Public Health, 225, 251-253.
  • Lee ACK, Iversen BG, Lynes S, Rahman-Shepherd A, Erondu NA, Khan MS, Tegnell A, Yelewa M, Arnesen TM, Gudo ES , Macicame I et al (2023) . Public Health, 225, 141-146.
  • Lee ACK, Vedio A, Liu EZH, Horsley J, Jesurasa A & Salway S (2017) . BMC Public Health, 17(1).
  • Lee ACK, Phillips W, Challen K & Goodacre S (2012) . BMC Public Health, 12, 884.
  • Lee ACK & Maheswaran R (2011) . J Public Health (Oxf), 33(2), 212-222.

All publications

Journal articles

  • Preston L, Thompson A, Baxter S, Chambers D, Collini P, Falzon L, Goodall J & Lee A (2025) . Journal of Public Health.
  • Ge H, Cao H, Lv J, Li X, Lee A, Zou J, Jiang M, Xiao L, Gan Y, Shen M & Feng D (2025) . Clinical Microbiology and Infection.
  • Lee ACK, Roberts W & Dixon S (2025) . Public Health, 248, 105919-105919.
  • Mafirakureva N, Hunter R, Ferraro CF, Willner S, Finnie T, Hayward A, Lee A, Roy A, Edge C & Dodd PJ (2025) . EClinicalMedicine, 83.
  • Syed MA, Syed MA & Lee ACK (2025) . Public Health, 240, 95-96.
  • Syed MA, Syed MA & Lee ACK (2024) . Public Health, 237, 456-457.
  • Lee ACK (2024) . Public Health, 237, 203-204.
  • Lee ACK (2024) . American Journal of Public Health, 114(10), 963-965.
  • Huang Q, Mitchell C, Theodoulou E, Lee ACK & Brown J (2024) . Journal of Cancer Survivorship.
  • Lynes S & Lee ACK (2024) . Public Health, 233, 147-148.
  • Koirala B, Rushton S, Adhikary P, Balen J, Basnet S, Joshi S, Karki A, Lee A, Rijal B, Simkhada P , Subedi M et al (2024) . Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 36(5), 513-515.
  • Carter ED, Stewart DE, Rees EE, Bezuidenhoudt JE, Ng V, Lynes S, Desenclos JC, Pyone T & Lee ACK (2024) . Public Health, 231, 31-38.
  • Flodgren GM, Bezuidenhoudt JE, Alkanhal N, Brinkwirth S & Lee ACK (2024) . Public Health, 230, 105-112.
  • Taylor MJ, Morling JR & Lee A (2024) . Public Health, 230, 231-232.
  • Lee ACK, Herrieven E & Harrower NA (2024) . British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 85(2), 1-7.
  • Lee ACK & Morling JR (2024) . Public Health, 229, 63-64.
  • Lee ACK, Iversen BG, Lynes S, Desenclos J-C, Bezuidenhoudt JE, Flodgren GM & Pyone T (2024) . Public Health, 228, 85-91.
  • Cogdale J, Kele B, Myers R, Harvey R, Lofts A, Mikaiel T, Hoschler K, Banyard AC, James J, Mollett BC , Byrne AMP et al (2024) . Eurosurveillance, 29(3).
  • Smith K, Lee ACK & Morling JR (2024) . Public Health, 226, 157-158.
  • Sapkota S, Dhakal A, Rushton S, van Teijlingen E, Marahatta SB, Balen J & Lee ACK (2023) . BMJ Global Health, 8(12).
  • Kar D, El-Wazir A, Nath M, Breeze P, Jetha K, Strong M, Chilcott J, Davies MJ, Lee A, Lusignan SD , Khunti K et al (2023) . BMJ Public Health, 1(1).
  • Hertelendy AJ, Easthope L, FitzGerald G & Lee ACK (2023) . Public Health, 225, 251-253.
  • Lee ACK, Iversen BG, Lynes S, Rahman-Shepherd A, Erondu NA, Khan MS, Tegnell A, Yelewa M, Arnesen TM, Gudo ES , Macicame I et al (2023) . Public Health, 225, 141-146.
  • Wasti SP, van Teijlingen E, Rushton S, Subedi M, Simkhada P & Balen J (2023) . Health Research Policy and Systems, 21.
  • Ablard S, Miller E, Poulton S, Cantrell A, Booth A, Lee A, Mason S & Bell F (2023) . BMC Public Health, 23(1).
  • Vaidya A, Simkhada P, Lee A, Jones S & Mukumbang FC (2023) . BMJ Open, 13(9).
  • Wilburn J, MacVinish S, Watson H & Lee A (2023) . Public Health, 223, 67-71.
  • Khadka S, Koirala B, Baidya M, Ferhani A, Karki J, Lee A, Panday S & Rushton S (2023) The health consequences of urbanization in Nepal: perspectives from a participatory photo project with recent rural-urban migrants. The Highlander, 3(1).
  • Joshi S, Karki A, Rushton S, Koirala B, Basnet S, Rijal B, Karki J, Pohl G, Baidya M, Chater T , Green D et al (2023) . BMJ Open, 13.
  • Lee ACK & Morling JR (2023) . Public Health, 219, 157-158.
  • Lee ACK, Khaw F-M, Lindman AES & Juszczyk G (2023) . Public Health, 217, 41-45.
  • Greene C, Wilson J, Griffin H, Tingle A, Cooper T, Semple MG, Enoch D, Lee A & Loveday H (2023) . Public Health, 217, 89-94.
  • Leung CC & Lee ACK (2022) . Respirology, 27(12), 1022-1024.
  • Sapkota S, Panday S, Wasti SP, Lee A, Balen J, van Teijlingen E, Rushton S, Subedi M, Gautam S, Karki J , Adhikary P et al (2022) Health system strengthening: the role of public health in Federal Nepal. Journal of the Nepal Public Health Association, 7(1), 36-42.
  • Shrestha B, Green DJ, Baidya M, Chater T, Karki J, Lee A, Khadka S, Pohl G, Neupane R & Rushton S (2022) . BMC Public Health, 22.
  • Karki A, Karki J, Joshi S, Black MN, Rijal B, Basnet S, Makai P, Fossier Heckmann A, Baral YR & Lee A (2022) . INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 59.
  • Lee ACK & Morling JR (2022) . Public Health, 209, 73-74.
  • Kar D, El-Wazir A, Delanerolle G, Forbes A, Sheppard JP, Nath M, Joy M, Cole N, Arnold JR, Lee A , Feher M et al (2022) . eClinicalMedicine, 51.
  • Lee ACK & Morling JR (2022) . Public Health in Practice, 4.
  • Black M, Taylor-Robinson D, Lee ACK & Morling JR (2022) . Public Health in Practice, 3.
  • Campbell F, Booth A, Carroll C, Lee A & Relton C (2022) . PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(3).
  • Lee ACK & Morling JR (2022) . Public Health, 206, 31-32.
  • Partridge DG, Sori A, Green DJ, Simpson R, Poller B, Raza M, Kaur H, Jessop H, Colton B, Nield A , Evans CM et al (2022) . Journal of Hospital Infection, 119, 182-186.
  • Alsulamy N, Lee A & Thokala P (2022) . Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 28(2), 235-246.
  • Lakha F, King A, Swinkels K & Lee ACK (2022) . Journal of Public Health, 44(1), e26-e35.
  • Holden B & Lee A (2022) . British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 50(1), 76-87.
  • Lee ACK & Morling JR (2022) . Public Health, 202, 10-11.
  • Choy B, Arunachalam K, S G, Taylor M & Lee A (2021) . Public Health in Practice, 2.
  • Song K & Lee A (2021) . Public Health, 199, 110-117.
  • Knight J, Day M, Lee ACK & Morling JR (2021) . Public Health, 197, A1-A2.
  • Raj B, Lee A & Morling J (2021) . Public Health, 196, e2-e3.
  • Foster CR, Campbell F, Blank L, Cantrell A, Black M & Lee ACK (2021) . Public Health, 198, 22-29.
  • Thomas B, Goodacre S, Lee E, Sutton L, Bursnall M, Loban A, Waterhouse S, Simmonds R, Biggs K, Marincowitz C , Schutter J et al (2021) . Emergency Medicine Journal, 38(8), 587-593.
  • Esmaili E, Winters I, Kaakati R, Lee A, Augustine A & Thielman N (2021) . North Carolina Medical Journal, 82(3), 157-163.
  • Lee ACK & Morling J (2021) . Public Health, 196, A1-A2.
  • Lee ACK & Morling JR (2021) . Public Health in Practice, 2.
  • Black M, Lee A & Ford J (2021) . Public Health in Practice, 2.
  • Lee ACK, English P, Pankhania B & Morling JR (2021) . Public Health, 192, 45-48.
  • Alsulamy N, Lee A, Thokala P & Alessa T (2021) . Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 27(3), 300-311.
  • Goodacre S, Thomas B, Sutton L, Burnsall M, Lee E, Bradburn M, Loban A, Waterhouse S, Simmonds R, Biggs K , Marincowitz C et al (2021) . PLoS ONE, 16(1).
  • Goodacre S, Thomas B, Lee E, Sutton L, Loban A, Waterhouse S, Simmonds R, Biggs K, Marincowitz C, Schutter J , Connelly S et al (2021) . Emergency Medicine Journal, 38(2), 88-93.
  • Adhikary P, Balen J, Gautam S, Ghimire S, Karki JK, Lee A, Marahatta SB, Panday S, Pohl G, Rushton S , Sapkota S et al (2021) COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal: Emerging evidence on the effectiveness of action by, and cooperation between, different levels of government in a federal system. Journal of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, 3(3), 1-11.
  • Hardman SJ, Shackley F, Condliffe A, Ugonna K & Lee A (2021) . Archives of Disease in Childhood, 106(6), 577-582.
  • Goodacre S, Thomas B, Lee E, Sutton L, Loban A, Waterhouse S, Simmonds R, Biggs K, Marincowitz C, Schutter J , Connelly S et al (2020) . PLoS ONE, 15(11).
  • Sapkota S, Lee A, Karki J, Makai P, Adhikari S, Chaudhuri N & Fossier-Heckmann A (2020) . Public Health in Practice, 1.
  • Lee A & Morling J (2020) . Public Health in Practice, 1.
  • Lee A, Morling JR & Bhopal RS (2020) . Public Health, 188, A1-A2.
  • Merrick R, Walsh S, Ford J, Morling J & Lee ACK (2020) . Public Health, 187, A1-A2.
  • Lee A, Thornley S, Morris AJ & Sundborn G (2020) . British Medical Journal (BMJ), 370(8259).
  • Lee ACK & Morling J (2020) . Public Health, 186, A1-A2.
  • Lecky FE, Reynolds T, Otesile O, Hollis S, Turner J, Fuller G, Sammy I, Williams-Johnson J, Geduld H, Tenner AG , French S et al (2020) . BMC Emergency Medicine, 20(1).
  • Alsulamy N, Lee A, Thokala P & Alessa T (2020) . Patient Education and Counseling, 103(12), 2400-2407.
  • Lee ACK, Alwan NA & Morling JR (2020) . Public Health, 185, A1-A2.
  • Lee A & Morling J (2020) . Public Health, 182, 188-189.
  • Lee A (2020) . Public Health, 179, A1-A2.
  • Smolarchuk C, Mohammed H, Furegato M, Town K, Fifer H, Wilson J, Nardone A, Lee A & Hughes G (2019) . Sexually Transmitted Infections, 95(8), 594-601.
  • Campbell F & Lee A (2019) . French Journal of British Studies, XXIV.
  • Hall M, Cartwright C & Lee ACK (2019) . Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 13(2), 147-151.
  • Lee A, Sim F & Mackie P (2019) . Public Health, 168, A1-A2.
  • Black M, Karki J, Lee ACK, Makai P, Baral YR, Kritsotakis EI, Bernier A & Fossier Heckmann A (2019) . Public Health, 166, 10-18.
  • Durdu B, Kritsotakis E, Lee A, Torun P, Hakyemez IN, Gultepe B & Aslan T (2018) . Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 14, 190-196.
  • Smolarchuk C, Wensley A, Padfield S, Fifer H, Lee A & Hughes G (2018) . Eurosurveillance, 23(23).
  • Lee A, Sim F & Mackie P (2018) . Public Health, 158, A1-A2.
  • Simkhada R, Wasti SP, Gc VS & Lee ACK (2018) . Aging and Mental Health, 22(6), 802-807.
  • Lee ACK, Vedio A, Liu EZH, Horsley J, Jesurasa A & Salway S (2017) . BMC Public Health, 17(1).
  • Cartwright C, Hall M & Lee ACK (2017) . Public Health, 150, 60-70.
  • Vedio A, Liu EZH, Lee ACK & Salway S (2017) . Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24(7), 526-540.
  • Humphreys CE, Lee A, Offer C, Spencer-Henshall R & Okereke E (2017) . Journal of Public Health , 39(4), 821-827.
  • Lee A, Sim F & Mackie P (2017) . Public Health, 144, A1-A2.
  • Lee A, Polking E & White R (2016) Quality of Healthcare. Issue Brief Health Policy Tracking Service, 2016, 1-192.
  • Walker IF, Leigh-Hunt N & Lee ACK (2016) . Public Health, 139, 134-140.
  • Lee A, Sim F & Mackie P (2016) . Public Health, 138, 1-3.
  • Lee ACK (2016) . Public Health, 133, 99-106.
  • Offer C, Lee A & Humphreys C (2016) . Journal of Public Health, 38(2), 250-257.
  • Lee A & Polking E (2015) Quality of Healthcare. Issue Brief Health Policy Tracking Service, 1-140.
  • Lee A, Jordan H & Horsley J (2015) . Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 8, 131-137.
  • Lewis S, Lee A & Simkhada P (2015) . BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 15.
  • Blank L, Baxter SK, Woods HB, Goyder EC, Lee A & Payne N (2015) . Health Services and Delivery Research, 3(24).
  • Blank L, Baxter S, Woods HB, Goyder E, Lee A, Payne N & Rimmer M (2014) . British Journal of General Practice, 64(629), e765-e774.
  • Keng Lee AC, Booth A, Challen K, Gardois P & Goodacre S (2014) . Emergency Medicine Journal.
  • Elnawawy O, Lee ACK & Pohl G (2014) . Br J Gen Pract, 64(623), e329-e335.
  • Strong M, Green A, Goyder E, Miles G, Lee ACK, Basran G & Cooke J (2014) . Prim Care Respir J, 23(1), 67-73.
  • Abbas SM, Lee A & Mubashir H (2014) Competencies required from public health professionals by health based organisations and the role of academia.. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 64(1), 57-63.
  • Abbas SM, Lee A & Mubashir H (2014) Competencies required from public health professionals by health based organisations and the role of academia. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 64(1).
  • Goyder EC, Strong M, Green A, Holmes MW, Miles G, Reddington O, Lawson R, Lee A & Basran G (2013) . BMC Med Res Methodol, 13, 103.
  • Lee ACK, Blank L, Payne N, McShane M & Goyder E (2013) . Br J Gen Pract, 63(613), e589-e591.
  • Lee ACK, Oliver S, Fletcher K & Robinson J (2012) . Inform Prim Care, 20(4), 263-270.
  • Watkinson-Powell A & Lee A (2012) Benefits of an electronic medical records system in rural Nepal.. JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc, 52(188), 196-200.
  • Lee ACK, Phillips W, Challen K & Goodacre S (2012) . BMC Public Health, 12, 884.
  • Takasugi T & Lee ACK (2012) . Public Health, 126(10), 839-845.
  • Challen K, Lee ACK, Booth A, Gardois P, Woods HB & Goodacre SW (2012) . BMC Public Health, 12, 542.
  • Lee A, Head F, Packham C & Robinson M (2012) . Br J Gen Pract, 62(598), e387-e389.
  • Fendall L, Griffith W, Iliff A, Lee A & Radford J (2012) . British Journal of Midwifery, 20(4), 236-243.
  • Philip KEJ & Lee A (2011) . International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning, 6(4), 65-69.
  • Lee ACK, Hall JA & Mandeville KL (2011) . J Public Health (Oxf), 33(2), 310-316.
  • Lee ACK & Maheswaran R (2011) . J Public Health (Oxf), 33(2), 212-222.
  • Lee ACK, Siddiqi K, Khan MA, Ahmed M, Shafiq-Ur-Rehman , Shams N & Nazir A (2010) . Journal of Smoking Cessation, 5(2), 145-150.
  • Lee ACK (2010) . BMJ, 341, c4182.
  • Lee A (2010) . Lancet, 375(9718), 891-892.
  • Siddiqi K & Lee ACK (2009) . Tropical Medicine and International Health, 14(4), 420-428.
  • Lee ACK & Radford J (2008) The ranibizumab saga of drug profiteering. BMJ, 337(7669), 531.
  • Lee ACK & Radford J (2008) . BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 337(7669).
  • Lee ACK (2008) . PUBLIC HEALTH, 122(12), 1410-1417.
  • Lee ACK (2005) . BMJ, 330(7485), 261.2-261.2.
  • N C, A FH, G F, A L, M B & J K () . Environmental Epidemiology, 3(Supplement 1), 59-59.
  • Simkhada P, Lee A, Van Teijlingen E, Karki K & Neupane CH () . Nepal Journal of Epidemiology, 5(1), 441-43.

Conference proceedings

  • Hall ML, Lee ACK, Cartwright C, Maharatta S, Karki J & Simkhada P (2017) . Public Health, Vol. 145 (pp 39-44)
  • Mackenzie K, Goyder E, Johnson M, Lee A, Salway S, Horsley J & Vedio A (2016) . Oral Presentations (pp A43.1-A43)
  • Salway S, Vedio A, Liu E, Lee A, Horsley J & Such E (2015) . European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 25(suppl_3)
  • Lee AC, Challen K, Gardois P, Mackway-Jones K, Carley S, Phillips W, Booth A, Walter D & Goodacre S () The evidence gaps for health emergency planning in the UK. Health Protection Agency 2012. University of Warwick, 11 September 2012 - 12 September 2012.
  • Lee AC, Challen K, Gardois P, Mackway-Jones K, Carley S, Phillips W, Booth A, Walter D & Goodacre S () The evidence for emergency planning in health: Finding the gaps. HSRN Symposium - Delivering better health services. Manchester, 19 June 2012 - 20 June 2012.
  • Lee AC, Challen K, Gardois P, Booth A & Goodacre S () Where is the evidence for emergency planning and management?. Health Protection Agency Annual Conference. University of Warwick, 13 September 2011 - 14 September 2011.
  • Lee AC & Poole J () Investigating bladder cancer in South Yorkshire. UK Association of Cancer Registries(UKACR) Annual Conference. Stirling, 9 September 2009 - 10 September 2009.
  • Lee AC () Qualitative survey methods in complex situations. 2nd International Conference on Surveying Health in Complex Situations. Brussels, Belgium, 4 June 2007 - 5 June 2007.

Reports

  • Karki J, Pohl G, Baral YR, Makai P, Black M, Lee ACK, Kritsotakis E, Fossier-Heckman A, Poudel S & Bernier A (2018) Health status and occupational risks in informal waste workers in Nepal : results from a cross-sectional study conducted in the Kathmandu Valley
  • Akparibo R, Booth A & Lee A (2017)
  • Akparibo R, Lee A, Booth A, Harris J, Woods H, Blank L & Holdsworth M (2016)

Posters

  • Ablard S, Cantrell A, Poulton S, Miller E, Booth A, Lee A, Mason S & Bell F (2022) PP22 Delivery of public health interventions by the ambulance sector.
  • Durdu B, Kritsotakis E, Lee ACK, Torun P, Hakyemez IN, Gultepe B & Aslan T (2017) Antimicrobial Resistance Profile and Temporal Trends in Gram-Negative Bacteria Causing Nosocomial Infections in Critically Ill Patients in Istanbul, Turkey. ASM Microbe 2017.

Other

  • Lee ACK & Rushton S (2025) . Public Health, 242, 101-102.
  • Lee ACK & Morling JR (2022) . Public Health, 205, 26-27.
  • Lee ACK & Morling JR (2022) . Public Health, 204, 12-13.
  • Ford J & Lee A (2022) . Public Health, 204, 82-83.

Preprints

  • Mafirakureva N, Hunter R, Ferraro CF, Willner S, Finnie T, Hayward A, Lee A, Roy A, Edge C & Dodd PJ (2025) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Huang Q, Mitchell C, Theodoulou E, Lee A & Brown J (2024) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
  • Shrestha B, Green D, Baidya M, Chater T, Karki J, Lee A, Khadka S, Pohl G, Neupane R & Rushton S (2022) , Research Square Platform LLC.
  • Foster CR, Campbell F, Blank L, Cantrell A, Black M & Lee ACK (2021) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Goodacre S, Thomas B, Sutton L, Bursnall M, Lee E, Bradburn M, Loban A, Waterhouse S, Simmonds R, Biggs K , Marincowitz C et al (2020) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Thomas B, Goodacre S, Lee E, Sutton L, Loban A, Waterhouse S, Simmonds R, Biggs K, Marincowitz C, Schutter J , Connelly S et al (2020) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Biggs K, Thomas B, Goodacre S, Lee E, Sutton L, Bursnall M, Loban A, Waterhouse S, Simmonds R, Marincowitz C , Schutter J et al (2020) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Wallis LA, Lecky F, Reynolds T, Otesile O, Hollis S, Turner J, Fuller G, Sammy I, Williams-Johnson J, Geduld H , Tenner A et al (2020) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
Research group

Current PhD/MD Students

Dr Omnia Elnawawy

Jeffrey Tochkin

Dr Anju Vaidya

Pitak Benjarattanaporn

Teaching interests

I am keen on teaching and especially on global health issues, humanitarian aid, health service management and communicable disease control. I currently lecture on international health needs assessment, disaster planning and impact evaluation in the Masters Public Health (MPH) course. 

Public Health MPH

Postgraduate taught
  • September 2026 start
  • 1 year 2 years Full-time Part-time
  • Accredited

Develop essential research, evaluation, and analytical skills for leading public health initiatives in the UK and globally. Our APHEA-accredited program helps to prepare you for professional roles in public health and offers a strong foundation for pursuing PhD-level studies.

I developed the modules Communicable Disease Control, and Disaster and Emergency Management. 

In addition, I teach on the undergraduate medical programme, and on the Executive MBA programme at City College, Thessaloniki, Greece.

I have worked as a trainer on orientation courses for relief workers, and delivered training to healthcare workers abroad as well as to health professionals in the UK. I have also delivered senior leadership training abroad with UKHSA’s IHR Strengthening Project.

Professional activities and memberships

I am a trained Executive Coach with Health Education England and an educational supervisor for public health speciality training schemes in Yorkshire and the Humber.  I am a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health, a Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

I also carry out a variety of external consultancy work such as training on patient safety and clinical audits, health needs assessments, health equity audits, programme evaluations and impact assessments. I previously conducted external evaluation consultancies for the World Health Organisation in 2015 and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in 2018/2019.  

I was recently a Technical Advisor for the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI) leading their Integrated Disease Surveillance Research Project. I am currently acting as a Technical Advisor for IANPHI on the Global Health Emergency Corps initiative.