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Our Team

Our core team (see profiles below) is made up of senior clinicians and includes world-renowned researchers in HIV, Sexual Health, Hepatology and Population Health from Barts Health NHS Trust, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry and Queen Mary University of London.

Supported by a programme manager, researchers, statisticians, clinical research fellows and other key roles, the team builds on the work of our well-established, world-class HIV clinical trials unit. We will work closely with partners across the wider health and care system, our community advisory board and voluntary sector organisations in the East End of London and beyond. We are proud that the SHARE team reflects the diverse communities we serve.

Professor Chloe Orkin

(She/Her/Hers)

SHARE Collaborative Director, Professor of Infection and Inequities

Professor Jane Anderson

(She/Her/Hers)

Honorary Professor of HIV Medicine

Dr Vanessa Apea

(She/Her/Hers)

Consultant Physician in Sexual Health and HIV, Honorary Senior Lecturer

Professor Chris Griffiths

(He/Him/His)

Professor of Primary Care

Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan

(She/Her/Hers)

SHARE Collaborative Deputy Director, Consultant Physician in Sexual Health and HIV, Honorary Senior Lecturer

Professor Patrick Kennedy

(He/Him/His)

Professor of Translational Hepatology

Dr John Thornhill

(He/Him/His)

Honorary Consultant Physician in Sexual Health and HIV, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer

Dr Sara Paparini

She/Her/Hers

Senior Lecturer in Applied Health Research

Ms Angelina Namiba

(She/Her/Hers)

Co-Chair (Community Advisory Board)

Ms Sadna Ullah

(She/Her/Hers)

Programme Manager

Dr Simon Tiberi

He/Him/His

Infectious Diseases Consultant Physician, Honorary Clinical Reader in Infectious Diseases

Mr James Hand

(He/His/Him)

Clinical Research Manager

Helena Miras

(She/Her/Hers)

Senior Research Charge Nurse

Ms Hafiza Rahman

(She/Her/Hers)

Research Nurse

Ms Maryam Khan

(She/Her/Hers)

PhD Student

Ms Nishat Halim

(She/Her/Hers)

Research Trial Manager

Ms Rebecca Mbewe

(She/Her/Hers)

Research Assistant in Applied Health Research

Ms Rosalie Hayes

(She/Her/Hers)

Research Assistant in Applied Health Research

Ms Alexa Elias

(She/Her/Hers)

Research Assistant in Applied Health Research

Ms Habibat Kawu

(She/Her/Hers)

Research Assistant in Applied Health Research

Community Board

The SHARE Collaborative Community Advisory Board will provide a platform to ensure meaningful inclusion and authentic co-production of the research agenda with the local community, with board members being remunerated for their time and expertise.  The board will inform every stage of the research process, from comment and advising on research topics, considering the direction, volume, diversity and applicability of proposals for research as well as  acting as local champions. The board will provide advice on recruitment of research participants as well as the dissemination of findings. SHARE  will train and employ peer researchers and aim to have a community co-author on research publications.  We believe this approach will ensure our research remains relevant to the community in which it is conducted and reflective of Queen Mary and Barts Health values.

Professor Chloe Orkin

(She/Her/Hers)

SHARE Collaborative Director, Professor of Infection and Inequities

Professor Orkin is the Lead for HIV research at Barts Health NHS Trust and directs the SHARE Collaborative.

Following a successful 16-year clinical career at Barts Health NHS Trust, Chloe was appointed Professor of Infection and Inequities at Queen Mary University of London in 2019. She leads an internationally renowned therapeutic trials unit that has made major contributions to drug development and the licensing of around 20 new therapies. Chloe is global lead author for the FLAIR study which evaluated the first-ever long-acting injectable HIV therapy and was published in the NEJM. Chloe is lead investigator for several other pivotal therapeutic trials and local principal investigator for a COVID-19 monoclonal antibody study. Her research also focuses on ways of including and engaging women, pregnant women and racially minoritised people in clinical trials. Chloe led research and blood-borne virus testing campaigns (Going Viral and Test Me East) in emergency departments which have changed practice.

As President of the Medical Women’s Federation, and a visible LGBTQ+ role-model, Chloe advocates at national fora such as the Department of Health and Social Care Gender Pay-gap Implementation Panel and the General Medical Council Equality forum. As Chair of the British HIV Association (2016-19) she challenged discriminatory legislature and is considered a global medical leader for the U=U campaign.

Chloe is the Academic Lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry and past Athena SWAN Chair. She is committed to driving culture change and embedding citizenship.

Professor Jane Anderson

Contact details

janderson@nhs.net

Professor Jane Anderson

(She/Her/Hers)

Honorary Professor of HIV Medicine

Contact details

janderson@nhs.net

Professor Anderson is a Consultant Physician, HIV Medicine, Barts Health NHS Trust and Homerton University Hospital, and Honorary Professor, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to HIV and Sexual Health Research.

Her 35-year clinical and academic career in HIV medicine and sexual health, based in East London, has focused on underserved and marginalised populations, and includes extensive cross-disciplinary working between biomedical and social sciences, together with a track record of co-production and partnership working with voluntary sector and community organisations.

As a visiting fellow at The King’s Fund, Professor Anderson has delivered policy facing research on the future of HIV services in the UK. As co-chair of the HIV Outcomes Initiative, she works to influence European policymakers on the future of HIV treatment and care. She is the co-chair of the Public Health England External Advisory Group on HIV and Sexual Health, chair of The National AIDS Trust, co-chair of London’s Fast Track Cities HIV leadership group and a past Chair of the British HIV Association.

Professor Chloe Orkin
Dr Vanessa Apea

Dr Vanessa Apea

(She/Her/Hers)

Consultant Physician in Sexual Health and HIV, Honorary Senior Lecturer

Dr Vanessa Apea is a consultant physician in Genito-urinary and HIV medicine and research lead in Sexual Health at Barts Health NHS Trust. She is also an honorary senior lecturer at Queen Mary University of London. Dr Apea is a former Fulbright scholar and has a Masters in Public Health from Harvard University.

She has an established track record of exploring and promoting health equity in marginalised populations, with a a particular research interest in participatory approaches In addition, she has 15 years’ experience of successful collaborative working with community stakeholders, third sector agencies, health economists, sociologists, health psychologists and commissioners to advocate for racially minoritised communities in the UK, Canada and Ghana.

Dr Apea is the  BAME NIHR co-lead for North Thames CRN for COVID-19 and clinical representative on London’sFast Track Cities Initiative Stigma Subgroup.

Professor Jane Anderson
Professor Chris Griffiths

Professor Chris Griffiths

(He/Him/His)

Professor of Primary Care

Professor Griffiths is a Professor of Primary Care at Barts Health NHS Trust and Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London, Acting Director of the Institute of Population Health Sciences, Centre Lead for the Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Co-Director of the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, Visiting Professor at the University of Edinburgh, Principal Investigator at the MRC-Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms in Asthma, Theme co-Lead for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North Thames, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners.

He read Physiological Sciences at Keble College, Oxford, before completing a D.Phil addressing the endocrine control of gut function. His clinical training was at King’s College London. His research addresses tuberculosis, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes, and ethnicity. He is a member of the development groups for NICE guidelines for tuberculosis and for the British asthma guidelines. He is an editorial board member of the journals Thorax and the Primary Care Respiratory Journal.

Dr Vanessa Apea
Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan

Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan

(She/Her/Hers)

SHARE Collaborative Deputy Director, Consultant Physician in Sexual Health and HIV, Honorary Senior Lecturer

Dr Dhairyawan has worked in sexual health and HIV in East London since 2008 and is a Consultant in Sexual Health and HIV Medicine at Barts Health NHS Trust and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at QMUL. She has a track record of effective multidisciplinary and multiagency research collaborations within NHS clinical settings, including with colleagues from the social sciences, voluntary sector and patient communities. She led on the first UK study exploring the links between intimate partner violence and HIV.

The recipient of grants from BHIVA, Public Health England and Fast Track Cities, she is nationally recognised for her expertise on health inequalities and in championing the needs of racially minoritised women in sexual health/HIV, through her work with NAZ, BHIVA, 4M Mentor Mothers, SWIFT, SAHAR, Race and Health and BASHH. In addition to her academic publications, she has been written on health equity for the Lancet, BMJ Leader, Discover Society, Cost of Living and Media Diversified.

Dr Dhairyawan is currently a member of the NHS England BAME Staff COVID Clinical Advisory Group.
Professor Chris Griffiths
Professor Patrick Kennedy

Professor Patrick Kennedy

(He/Him/His)

Professor of Translational Hepatology

Professor Kennedy is a leading liver specialist and his work in viral liver disease is known internationally. Trained in University College Dublin, he completed post-graduate training in London and was appointed as a Senior Lecturer at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2009. He has produced novel work redefining disease phase in Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB).

His primary research interest is in Hepatitis B virus (HBV) within a translational platform. He has a special interest in liver disease in young people, specifically HBV; he set up and runs the dedicated young adult liver service at The Royal London Hospital. He is widely published in viral liver disease and has almost 100 peer reviewed publications in addition to multiple book chapters and he has also edited a textbook of Gastrohepatology. His work in HBV is known internationally. He has produced novel work redefining disease phase, and described clonal hepatocyte expansion and HBV DNA integration in young patients with HBeAg positive chronic infection (formerly referred to as “immune tolerant” patients), the foundation for the re-evaluation of treatment candidacy in Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB). He is a passionate advocate for early treatment (and broadening treatment access) in CHB to prevent disease progression and liver cancer. Developing these themes, an important focus of his current work is individualized treatment strategies for CHB, namely the early initiation of antiviral therapy and then access to novel therapies as part of the HBV functional cure program. Professor Kennedy is the chief/principal investigator for a number of investigator-led and commercial phase 1, 2 and 3, clinical trials in CHB and hepatitis delta virus (HDV). This clinical trial portfolio dovetails his longstanding research interest and publication record, the ultimate goal of which is achieving HBV cure.

Professor Kennedy is the current Chair of the British Viral Hepatitis Group (BVHG) and former lead for the British Association for the Study of the Liver (BASL) special interest group in HBV. He is a member of the WHO guideline development group and the EASL CHB clinical practice guidelines. He provides expert opinion for the United Kingdom Advisory Panel on blood-borne viruses, in addition he is a key opinion leader in viral liver disease and a member of expert advisory panels for early drug development.

Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan
Dr John Thornhill

Dr John Thornhill

(He/Him/His)

Honorary Consultant Physician in Sexual Health and HIV, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer

Dr Thornhill is a clinical academic who has recently taken up a post as a locum Consultant in HIV medicine and Honorary Lecturer based at Barts Health NHS Trust and QMUL. He was awarded his PhD from Imperial College in 2018, supported by a highly competitive MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship.

His research has focused on clinical HIV cure strategies and studies examining HIV persistence in tissue sites, including the RIVER gut study and the HEATHER gut study. Much of this work has been published, including a recent tissue analysis of the London Patient (Gupta et al Lancet HIV 2020), and cited in National BHIVA treatment guidelines (2015). More recently, he has been a co-investigator in the e-CLEAR and RIO studies investigating broadly neutralizing antibodies as a HIV cure intervention.

Professor Patrick Kennedy
Dr Sara Paparini

Dr Sara Paparini

She/Her/Hers

Senior Lecturer in Applied Health Research

Dr Paparini is an anthropologist (graduated at Goldsmiths College), and also holds an MSc in Policy Research and a PhD in Social Policy from the University of Bristol. Her interests include: intersectional health inequalities (particularly in sexual health, HIV and other infectious diseases); racism, anti-blackness and health; the making and uses of evidence in public health; community engagement and co-production in research; and the evaluation and implementation of complex interventions. She specialises in qualitative methodology, and especially in longitudinal, ethnographic and case study methodologies.

Prior to joining the Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Dr Paparini has worked as a social scientist at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford, at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She also worked in the NHS carrying out social research on HIV in East London hospitals and in the HIV voluntary sector. She teaches postgraduate courses and supervises doctoral students in qualitative methods and global health across these institutions.

Dr Paparini has lived in East London for over two decades.

Dr John Thornhill
Ms Angelina Namiba

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Ms Angelina Namiba

(She/Her/Hers)

Co-Chair (Community Advisory Board)

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Originally from Kenya, Angelina has over 25 years of experience working in the HIV sector on different initiatives ranging from providing one-to-one support to people living with HIV, treatment advocacy, and managing service delivery to facilitating, promoting and advocating for the involvement of women living with HIV in forming and informing local and national strategy and policy.

Living with HIV for more than 25 years, she is a founder member of the 4M Network of Mentor Mothers living with HIV

A programme that works with Mentor Mothers living with HIV to train them to support their peers in their pregnancy journey and for their professional development.

Angelina also sits on various national and international advisory boards. These include as a patron of the National HIV Nurses Association , a lay member of the Women’s Network of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, a member of the Organizing Committee of the annual International Women and HIV Workshop, has been a Community representative for BHIVA, and is a Trustee of the National AIDS Trust, Salamander Trust and SAFE Kenya . She has co-authored various articles in peer-review journals, and UNAIDS reports.

Dr Sara Paparini
Ms Sadna Ullah

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s.ullah@qmul.ac.uk

Ms Sadna Ullah

(She/Her/Hers)

Programme Manager

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s.ullah@qmul.ac.uk

Sadna has worked with Barts Health HIV services since 2014 supporting Professor Orkin. She continued to work with the HIV research team from 2016. She has been the project manager for blood bourne virus testing in emergency departments at Barts Health NHS Trust. 

Sadna formally joined the SHARE team from May 2021 and was one of the core members to help develop SHARE from its inception. She is responsible for overall management of SHARE and each research theme. 

Ms Angelina Namiba
Dr Simon Tiberi

Dr Simon Tiberi

He/Him/His

Infectious Diseases Consultant Physician, Honorary Clinical Reader in Infectious Diseases

Simon is a Consultant Physician and Honorary Clinical Reader in Infectious Diseases at Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University of London. He provides in and out patient services in Infection & Tuberculosis. Simon gives advice for challenging cases for the British Thoracic Society Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Clinical advisory service and Vice Chair of the Global TB Network Consilium. He is active in education having worked as the TB secretary for the European Respiratory Society and is the TB Scientific Liaison Officer elect for the Union and course director of the Queen Mary University of London TB certificate programme.

His research interests focus on mycobacteria, and respiratory infections. He is currently involved in a number of clinical trials, translational and health service research programmes. He has published over 100 peer reviewed articles and several book chapters. He is an active peer reviewer and is associate editor of the Union’s International Journal for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and Junior Associate Editor of the European Respiratory Journal.

In addition to fighting TB and it’s elimination, Simon is an advocate for reducing health inequalities, preventing infections and improving access to care in East London.

Ms Sadna Ullah
Mr James Hand

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james.hand@nhs.net

Mr James Hand

(He/His/Him)

Clinical Research Manager

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james.hand@nhs.net

Mr Hand originally trained as an enrolled nurse at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital in Lincolnshire, originally qualifying in 1989 and then converted to a Registered General Nurse in 1999 at Thames Valley University. James worked in the London Lighthouse in 1995 and then moved to the Kobler Clinic at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust working within the HIV outpatients unit and then HIV research (St Stephen’s AIDs Trust).

In 2005, James moved to Barts and the London NHS Trust and worked alongside Prof Orkin in developing the already established small HIV Research Unit. Over the years, this unit has successfully expanded to include Sexual Health and Hepatology Research. This unit is now a national and internationally recognised research unit for commercial and non-commercial studies, with more recently leading the now Barts Health NHS Trust response to COVID-19. James is responsible for the overall management and leadership of this unit and the team within.

James is a Trustee at Brighter Future International Trust which works with poor and vulnerable people to tackle the causes and consequences of extreme poverty. BFIT is committed to the relief of distress caused by the diseases of leprosy, HIV/AIDS, TB, disability and malnutrition. The charity works with a dedicated partner in Andhra Pradesh in southern India and James visits regularly with his fellow Trustees.

In his leisure time, James enjoys travelling and attending the gym. He also enjoys time spent with his family and friends alike.

Dr Simon Tiberi
Helena Miras

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h.miras@nhs.net

Helena Miras

(She/Her/Hers)

Senior Research Charge Nurse

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h.miras@nhs.net

Helena graduated from City University London in 2002 with a BA in Nursing. Helena has worked in different specialties including Urology and Tropical diseases, but her real passion has always been Sexual Health. She joined the sexual health service at The Royal London Hospital in 2009 and has worked with the research team from 2016. Helena’s current role is a Senior Research Nurse for Sexual health and HIV studies at Grahame Hayton Unit at The Royal London Hospital.

She believes that patient care should be every health care worker first priority.

Mr James Hand
Ms Hafiza Rahman

Ms Hafiza Rahman

(She/Her/Hers)

Research Nurse

Hafiza graduated in 2018 with a BSc Honours in Nursing and has since expanded her skills working across different specialities including General surgery and Critical care. She joined the research team in early 2022 and her current role is as a Research Nurse for Sexual health and HIV at The Royal London Hospital assisting with commercial and non-commercial studies.

She is passionate in delivering individualised patient care and emulating the quality of care through promotion of health equity whilst on the quest of advancing her expertise within research.

Helena Miras
Ms Maryam Khan

Ms Maryam Khan

(She/Her/Hers)

PhD Student

Maryam is an academic scientist with a keen interest in immunology of HIV cure related research. Prior to joining SHARE, she worked on several high-profile HIV cure-centred clinical trials, including RIVER, RIO and e-CLEAR, whilst simultaneously managing her own research on HIV elite control, SARS-CoV-2 serology, and use of CAR-iNKT cells as an immunotherapeutic cure for HIV. Much of this work has been published, including  the development of a dried blood spot assay to facilitate seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and a diagnostic algorithm to facilitate diagnosis amongst HIV elite controllers.

She is technically skilled in multiple areas of laboratory-based research including molecular virology, flow cytometry, immunoassays including ELISA, DABA & ELISpot, cytokine profiling and cell expansion and viral culturing.

Her PhD, supervised by Dr John Thornhill & Professor Patrick Kennedy, is focused on identifying the drivers of viral persistence in chronic HIV/HBV co-infection in an effort to identify potential immunotherapeutic targets.

Maryam is a passionate advocate of patient engagement in academic research and takes pride in being a laboratory-based scientist who is educated on healthy inequality and always strives to centre her research around patient needs.

Ms Hafiza Rahman
Ms Nishat Halim

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n.halim@qmul.ac.uk

Ms Nishat Halim

(She/Her/Hers)

Research Trial Manager

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n.halim@qmul.ac.uk

Nishat Halim is the research trial manager for the ILANA study, based within the SHARE team. She has worked in clinical research for five years. She completed her undergraduate degree in Biomedical Sciences and then went onto complete a masters in clinical trials whilst working within the NIHR Clinical Research Network.

Nishat has worked across a variety of specialties, including cancer, IBD, allergy and paediatrics. She has a particular interest in global health, immunology and infectious diseases.

Ms Maryam Khan
Ms Rebecca Mbewe

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r.mbewe@qmul.ac.uk

Ms Rebecca Mbewe

(She/Her/Hers)

Research Assistant in Applied Health Research

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r.mbewe@qmul.ac.uk

Rebecca has been engaged with the HIV sector for over 20 years in her personal capacity as a woman living with HIV as well as professionally working with various organisations.  Rebecca holds a BSc Psychology and an MBA Healthcare and is especially interested in the sexual health and wellbeing of minoritized women. Rebecca is a mentor, speaker and trainer currently co-leading on the Growing Older, Wiser, Stronger (GROWS) Project for women over 40 ageing with HIV.

Rebecca is currently an active member of the UK Community Advisory Board (UKCAB) and sits on the British HIV Association (BHIVA) Audit and Standards sub-committee group as a representative. Rebecca is one of 3 directors for 4M Mentor Mothers Network CIC (4mmm.org), an organisation offering mentoring, support and training for women living with HIV going through the perinatal journey.

Rebecca has recently joined the SHARE collaborative where she hopes to use her knowledge and skills of community engagement.

Ms Nishat Halim
Ms Rosalie Hayes

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r.hayes@qmul.ac.uk

Ms Rosalie Hayes

(She/Her/Hers)

Research Assistant in Applied Health Research

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r.hayes@qmul.ac.uk

Rosalie conducts qualitative research as part of the SHARE team, in particular within the ILANA trial, and No-Lana and MPOX studies.

Rosalie previously worked as a Research Assistant at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), where she supported the design of monitoring and evaluation frameworks for complex public health interventions for communities located near mining operations in Zimbabwe, Brazil and South Africa, which included a substantial focus on HIV prevention, testing and treatment.

In 2021 Rosalie completed her MSc in Public Health at LSHTM, where her dissertation explored the psychosocial impact of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis on gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men using qualitative data from the PROUD trial. She also holds a BA in Development Studies and Economics from SOAS, University of London.

Prior to her masters, Rosalie worked for four years in policy and campaigns at the National AIDS Trust (NAT), where she undertook advocacy and research promoting the rights of people living with HIV in the UK. She also led NAT’s work with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control monitoring the HIV and Hepatitis response across Europe and Central Asia.

Since 2020, she has written regularly for NAM – a charity focused on sharing accessible, accurate, and reliable information to support the fight against HIV and AIDS.

Ms Rebecca Mbewe
Ms Alexa Elias

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a.elias@qmul.ac.uk

Ms Alexa Elias

(She/Her/Hers)

Research Assistant in Applied Health Research

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a.elias@qmul.ac.uk

Alexa’s research in SHARE focuses on highlighting current gaps in practices of equity, diversity, and inclusion in studies evaluating novel therapies for HIV and also within academic and healthcare contexts.

Prior to joining the SHARE team, Alexa worked as a Research Assistant at King’s College Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, where she supported the development of scalable psychological therapies for pregnant women with depression and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa.

In 2022, Alexa completed her MSc in Global Mental Health at King’s College London and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where her dissertation explored mediators, moderators, and predictors of psychological therapies for perinatal depression in low- and middle-income countries. She also received a BA in Psychology and French from Vassar College in New York.

Her passion for reducing health inequities began in 2019 when she joined the Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement and Education as a Research Fellow to examine mental health issues amongst forced migrants in Switzerland. She then collaborated with researchers from the Trauma & Global Mental Health Lab at the New School in New York to examine the role of intergenerational story telling on psychological wellbeing. She was a Refugee Resettlement Intern for the International Rescue Committee in New York from 2020-2021.

Ms Rosalie Hayes
Ms Habibat Kawu

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h.kawu@qmul.ac.uk

Ms Habibat Kawu

(She/Her/Hers)

Research Assistant in Applied Health Research

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h.kawu@qmul.ac.uk

Habiba is a Research Assistant in Applied Health Research contributing to public engagement and communication of research within the SHARE Collaborative.

She previously worked as a Research Officer at the Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing, University of Essex. In this role, Habiba actively contributed to the development of evaluation tools for interventions aimed at reducing health inequalities across Essex.

In 2022, Habiba completed a Master’s degree in Global Public Health from the University of Essex where her dissertation focused on understanding the socio-cultural and political factors that impact the accessibility of maternal healthcare for women of marginalized groups in the UK. She also holds a BSc in Microbiology from Al-hikmah University, Nigeria.

Habiba’s unwavering commitment and passion for taking part in research that aims to improve the health and wellbeing of women in the UK and globally, drives her to be an advocate for equitable and accessible healthcare, and she is determined to make a meaningful impact in this area.

Ms Alexa Elias