Pauline Paterson BSc MSc PhD MBA

Research Fellow

I research issues around public trust in vaccines and the implications for immunisation programmes and policies as part of the research project ‘Public Confidence in Immunisation Programmes’.

The aims of the project are to build an information surveillance system for early monitoring and detection of public concerns around vaccines; to apply a diagnostic tool to data collected to determine the risk level of public concerns in terms of their potential to disrupt vaccine programs; and to provide analysis and guidance for early response and engagement with the public to ensure sustained confidence in vaccines and immunization.

At the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, I supported the Director of Strategy, Performance and Evaluation, Professor Rifat Atun. Previously, I coordinated clinical trials at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and at Quintiles.

For my MBA project I carried out systematic reviews and undertook a case study in Thailand, in collaboration with WHO, exploring health system preparedness to changes in malaria and dengue fever epidemiology as a result of climate change. I have a PhD in Epidemiology and an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London.

Affiliation

Teaching

I am a co-module organiser and tutor for the Distance Learning Module 'Writing and Reviewing Epidemiology Papers'.

I am a seminar leader for the 'Health Policy Process & Power' module and I help with the Outbreak practical and the Vaccine Efficacy practical for the 'Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases' module.

I tutor students from MSc Control of Infectious Diseases.

Research

More details about my research can be found here.

Research areas

  • Vaccines
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