Top Researchers
Top Medicine Researchers at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine for 2026
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine continues to produce a broad stream of research in Medicine, with work spanning infectious disease, public health, maternal and child health, and health systems. Looking across the last year, the pattern is less about a single topic than a connected set of questions about prevention, delivery, and outcomes.
Below, you’ll find a snapshot of researchers whose recent work reflects that range, from clinical trials and epidemiology to policy, service design, and community-focused studies.
Featured Researchers
Don Eliseo Lucero‐Prisno
Don Eliseo Lucero‐Prisno’s recent work at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine spans modeling, child health, and wider health questions, with publications on mental health services in sub-Saharan Africa, One Health approaches to zoonoses, and self-rated health in e-cigarette and cigarette users.
Activity over the last year: 51 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- A comprehensive review of mental health services across selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa: assessing progress, challenges, and future direction (Apr 2025)
- Holistic Approaches to Zoonoses: Integrating Public Health, Policy, and One Health in a Dynamic Global Context (Mar 2025)
- Self-rated health differences between exclusive e-cigarette users and exclusive cigarette smokers: evidence from the 2017–2019 Scottish Health Survey (Jan 2025)
Janet Seeley
Janet Seeley focuses on infectious diseases, health professions, and social dimensions of care, reflected in recent studies on menstrual health interventions, PrEP uptake among adolescent girls and young women, and vaccine perceptions in South Africa.
Activity over the last year: 37 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Effects and costs of a multi-component menstrual health intervention (MENISCUS) on mental health problems, educational performance, and menstrual health in Ugandan secondary schools: an open-label, school-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial (Apr 2025)
- PrEP Uptake and Utilisation Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review (Feb 2025)
- Infecting minds: socio-contextual drivers of vaccine perceptions and attitudes among young and older adults living in urban and rural areas in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Mar 2025)
Martin McKee
Martin McKee’s recent publications at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine address prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, the policy implications of artificial intelligence in public health, and how health systems shape vaccine decisions.
Activity over the last year: 30 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Quick buys for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (Mar 2025)
- Artificial intelligence in public health: promises, challenges, and an agenda for policy makers and public health institutions (Feb 2025)
- The role of health systems in shaping vaccine decisions: Insights from Italy, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States (Apr 2025)
Enny S. Paixão
Enny S. Paixão works across public health, general health professions, and pediatrics, with recent research on the quality of Brazil’s mortality information system, perinatal outcomes after chikungunya, dengue and Zika infection, and childhood immunization coverage.
Activity over the last year: 22 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Avaliação da qualidade do Sistema Brasileiro de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM): uma scoping review (Jan 2025)
- Perinatal outcomes of symptomatic chikungunya, dengue and Zika infection during pregnancy in Brazil: a registry-based cohort study (Aug 2025)
- Is Brazil Reversing the Decline in Childhood Immunization Coverage in the Post-COVID-19 Era? An Interrupted Time Series Analysis (May 2025)
Rashida A. Ferrand
Rashida A. Ferrand’s recent work combines infectious diseases, emergency medicine, and health services research, including hip fracture projections in Zimbabwe, HIV and STI prevention and diagnosis, and fracture service readiness in The Gambia and Zimbabwe.
Activity over the last year: 29 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Age- and sex-specific incidence rates and future projections for hip fractures in Zimbabwe (Jan 2025)
- Innovations in the biomedical prevention, diagnosis, and service delivery of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (Oct 2025)
- Challenges to fracture service availability and readiness provided by allopathic and traditional health providers: national surveys across The Gambia and Zimbabwe (Mar 2025)
Jason J. Ong
Jason J. Ong’s recent research connects infectious diseases, microbiology, and epidemiology, with studies on RSV prevention in pregnancy, PrEP use among eligible men who have sex with men, and the cost-effectiveness of sexual and reproductive health interventions.
Activity over the last year: 24 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Pregnant women's choices for preventing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (Jan 2025)
- HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among PrEP-eligible men who have sex with men: A systematic review and meta-analysis (Mar 2025)
- Who pays and what pays off in sexual and reproductive health? A review of the cost and cost-effectiveness of interventions and implications for future funding and markets (Oct 2025)
Katherine Fielding
Katherine Fielding’s recent publications span tuberculosis care, anemia in late pregnancy, and community-led strategies for communicable disease prevention and management, bringing together infectious disease, surgery, and epidemiology.
Activity over the last year: 21 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Effect of digital adherence technologies on treatment outcomes in people with drug-susceptible tuberculosis: four pragmatic, cluster-randomised trials (Mar 2025)
- Ferric carboxymaltose for anemia in late pregnancy: a randomized controlled trial (Jan 2025)
- Community-led strategies for communicable disease prevention and management in low- and middle- income countries: A mixed-methods systematic review of health, social, and economic impact (Apr 2025)
Michael Marks
Michael Marks’ recent work at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine includes exercise-based rehabilitation after COVID-19, surveillance and clinical assessment of mpox in DR Congo, and mixed-methods research on neglected tropical skin diseases.
Activity over the last year: 24 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Post-Hospitalisation COVID-19 Rehabilitation (PHOSP-R): a randomised controlled trial of exercise-based rehabilitation (Feb 2025)
- Clinical presentation and epidemiological assessment of confirmed human mpox cases in DR Congo: a surveillance-based observational study (Apr 2025)
- Understanding experiences of neglected tropical diseases of the skin: a mixed-methods study to inform intervention development in Ethiopia (Feb 2025)
What London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine's Medicine Community Is Working On
The most common subfields point to a research community deeply engaged in infectious diseases, supported by strong activity in general health professions, pediatrics and child health, microbiology, and broader health research. That mix suggests sustained attention to preventing and managing infection, improving care delivery, and understanding how health systems, communities, and clinical services shape outcomes across diverse populations.- Infectious Diseases - seen across 5 of the featured researchers
- General Health Professions - seen across 4 of the featured researchers
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Health - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Microbiology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
Seen together, these researchers show how Medicine at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine links evidence with practice across diverse settings. Explore the profiles below to follow the themes that matter most to your work, and consider using Resub to keep citation discovery, manuscript formatting, and submission preparation moving smoothly.
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