Agnes Ssali (PhD) is a senior social scientist at the MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit and Research Fellow in the department of Global Health and Development at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). She is trained in Social Work and Social Administration, with an MA in Social Sector Planning and Management, a post graduate diploma in public health and a PhD in international development from the University of East Anglia, UK. For her doctorate she conducted research on informed consent in clinical trials.
Agnes has 30 years of research and implementation in the field of HIV and AIDS in Uganda. She has led several projects exploring behavioural, cultural, and social aspects of health that affect vulnerable populations including female sex workers and their children. She has conducted research with HIV discordant couples and, among recent projects, has conducted research with pregnant women on vaccinations in pregnancy. Other recent research has focussed on inclusivity of persons with disability in education and employment and leading the social science component of a planned controlled human infection study for schistosomiasis mansoni.
Agnes has 30 years of research and implementation in the field of HIV and AIDS in Uganda. She has led several projects exploring behavioural, cultural, and social aspects of health that affect vulnerable populations including female sex workers and their children. She has conducted research with HIV discordant couples and, among recent projects, has conducted research with pregnant women on vaccinations in pregnancy. Other recent research has focussed on inclusivity of persons with disability in education and employment and leading the social science component of a planned controlled human infection study for schistosomiasis mansoni.
Affiliations
MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit
Teaching
I am involved in tutoring students taking the MSc Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy and Programming.
I am currently a 3rd supervisor for a MPhil/PhD student at LSHTM but who lives in Uganda.
I also contribute lectures on an ad hoc basis within LSHTM. The most recent one was about decolonising social research methods.
In addition, l offer supervision to students at the Uganda Christian University who are in a leadership training course in Business Administration and Management.
I am currently a 3rd supervisor for a MPhil/PhD student at LSHTM but who lives in Uganda.
I also contribute lectures on an ad hoc basis within LSHTM. The most recent one was about decolonising social research methods.
In addition, l offer supervision to students at the Uganda Christian University who are in a leadership training course in Business Administration and Management.
Research
Agnes’ main interest is vulnerable populations especially those that are living with or affected by HIV, including female sex workers and their adolescent children. She also is passionate about ethics in research, and continues to build on her doctoral research on informed consent.
Research Area
Social science (general)
Anthropology
Research ethics
Disease and Health Conditions
HIV/AIDS
Disability
Schistosomiasis
Country
Uganda
Region
Least developed countries: UN classification
Selected Publications
Pathways to care with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis in Botswana and Uganda: Findings from a qualitative methods study.
2023
SSM - Qualitative research in health
COVID-19 disease and vaccination in pregnancy: understanding knowledge, perceptions and experiences among pregnant women and community leaders in Uganda.
2023
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Understanding perceptions of schistosomiasis and its control among highly endemic lakeshore communities in Mayuge, Uganda.
2023
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
