Health Inequalities Research Experts

    

Sara Paparini is an anthropologist working at the intersection of public health, anti-racist and participatory health research to achieve health equity.  Her interests span intersectional health inequalities (particularly in sexual health, HIV and other infectious diseases), critical implementation science, anti-racist health research and community-led research. Sara is Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Equity at Wolfson Institute of Population health and the Social Science Lead for the SHARE Collaborative focusing on health equity research.

 

Jamie Ross is an implementation scientist specialising in digital health and health inequalities in primary care. Her research focuses on how complex interventions—particularly for type 2 diabetes and multiple long-term conditions—are adopted, implemented and sustained in real-world healthcare systems, with a particular emphasis on how digital health can both mitigate and exacerbate inequalities. She uses mixed-methods and participatory approaches to develop equitable, scalable interventions within the NHS. Jamie has led and contributed to major NIHR-funded programmes influencing national policy and service delivery, including the NHS digital diabetes prevention programme and the nationally commissioned Healthy Living programme, and is Senior Lecturer in Primary Care Sciences at Queen Mary University of London and PPI Lead for the NIHR School for Primary Care Research.

 

Rohini Mathur is an epidemiologist specializing in the use of large-scale health data to improve the quality, safety, and equity of health care. Her research interests span the development of Learning Health System approaches in the UK and internationally, and improving the evidence base for for populations excluded from or under-represented in clinical trials including minoritized ethnic groups and pregnant women. Rohini is the academic lead of the Clinical Effectiveness Group at QMUL, a multidisciplinary team focused on delivering data-supported quality improvement, co-director of the MSc and PhD Health Data in Practice programs, and Data Science Theme Lead for the Wolfson Institute.

 

John Ford is an academic public health doctor who leads a programme of research focused on building the evidence base of what works to address health and care inequalities. He leads the Health Equity Evidence Centre and also works as a honorary consultant in public health at NHS England.