NatashaHoward

Associate Professor (Practice)

HOWARD Natasha

She is an interdisciplinary health policy and systems researcher, focused primarily on low and middle-income countries. She draws primarily from sociology, social psychology, and global health/development to engage in policy-relevant research in infectious disease control in Asia and strengthening health system responses during protracted adversity (e.g., fragility, complex emergencies, displacement). Her teaching has included developing and managing a postgraduate course and modules, editing and writing textbooks, supervising doctoral and masters-level student research, and mentoring students and professionals.

Affiliation

  • NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (Primary)
  • London School of Hygiene &Tropical Medicine (Joint)

Research Areas

  • Global health
  • Infectious disease control policy and practice
  • Health systems, particularly issues relevant to low and middle-income countries in Asia and the Middle East
  • Mixed, qualitative, and participatory methods

Teaching Areas

  • Global health
  • Mixed and qualitative research methods

Academic/Professional Qualifications

  • DrPH, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
  • PGCert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, LSHTM
  • MSc Public Health for Development (Epidemiology focus), LSHTM
  • PGCert Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Transworld Teachers
  • AB International Relations (Development focus), University of California at Davis

Awards/Honours

  • Fellowship of the UK Higher Education Academy

Career History

  • (2012-2020) Assistant Professor in Global Health and Conflict, Department of Global Health and Development, LSHTM, UK
  • (2008-2012) Research Fellow, Department of Global Health and Development/Department of Disease Control, LSHTM, UK
  • (2010-2020) Lead Tutor, Postgraduate Diploma in Remote & Offshore Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, UK
  • (2006-2017) Distance Learning External Staff, LSHTM/University of London, UK
  • (2000-2015) Freelance global public health consultant
  • (1997-1999) Community Development Volunteer, Peace Corps, Jordan

Professional/Consulting Activities

  • Reserve Social Scientist, UK Public Health Rapid Support Team
  • Member, Gavi Independent Review Committee

Selected Publications

  • Pursch B, Tate A, Legido-Quigley H, Howard N (2020): Health for all? A qualitative study of NGO support to migrants affected by structural violence in northern France. Soc Sci Med, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112838.
  • Bell S, Mounier-Jack S, Blanchard L, Walls H, Howard N (2019): The value and effectiveness of National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs) in low and middle-income countries: a qualitative study of global, regional and country-level perspectives. Health Policy and Planning, 2019, 1–11.
  • Douedari M, Howard N (2019): Perspectives on Rebuilding Health System Governance in Opposition-Controlled Syria: A Qualitative Study. Int J Health Policy Manag 2019, x(x), 1–12.
  • Baillot H, Murray N, Connelly E, Howard N (2018): Addressing female genital mutilation in Europe: a scoping review of prevention, prosecution, protection, and service provision interventions. Int J Equity Health, 2018. 17(1). DOI 10.1186/s12939-017-0713-9.
  • Howard N, Guinness L, Rowland M, Durrani N, Hansen KS (2017): Cost-effectiveness of adding indoor residual spraying to case management in Afghan refugee settlements in Northwest Pakistan during a prolonged malaria epidemic. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 11(10), e0005935.
  • Howard N, Mounier-Jack S, Gallagher KE, Kabakama S, Burchett HED, LaMontagne DS, Watson-Jones D (2017): What works for HPV vaccination introduction in low and middle-income countries? Papillomavirus Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pvr.2017.06.003.
  • Grout A, Howard N, Coker R, Speakman EM (2017): Guidelines, law and governance: disconnects in the global control of airline-associated infectious diseases. Lancet Infectious Diseases, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30476-5.
  • Saffi M, Howard N (2015): Exploring the effectiveness of mandatory premarital screening and genetic counselling programmes for beta thalassemia in the Middle East: a scoping review. PH Genomics, DOI: 10.1159/000430837.
  • Woodward A, Howard N, Wolffers I (2013): Health and access to care for undocumented migrants living in the European Union: a scoping review. Health Policy Plan; 10.1093/heapol/czt061.
  • Roddy P, Howard N, Van Kerkhove MD, Lutwama J, Wamala J, Colebunders R, Palma PP, Sterk E, Jeffs B, Van Herp M. & Borchert M (2012): Clinical Manifestations and Case Management of Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever Caused by a Newly Identified Virus Strain, Bundibugyo, Uganda, 2007–2008. PLoS ONE 7(12): e52986.

View her full list of publications here.

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