Dr Natalie Prevatt (Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2009) helped coordinate the first East African DTMH for LSHTM across Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania in 2011. She now works as a Paediatric Travel Medicine Consultant for the NHS and is the founder of the Childrenstraveldoc.com service. Here, she describes…
Maiko Hirai (MSc Public Health, 2014) is an Associate Partner for McKinsey, the Global Public Health and Healthcare practice. Here, she describes how her work has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, how LSHTM gave her long-lasting connections, and advice for current students.
“I spent my childhood in…
Osa Rafshodia Rafidin (Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 2016) is Head of Department of Disease Control and Prevention at the Health City Office of Samarinda, East Borneo, Indonesia. Here, he describes how he has worked with communities to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
“We had to change…
Abraar Karan (Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 2019) works as an Internal Medicine and Global Health Physician within Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Here, he discusses how life has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic and what his thoughts for the future are.
“At the…
Dr Chadia Wannous, graduated with a Master’s of Science in Reproductive and Sexual Health Research from LSHTM in 1999 and has been at the forefront of prevention, preparedness and response to health emergencies for more than 15 years. Unsurprisingly, in the past months the focus of her work has…
Antonio Hegar (MSc Public Health, Environmental Stream, 2013) works as an Epidemiologist at the Ministry of Health (MoH), in Belize. In this blog, he describes how COVID-19 has affected his work and affected his outlook.
“COVID-19 has forced me to not only put all my skills and training…
Joel Aik (MSc Epidemiology, 2011) works as an Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology Director for the Environmental Health Institute National Environment Agency, Singapore. In this blog, he explains his journey since leaving LSHTM and advice for current students.
“I was offered an agency fellowship to train as an Epidemiologist, and I…
What settings are linked to the transmission of SARS-CoV-2?
Early on in the pandemic, a group at LSHTM realised that it would be highly important to understand where exactly transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has occurred. They did a rapid review of open access data on clusters, finding…
Thijs Feuth (Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2018) works as a Pulmonary Medicine Fellow at Turku University Hospital, in Finland. In this blog, he explains what it has been like to work within a hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also shares how Finland’s preventative measures led…
Mengxin Tan (MSc Global Mental Health, 2019) works as a Research Consultant for UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) HQ Health Department in Jordan. In this blog, she describes how her work has changed since COVID-19 and how Jordan’s response…
Obituary: Michael Hills
January 19, 2021
Obituary: Dr Bart Jacobs
January 19, 2021
Alumni Profile: Dr Natalie Prevatt
January 19, 2021
Alumni Profile: Maiko Hirai
January 14, 2021
Obituary: Professor Adetokunbo O. Lucas
January 6, 2021
