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Miss Sadie Bell

Assistant Professor

United Kingdom

Before joining LSHTM, I studied for my PhD at the University of York. My thesis explored the accessibility and acceptability of HIV services in the UK to adults receiving a positive HIV diagnosis at age 50 years and over, using a mixed-methods approach. For this project, I performed qualitative interviews with adults diagnosed with HIV at age 50+ years and healthcare professionals (HCPs) working in sexual health/HIV services. I also conducted a survey of HCPs working in sexual health/HIV services and analysed national GUM attendance and HIV testing data by age.

I completed my BSc in Evidence-Based Nursing Practice (Adult) at the University of York in March 2011. Following this, I worked as a staff nurse on a haematology and oncology unit and as an oncology research nurse before starting my PhD in September 2013.

Affiliations

Department of Global Health and Development
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Teaching

I have been a seminar leader on the Principles of Social Research module. I supervise PhD and DrPH students and I am a personal tutor and summer project supervisor for students on the MSc Public Health.

Research

I work on projects to explore vaccination programme uptake and delivery in the UK. My research particularly focuses on underserved communities, including minority ethnic and migrant populations. Most of my research has been conducted within the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Immunisation, a collaboration between LSHTM, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and Cambridge University.

My current research focuses on pregnant and recently pregnant women’s perceptions and acceptance of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunisation in England.
Research Area
Vaccinations
Qualitative research
Mixed methods research
Country
United Kingdom

Selected Publications

Responding to measles outbreaks in underserved Roma and Romanian populations in England: the critical role of community understanding and engagement.
BELL, S; Saliba, V; Evans, G; Flanagan, S; Ghebrehewet, S; McAuslane, H; Sibal, B; MOUNIER-JACK, S;
2020
Epidemiology and infection
Challenges experienced with early introduction and sustained consumption of allergenic foods in the Enquiring About Tolerance (EAT) study: A qualitative analysis.
Voorheis, P; BELL, S; CORNELSEN, L; QUAIFE, M; Logan, K; Marrs, T; Radulovic, S; Craven, J; Flohr, C; Lack, G; Perkin, MR; Enquiring About Tolerance (EAT) study team,;
2019
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Is partnership the answer? Delivering the national immunisation programme in the new English health system: a mixed methods study.
CHANTLER, T; BELL, S; Saliba, V; Heffernan, C; Raj, T; Ramsay, M; MOUNIER-JACK, S;
2019
BMC Public Health
HIV testing amongst older sexual health clinic attendees in England: an epidemiological study.
BELL, S; Adamson, J; Martin, F; Doran, T;
2018
International journal of STD & AIDS
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