Lenka Benova BS MA MSc

Research Degree Student

After receiving my undegraduate degree in business management and economics from Suffolk University in Boston, I worked for a start-up company in eldercare in the US. Wanting to experience healthcare provision from a different perspective, I joined Medecins Sans Frontieres and worked as a coordinator in Nigeria, the West Bank and South Sudan. These missions helped develop my interest in Muslim/Middle Eastern countries and I completed a Masters in Middle East Studies at the American University in Cairo, where I continued to work as a research assistant on designing and implementing a conditional cash transfer program. I obtained my MSc in Demography and Health at the LSHTM in 2011.

Affiliation

Research

My dissertation is focusing on exploring socio-demographic determinants of health-seeking behavior in Egypt, specifically among poor rural populations in Upper Egypt. I am funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

Research areas

  • Health inequalities
  • Social and structural determinants of health

Disciplines

  • Demography
  • Epidemiology

Regions

  • Arab World
  • Euro area
  • Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)

Countries

  • Egypt, Arab Rep.
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