Dr Boika Rechel
Clinical Lecturer in Public Health and Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine
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Clinical Lecturer
in Public Health and Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine |
B dot Rechel at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 1952 |
Medical School 2.CD02 |
Career
Professional qualifications and professional memberships
- FFPH, Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians, UK, 2011
- CCT, Certificate of Completion of Training in Public Health Medicine, General Medical Council, UK, 2010
- PhD in Health and Social Studies, University of Warwick, 2009
- MA in Higher Education Practice, University of East Anglia (registered since 2008)
- MFPH, Member of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal College of Physicians, UK, 2007
- MPH, Master of Medical Sciences in Public Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 2001
- MSc in Community Child Health, University of Warwick, 1997
- M.D., Medical University of Sofia, 1993
Career summary
- Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine, NHS Norfolk & Waveney, since 2010
- NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Public Health, University of East Anglia, since 2008
- NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Public Health, University of East Anglia, 2006-2008
- Specialist Registrar in Public Health Medicine, Eastern Deanery Public Health Training Programme, 2006-2010
- ESRC PhD Studentship, University of Warwick, 2006-2009
- Specialist Registrar in Public Health Medicine, Oxford Deanery Public Health Training Programme, 2005-2006
- Professional attachment, World Health Organization, TB Strategy and Operations Department, Geneva, Switzerland, 2004
- Clinical Research Fellow in Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 2001-2004
- Project Manager and Consultant, EPOS Health Management, Germany, 1998-2001
- Physician, University Children’s Hospital, Medical University of Sofia, 1994-1995
External
Awards and fellowships
NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow, 2006-2008 and NIHR Clinical Lecturer, since 2008
ESRC PhD Studentship, University of Warwick, 2006-2009
MPH Studentship, Nordic School of Public Health, Gothenburg, 1998
University of Warwick and Open Society Institute (OSI) Scholarship for Eastern Europe, for MSc studies, 1995-1996
Activities in international public health and health policies
Since 1998, I have received funding from and undertaken consultancies for a variety of international agencies, including the World Health Organization, the European Commission, the UK Department for International Development (DFID), Open Society Institute (OSI), the German Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), the German Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW), and have worked as advisor to the Ministries of Health of Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria and Uzbekistan, in tuberculosis control and public health.
Rapporteur, WHO Regional Advisers Meeting & Strategic Technical Advisory Group (STAG), Stop TB Department, Geneva, Switzerland, June 2004
I am a reviewer for several international peer-reviewed journals, including Bulletin of the World Health Organization, European Journal of Public Health, BMC International Health and Human Rights, Public Health.
Key Research Interests
At the UEA, my recent research projects include:
Health Care Needs Assessment for Children and Young People with Complex Needs in Thetford; Funder: NHS Norfolk; 05/2009-09/2010; (Principal Investigator). This project is based in Thetford, a town in the East of England with high levels of socio-economic deprivation and a high proportion of migrant workers. We are undertaking a health care needs assessment for services for children with physical and mental disabilities and long-term conditions, and conducting qualitative research on access to health services for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, in particular immigrant children.
Community Health Needs Assessment for Thetford Healthy Town; Funder: NHS Norfolk; 05/2009-06/2010; (Principal Investigator). This project is part of the Healthy Towns initiative funded by the UK Department of Health, aiming to test community based interventions to promote healthy diet and physical activity.
Epidemiological Needs Assessment of Smoking in Norfolk; Funder: NHS Norfolk; 02/2010-04/2010; (Co-Investigator). This survey aims to estimate the prevalence of smoking in Norfolk.
Scoping research on the economic crisis and its impact on communicable disease transmission in the European Union; Funder: European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC); 08/2009-11/2009; (Co-Investigator). This project aims to assess the potential impact of the current economic crisis on the spread and control of communicable diseases in the EU.
Selected publications
Holland R, Rechel B, Stepien K, Harvey I, Brooksby I. Patients’ self-assessed functional status in heart failure by New York Heart Association class: a prognostic predictor of hospitalizations, quality of life and death. Journal of Cardiac Failure 2010;16(2):150-6.
Scott KW, Powles J, Thomas H, Rechel B. Perceived barriers to the development of modern public health in Bulgaria: a qualitative study. International Journal of Public Health 2010 Apr 9.
Rechel B, Spencer N, Blackburn C, Holland R, Rechel B. Impact of health reforms on child health services in Europe: the case of Bulgaria. European Journal of Public Health 2009;19(3):326-30.
Rechel B, Blackburn CM, Spencer NJ, Rechel B. Access to health care for Roma children: findings from a qualitative study in Bulgaria. International Journal for Equity in Health 2009; 8:24.
Rechel B, Spencer N, Blackburn C, Rechel B. Policy challenges to the quality of child health services in Bulgaria. International Journal of Health Planning and Management 2010 (in press)
Rechel B. Access to care and the right to life of disabled children in Bulgaria. In: “Disabled People and the Right to Life: the protection and violation of disabled people’s most basic human right”. Luke Clements and Janet Read (Editors). Routledge, 2008; ISBN13: 9780415407144
Holland R, Rechel B, Wright D. Effects of telephone counselling on mortality and adherence. Prescriber 2007;18(1):16-18.
Dimitrova B, Balabanova D, Atun R, Drobniewski F, Levicheva V, Coker R. Health service providers’ perceptions of barriers to tuberculosis care in Russia. Health Policy and Planning. 2006; 21(4):265-74.
Coker R, McKee M, Atun R, Dimitrova B, Dodonova E, Kuznetsov S, Drobniewski F. Risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis in Russia: a case-control study. British Medical Journal 2006; 332(7533):85-7.
Dimitrova B, Hutchings A, Atun R, Drobniewski F, Marchenko G, Zakharova S, Fedorin I, Coker RJ. Increased risk of tuberculosis among health care workers in Samara Oblast, Russia: analysis of notification data. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2005; 9(1):43-8.
Coker, R., Dimitrova B, Drobniewski F, Samyshkin Y, Pomerleau J, Hohlova GY, Skuratova N, Kuznetsov S, Fedorin I, Atun R.. Health system frailties in tuberculosis service provision in Russia: an analysis through the lens of formal nutritional support. Public Health 2005; 119(9):837-43.
Coker R, Dimitrova B, Drobniewski F, Samyshkin Y, Balabanova Y, Kuznetsov S, Fedorin I, Melentsiev A, Marchenko G, Zakharova S, Atun R. Tuberculosis control in Samara Oblast, Russia: institutional and regulatory environment. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2003; 7(10):920-32.
Rechel B, Spencer NJ, Blackburn CM, Rechel B. Quality of care in child health services in Bulgaria: a qualitative study. Annual Conference of the European Public Health Association, 25-28 November 2009, Lodz, Poland.
Woody Scott K, Powles J, Thomas H, Rechel B. Barriers to the development of modern public health and epidemiology in Bulgaria: a qualitative study. 6th Annual Global Health Conference "Achieving Global Goals Through Innovation", 18-19 April 2009, Yale University, USA.
Rechel B. Primary health care reform in Bulgaria: Impact on the provision of child health services. 135th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association “Politics, Policy & Public Health”, 3-7 November 2007, Washington DC, USA.
Rechel B. Inequalities in health service provision in Bulgaria: Qualitative perspectives. 1st International Conference of the journal Public Health “Social, Cultural and Economic Determinants of Health: International Perspectives for Global Action”, 9-11 May 2007, Lisbon, Portugal.
Rechel B. Access to health care for Roma children in Central and Eastern Europe. Annual Meeting of the European Society for Social Paediatrics (ESSOP) „The current situation of children's health care in Europe with special emphasis on health of children in countries in transition“, 22-25 June 2005, Croatia.
Teaching Interests
Undergraduate teaching
- Research Methods in Medicine for the MBBS medical degree course, which includes tutoring and delivery of lectures and seminars on epidemiology, statistics and qualitative research methods, and examinations; since 2006
- Various lectures and seminars for the MBBS medical degree course within the “Public Health and Epidemiology”, and “Sociology” domains, including the following titles: Global Health; Poverty and Child Health; Eating on a Low Income; Descriptive Statistics; Measures of Effect Size; Study Design; Searching the Literature; Epidemiology of Chronic Liver Disease; Qualitative Methods: Interviews and Focus Group Discussions; Screening for Colorectal Cancer; Foundations of Epidemiology; since 2006
- Problem Based Learning (PBL) Tutor on the MBBS medical degree course, University of East Anglia, 2008-2009
- Inter-professional Learning (IPL) Tutor, on the MBBS course, 2009-2010
- Setting up exam questions and OSCEs examiner
Postgraduate teaching and research supervision
I have been seminar leader on the MSc Module “Health Care Evaluation”, and lead tutor and Module Organiser of the MSc Module “Issues in Public Health” on the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine distance learning programme.
I have supervised a number of research projects at the University of East Anglia, the University of Cambridge and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, for the degrees MPhil in Public Health, MRes in Health Research, MSc in Epidemiology, MSc in Public Health and MSc in Health Systems Management, including the following dissertation titles:
- “Tests for field epidemiological surveys on diabetes prevalence, in low resources settings: a review of the literature” MSc in Public Health
- Epidemiology, predictors and outcomes of dual TB/HIV infection among children with tuberculosis in Nigeria.” MSc in Epidemiology
- “Obstacles to the development of epidemiology and evidence-based medicine in Bulgaria: a qualitative study”. MPhil in Public Health
- “A qualitative exploration of barriers to healthy diet and physical activity for young people in Thetford” MRes in Health Research
- “Long-term effects of hysterectomy on mortality: nested cohort study.” MSc in Epidemiology
- “Assessment of Chlamydia screening as an intervention to reduce the transmission and reproductive tract complications of Chlamydia. Systematic review.” MSc in Epidemiology
- “Factors influencing the presence of insecticide-treated mosquito nets in households and their use by women and under 5 children in Uganda: a cross-sectional survey.” MSc in Epidemiology
- “Factors associated with health care utilisation prior to death in children younger than five years of age in a rural population.” MSc in Epidemiology;
- “Prenatal exposure to smoking and its effects on adult male infertility: a systematic review of observational studies.” MSc in Epidemiology;
- “The caries-preventive effect of chlorhexidine varnish in children and adolescents: a systematic review.” MSc in Epidemiology
- “Breast and bowel cancer: a comparison of referral and diagnosis patterns.” MSc in Public Health
- “Analysis of perinatal death reviews: factors contributing to perinatal mortality in Tanzania” MSc in Public Health
- “Introduction of health care reform in Turkmenistan under the condition of a highly autocratic regime” MSc in Health Systems Management
Higher Specialist Training in Public Health
I provide support to junior public health specialist trainees on the Eastern Deanery Public Health Training Programme preparing for Part A and Part B examination for Membership of the Faculty of Public Health (MFPH). I also supervise Foundation Year 2 doctors, undertaking academic rotation in public health at the UEA.
Article
Rechel, B, Suhrcke, M, Tsolova, S, Suk, J, Desai, M, McKee, M, Stuckler, D, Abubakar, I, Hunter, PR, Senek, M and Semenza, J (2011) Economic crisis and communicable disease control in Europe: a scoping review among national experts. Health Policy, 103 (2-3). pp. 168-175.
Rechel, B, Blackburn, C and Spencer, N (2011) Regulatory barriers to equity in a health system in transition: a qualitative study in Bulgaria. BMC Health Services Research, 17 (11). p. 219.
Rechel, B, Kennedy, C, McKee, M and Rechel, B (2011) The Soviet legacy in diagnosis and treatment: implications for population health. Journal of Public Health Policy, 32 (3). pp. 293-304. ISSN 0197-5897
Suhrcke, M, Stuckler, D, Suk, JE, Desai, M, Senek, M, McKee, M, Tsolova, S, Basu, S, Abubakar, I, Hunter, P, Rechel, B and Semenza, JC (2011) The impact of economic crises on communicable disease transmission and control: a systematic review of the evidence. PLoS One, 6 (6). e20724.
Scott, K, Powles, J, Thomas, H and Rechel, B (2011) Perceived barriers to the development of modern public health in Bulgaria: a qualitative study. International Journal of Public Health, 56 (2). pp. 191-199.
Houghton, J, Ward, S, Murdoch, J, Holland, R and Rechel, B (2011) What makes a "Healthy Town"? Qualitative perspectives from a deprived community in Norfolk, England. BMC Public Health. (Submitted)
Rechel, B, Mahgoub, H, Pritchard, GC, Willshaw, G, Williams, C, Rodrigues, B, Lewin, M and Nair, P (2011) Investigation of a spatiotemporal cluster of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 infections in eastern England in 2007. Eurosurveillance, 16 (28). pp. 18-24.
Holland, RC, Rechel, B, Stepien, K, Harvey, IM and Brooksby, I (2010) Patients' self-assessed functional status in heart failure by New York Heart Association class: a prognostic predictor of hospitalizations, quality of life and death. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 16 (2). pp. 150-156.
Rechel, B, Spencer, N, Blackburn, C and Rechel, B (2010) Policy challenges to the quality of child health services in Bulgaria. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 25 (4). pp. 350-367. ISSN 0749-6753
Rechel, B, Blackburn, CM, Spencer, NJ and Rechel, B (2009) Access to health care for Roma children: findings from a qualitative study in Bulgaria. International Journal for Equity in Health, 8 (1). p. 24.
Rechel, B, Spencer, N, Blackburn, C, Holland, RC and Rechel, B (2009) Impact of health reforms on child health services in Europe: the case of Bulgaria. European Journal of Public Health, 19 (3). pp. 326-330.
Holland, RC, Rechel, B and Wright, DJ (2007) Effects of telephone counselling on mortality and adherence. Prescriber, 18 (1). pp. 16-18.
Coker, RJ, McKee, M, Atun, R, Rechel, B, Dodonova, E, Kuznetsov, S and Drobniewski, F (2006) Risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis in Russia: a case-control study. British Medical Journal, 332 (7533). pp. 85-87.
Rechel, B, Balabanova, D, Atun, R, Drobniewski, F, Levicheva, V and Coker, RJ (2006) Health service providers' perceptions of barriers to tuberculosis care in Russia. Health Policy and Planning, 21 (4). pp. 265-274.
Coker, RJ, Rechel, B, Drobniewski, F, Samyshkin, Y, Pomerleau, J, Hohlova, GY, Skuratova, N, Kuznetsov, S, Fedorin, I and Atun, R (2005) Health system frailties in tuberculosis service provision in Russia: analysis through the lens of formal nutritional support. Public Health, 119 (9). pp. 837-843.
Rechel, B, Hutchings, A, Atun, R, Drobniewski, F, Marchenko, G, Zakharova, S, Fedorin, I and Coker, RJ (2005) Increased risk of tuberculosis among health care workers in Samara Oblast, Russia: analysis of notification data. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 9 (1). pp. 43-48.
Coker, RJ, Rechel, B, Drobniewski, F, Samyshkin, Y, Balabanova, D, Kuznetsov, S, Fedorin, I, Melentsiev, A, Marchenko, G, Zakharova, S and Atun, R (2003) Tuberculosis control in Samara Oblast, Russia: institutional and regulatory environment. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 7 (10). pp. 920-932.
Book Section
Emerson, E, Vick, B, Graham, H, Hatton, C, Llewellyn, G, Madden, R, Rechel, B and Robertson, J (2012) Disablement and Health. In: Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-57400-6
Rechel, B and Puras, D (2012) Promoting Child Development. In: Clinical Aspects of Child Neurology in the First Year of Life. MacKeith Press and World Health Organization, pp. 33-43. ISBN 978-1-908316-35-6
Rechel, B (2008) Access to care and the right to life of disabled children in Bulgaria. In: Disabled People and the Right to Life: The Protection and Violation of Disabled People's Most Basic Human Rights. Routledge, pp. 208-231. ISBN 9780415407144
Monograph
Emerson, E, Vick, B, Rechel, B, Munoz, I, Sorensen, J and Farm, I (2011) Health inequalities and people with disabilities in Europe. Research Report. WHO Disadvantage, Social Exclusion and Vulnerability Task Group Report. (In Press)
Rechel, B and Rechel, B (2011) Roma Health in Bulgaria. Research Report. Background report for the WHO Task Group on Social Exclusion, Disadvantage, Vulnerability of Health of the European Review on Social Determinants and the Health Divide. (In Press)
Rechel, B and Rechel, B (2011) Roma Health in Bulgaria. Background report for the WHO Task Group on Social Exclusion, Disadvantage, Vulnerability of Health of the European Review on Social Determinants and the Health Divide. Review. UNSPECIFIED. (In Press)
Skafida, V, Silver, KE, Rechel, B and Gilmore, A (2011) Tobacco industry influence on tobacco excise policy in Bulgaria: a story of lobbying, smuggling and failed privatisations. Project Report. EU 7th Framework Programme, Bulgaria. (In Press)
Rechel, B, Murdoch, J, Collis, A, Houghton, J and Holland, R (2010) Investigation of Health Care Needs for Migrant Families with Children in Thetford. Research Report. Report to NHS Norfolk.
Rechel, B, Houghton, J, Murdoch, J, Ward, S and Holland, R (2010) Community Health Needs Assessment for Thetford Healthy Town. Research Report. Report to NHS Norfolk.
Rechel, B, Murdoch, J, Last, K, Reading, R, Houghton, J and Holland, R (2010) Health Care Needs Assessment for Children and Young People with Complex Needs in Thetford. Research Report. Report to NHS Norfolk.
Holland, R, Maskrey, V, Rechel, B, Clipsham, K and Omara, N (2007) Incidence and Prevalence of Dual Diagnosis among clients of Community Mental Health Teams and Drug & Alcohol Services in Norfolk. Research Report. Report to NHS Norfolk, University of East Anglia.
Conference or Workshop Item
Houghton, J, Ward, S, Murdoch, J, Holland, R and Rechel, B (2011) Influences of built environment and social conditions on physical activity and diet in a deprived community in Norfolk, England. In: 139th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, 29th October - 2nd November, 2011, Washington DC, USA.
Murdoch, J, Collison, D, Houghton, J, Holland, R and Rechel, B (2011) Qualitative study of migrant parents' experiences in accessing health services for children in Norfolk, England. In: Medical Research Society/Academy of Medical Sciences. Meeting for Clinician Scientists in Training, 23 February 2011, Royal College of Physicians, London.
Murdoch, J and Rechel, B (2011) Problems of access to Out-of-Hours services for migrant children in the UK. In: The Society for Academic Primary Care, 03-04 February 2011, Madingley Hall, Cambridge.
Rechel, B, Murdoch, J, Collis, A, Houghton, J and Holland, R (2011) Access to health services for migrant children in Norfolk, England: a qualitative study. In: Global Health Conference, 16 - 17 April 2011, Yale University, USA.
Rechel, B, Murdoch, J, Collis, A, Houghton, J, Stockl, A and Holland, R (2011) Migration and health care in the European Union: Perceptions of access to care among migrant parents in Norfolk, England. In: 139th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, 29th October - 2nd November, 2011, Washington DC, USA.
Rechel, B, Suhrcke, M, Desai, M, Senek, M, McKee, M, Abubakar, I, Hunter, P, Stuckler, D, Suk, J, Tsolova, S and Semenza, J (2011) Economic crisis and infectious disease control in Europe. In: Medical Research Society/Academy of Medical Sciences. Meeting for Clinician Scientists in Training, 23 February 2011, Royal College of Physicians, London.
Houghton, J, Holland, R, Murdoch, J and Rechel, B (2010) What makes a 'Healthy Town'? Qualitative perspectives of community residents and service providers. In: Annual Conference of the UK Faculty of Public Health "The Next Decade: What is the Future of Public health?", 7 July 2010, Imperial College, London.
Rechel, B, Mahgoub, H, Williams, C, Lewin, M, Pritchard, G, Willshaw, G and Nair, P (2010) Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 gastroenteritis associated with an open farm in Eastern England: investigations, collaborations and actions. In: Annual Conference of the UK Health Protection Agency, 14-15 September 2010, University of Warwick, UK.
Rechel, B and Murdoch, J (2010) Connecting to the common experiences of vulnerable groups and the moral dilemmas of researchers. In: Sixth Colloquium in Qualitative Health Research "Connections, Emotions, Empathy: How do we Conceptualise and Use Affect and Emotions in Qualitative Health Research, 6 May 2010, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
Ward, S, Houghton, J, Murdoch, J, Holland, R and Rechel, B (2010) Urban environmental factors influencing physical activity and dietary choices of young people: qualitative research in Norfolk, England. In: Annual Conference of the European Public Association, 10-13 November 2010, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Williams, C, Rechel, B, Mahgoub, H, Bailey, K, Smith, P, Sharma, S, Rush, P, Lewin, M and Nair, P (2010) A foodborne outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis associated with manually prepared prawn cocktail. In: Annual Conference of the UK Health Protection Agency, 14-15 September 2010, University of Warwick, UK.
Williams, C, Smith, P, Mahgoub, H, Barker, D, Rechel, B and Nair, P (2010) Semi-liquid food items as a vehicle for norovirus transmission in outbreaks related to food-handlers. In: Annual Conference of the UK Health Protection Agency, 14-15 September 2010, University of Warwick, UK.
Rechel, B, Spencer, NJ, Blackburn, C and Rechel, B (2009) Quality of care in child health services in Bulgaria: a qualitative study. In: Annual Conference of the European Public Health Association, 25-28 November 2009, Lodz, Poland.
Woody Scott, K, Powles, J, Rechel, B and Thomas, H (2009) Barriers to the development of modern public health and epidemiology in Bulgaria: a qualitative study. In: 6th Annual Global health Conference "Achieving Global Goals Through Innovation", 18-19 April 2009, Yale University, USA.
Rechel, B (2007) Inequalities in health service provision in Bulgaria: Qualitative perspectives. In: 1st International Conference of the journal Public Health "Social, Cultural and Economic Determinants of Health: International Perspectives for Global Action." 9-11 May 2007. Lisbon, Portugal.
Rechel, B and Hristova, G (2007) Primary health care reform in Bulgaria: impact on the provision of the child health services. In: 135th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association "Politics, Policy & public Health", 3-7 November 2007, Washington DC, USA.
Rechel, B (2005) Access to health care for Roma children in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Annual Meeting of the European Society for Social Paediatrics (ESSOP), 22-25 June 2005, Croatia: "The current situation of children's health care in Europe with special emphasis on health of children in countries in transition.
Thesis
Rechel, B (2009) Inequalities in access to health care for children in Bulgaria. A qualitative study. Doctoral thesis, University of Warwick.
Other
Rechel, B and Rechel, Bernd (2006) Poverty and infection - perpetuating the stigma. British Medical Journal (Letter).
Rechel, B (2005) Quality of Life. UNSPECIFIED, London.
External Activities and Indicators of Esteem
- NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow, 2006-2008 and NIHR Clinical Lecturer, since 2008
- ESRC PhD Studentship, University of Warwick, 2006-2009
- MPH Studentship, Nordic School of Public Health, Gothenburg, 1998
- University of Warwick and Open Society Institute (OSI) Scholarship for Eastern Europe, for MSc studies, 1995-1996
Professional Activities
- Since 1998, I have received funding from and undertaken consultancies for a variety of international agencies, including the World Health Organization, the European Commission, the UK Department for International Development (DFID), Open Society Institute (OSI), the German Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), the German Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW), and have worked as advisor to the Ministries of Health of Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria and Uzbekistan, in tuberculosis control and public health.
- Rapporteur, WHO Regional Advisers Meeting & Strategic Technical Advisory Group (STAG), Stop TB Department, Geneva, Switzerland, June 2004
- I am a reviewer for several international peer-reviewed journals, including Bulletin of the World Health Organization, European Journal of Public Health, BMC International Health and Human Rights, Public Health.
Key Responsibilities
- Course Director of the Masters in Clinical Education programme, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of East Anglia
- Deputy Module Organiser, Unit 3 “Dermatology and Haematology” on the undergraduate MBBS course, University of East Anglia
- I am organising a sub-group of academic trainees on the Eastern Deanery Specialist Training Programme in Public Health
- I am leading two research projects and supervising two research associates at the School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia
