Sarah Polack BSc MSc PhD

Lecturer

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I graduated from Liverpool University with a BSc in Zoology and undertook the MSc in Control of Infectious Diseases at LSHTM. Following this I joined LSHTM and the International centre for Eye Health where I completed my PhD and have have worked on various projects including mapping the global distribution of trachoma, surveys of blindness and a multi-centre study investigating the impact of cataract surgery on poverty, time-use and quality of life.

Affiliation

• Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
• Department of Clinical Research

Teaching

I am a tutor, member of exam board and contribute to teaching for the MSc Public Health for Ophthalmologists. I organise and teach on the Epidemiology for Blinding Eye Disease study unit.

Research

The main focus of my current research is diabetic retinopathy (DR). I am working on projects to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of screening for DR in Chennai, India, collating available prevalence data to assess the global burden of the condition and developing rapid survey methodology to estimate DR prevalence at district level. I am also working on a survey of disability in Haiti which aims to estimate the prevalence of disabilty and explore access to mainstraim education, health and livlihood opportunities among people with disabilities in this setting.  

I am a member of the International centre for Evidence in Disability at LSHTM: http://disabilitycentre.lshtm.ac.uk/

 

• Selected publications

• Does Cataract Surgery Alleviate Poverty? Evidence from a Multi-Centre Intervention Study Conducted in Kenya, the Philippines and Bangladesh.

  Kuper, H.; Polack, S.; Mathenge, W.; Eusebio, C.; Wadud, Z.; Rashid, M.; Foster, A.;

  PLoS One, 2010; 5(11):e15431

• The Impact of Cataract Surgery on Activities and Time-Use: Results from a Longitudinal Study in Kenya, Bangladesh and the Philippines

  Polack, S.; Eusebio, C.; Mathenge, W.; Wadud, Z.; Rashid, M.; Foster, A.; Kuper, H.

  Plos One, 2010; 5(6):e10913

• Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness in Nakuru District, Kenya.

  Mathenge, W.; Kuper, H.; Limburg, H.; Polack, S.; Onyango, O.; Nyaga, G.; Foster, A.;

  Ophthalmology, 2007; 114(3):599-605

• Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness in Negros Island and Antique District, Philippines

  Eusebio, C.; Kuper, H.; Polack, S.R.; Enconada, J.; Tongson, N.; Dionio, D.; Dumdum, A.; Limburg, H.; Foster, A.

  British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2007;

• The relationship between prevalence of active trachoma, water availability and its use in a Tanzanian village.

  Polack, S.; Kuper, H.; Solomon, A.W.; Massae, P.A.; Abuelo, C.; Cameron, E.; Valdmanis, V.; Mahande, M.; Foster, A.; Mabey, D.;

  Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 2006; 100(11):1075-83

• Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness.

  Kuper, H.; Polack, S.; Limburg, H.;

  Community Eye Health, 2006; 19(60):68-9

• Mapping the global distribution of trachoma

  Polack, S.; Brooker, S.; Kuper, H.; Mariotti, S.; Mabey, D.; Foster, A.

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2005; 83(12):913-919

• Spatial clustering of malaria and associated risk factors during an epidemic in a highland area of western Kenya

  Brooker, S.; Clarke, S.; Njagi, J. K.; Polack, S.; Mugo, B.; Estambale, B.; Muchiri, E.; Magnussen, P.; Cox, J.

  Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2004; :757-766

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