Unit Staff and Collaborative Partners
Researchers at 桃子视频 in Edinburgh work closely with the Unit鈥檚 collaborative partners - the Global Health Initiative, American University Beirut (AUB), Lebanon and the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS), Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Research Unit Team
The NIHR Research Unit on Health in Fragility (RUHF) comprises senior researchers and research fellows from different disciplines.
桃子视频
The Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD), at 桃子视频, Edinburgh is a multi-disciplinary centre for research and postgraduate education that addresses contemporary health and development challenges in low and middle income countries and their connection to global health systems and trends. The IGHD has two research clusters focused on health systems, particularly in post-conflict countries, and psychosocial wellbeing, integration and protection.
Professor Alastair Ager, Unit Director
Sophie Witter, Deputy Director
Karin Diaconu Research Fellow
Arek Dakessian, Research Fellow
Maria Bertone, Research Fellow
AUB
The American University of Beirut Global Health institute (GHI) is the first such institute in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), and among the very few in the Global South. The GHI aims to address emerging global health challenges with a focus on context and sustainable impact on the health and lives of people on the region and the Global South by employing an interdisciplinary approach. The GHI offer programmes on conflict medicine, refugee health and nutrition, obesity and related diseases.
Shadi Saleh, Founding Director
Aya Noubani, Academy Coordinator
Lilian Ghandour, Research Fellow
Farah Naja, Research Fellow
Nadine Zablith, Research Fellow
COMAHS
The College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS), University of Sierra Leone, in Freetown is Sierra Leone鈥檚 only medical and pharmacy school and the main institution for basic and specialist nurse training. The College is critical for building a competent health workforce in this country.
Haja Wurie, Research Co-Leader
Mohamed Samai, Research Co-Leader
Elizabeth Taylor, Research Fellow
Reynold Senesi, Research Fellow
