Dr Tanya Marchant MSc PhD

Lecturer

Tanya has training in demography (Demography in Health MSc, LSHTM, 1996) and epidemiology (Epidemiology PhD, Swiss Tropical Institute, 2001).

She lived in The Gambia at the Farafenni Medical Reseach Centre site 1990-95 working for Harvard School of Public Health; in Ifakara, Tanzania 1997-2000 working for Ifakara Health Institute and Swiss Tropical Institute; and in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania 2004-07 working for LSHTM and IHI. Since 2007 Tanya has been based at LSHTM in London.

Affiliation

Teaching

Tanya teaches on Epidemiology courses in-house (Seminar leader on Basic Epidemiology) and distance learning (Module organiser for Practical Epidemiology and deputy MO for Study Design), and supervises PhD students.

Research

Her research has centred around issues in reproductive and child health. This began with investigations into fertility preferences and priorities in Gambia and Tanzania and moved onto the prevention of anaemia and malaria in pregnancy. More recently her focus has been on options for delivering care to mothers and newborns both at home and in health facilities in sub Saharan African and India.

Research areas

  • Child health
  • Malaria
  • Maternal health
  • Public health

Disciplines

  • Epidemiology
  • Operational research

Other interests

  • MARCH
  • Monitoring And Evaluation
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