Building global collaborations to improve the health of children in low-resource settings
Imperial is consistently ranked as the most international university in the United Kingdom and has a long-standing interest in global health. This is particularly the case for child health. Many researchers within the Faculty of Medicine are either working in low- and middle-income countries or working closely with partners in those countries. The Global Health theme within the Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health seeks to bring together academics within the Faculty who are interested in understanding and improving the health of children in low-resource settings. We also aim to work with local partners and international agencies to generate evidence that will influence policy and practice.
Key research areas and theme leadership
Key research areas
- Tuberculosis
- Malaria
- HIV and other blood-borne viruses
- Maternal and infant vaccination
- Emergency care research
- Sickle cell disease
- Neonatal care
- Population impact of vaccines
- Translation of multi-level ‘omics technology into diagnostic point-of-care tests for low-resource settings
- Early child development
- Economic evaluation of health interventions
Theme lead
Prof James Seddon
Professor of Global Child Health
James Seddon is Professor of Global Child Health at Imperial College, an Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases at St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and an Honorary Associate Professor at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. His research focuses on children with tuberculosis, specifically drug-resistant forms of disease.
Theme members
Dr Daphne Babalis
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Dr Daphne Babalis
Operations Manager - Clinical Research
Professor Mitch Blair
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Professor Mitch Blair
Professor of Paediatrics & Child Public Health
Dr Victoria Cornelius
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Dr Victoria Cornelius
Reader in Medical Statistics
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Dr Aubrey Cunnington
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Dr Aubrey Cunnington
Reader in Paediatric Infectious Diseases
Diego Estrada-Rivadeneyra
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Diego Estrada-Rivadeneyra
Research Associate
Larissa Franklin Revill
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Larissa Franklin Revill
Laboratory Manager
Dr Stephen Goldring
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Dr Stephen Goldring
Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
Professor Nicholas Grassly
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Professor Nicholas Grassly
Professor of Infectious Disease & Vaccine Epidemiology
Dr Katharina Hauck
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Dr Katharina Hauck
Reader in Health Economics
Dr Myrsini Kaforou
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Dr Myrsini Kaforou
Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics
Professor Beate Kampmann
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Professor Beate Kampmann
Visiting Professor
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Professor Mike Levin
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Professor Mike Levin
Chair in Paediatrics & International Child Health
Dr Tom Lissauer
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Dr Tom Lissauer
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
Professor Kath Maitland
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Professor Kath Maitland
Professor of Tropical Paediatric Infectious Diseases
Dr Dasha Nicholls
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Dr Dasha Nicholls
Clinical Reader in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Dr Helen Payne
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Dr Helen Payne
Clinical Lecturer
Dr Margie Peden
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Dr Margie Peden
Senior Research Fellow
Dr Yasmin Razak
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Dr Yasmin Razak
GP Partner
Professor Steven Riley
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Professor Steven Riley
Professor of Infectious Disease Dynamics
Dr Jesus Rodriguez Manzano
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Dr Jesus Rodriguez Manzano
Non-Clinical Lecturer in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infect
Professor Sonia Saxena
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Professor Sonia Saxena
Professor of Primary Care
Professor James Seddon
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Professor James Seddon
Professor of Global Child Health
Dr Helen Skirrow
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Dr Helen Skirrow
Clinical Research Fellow
Dr Sudhin Thayyil
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Dr Sudhin Thayyil
Clinical Reader in Neonatology
Professor Mireille B. Toledano
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Professor Mireille B. Toledano
Mohn Chair; Population Child Health & Director-Mohn Centre
Victoria Tsang
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Victoria Tsang
Paediatric Pharmacist
Professor Gareth Tudor-Williams
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Professor Gareth Tudor-Williams
Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases
Tishya Venkatraman
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Tishya Venkatraman
Research Postgraduate
Dr Sunitha Vimalesvaran
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Dr Sunitha Vimalesvaran
Paediatric Trainee
Emeritus Professor John Warner
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Emeritus Professor John Warner
Emeritus in Paediatrics
Dr Liz Whittaker
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Dr Liz Whittaker
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
Professor Tom Williams
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Professor Tom Williams
Chair in Haemoglobinopathy Research