Cathy Zimmerman MA MSc PhD

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Background

Cathy Zimmerman is a founding staff member of the Gender Violence & Health Centre at LSHTM. She is a behavioural scientist lecturing on violence against women, migration and public health policy. She has conducted multi-country research on the health of trafficked women and adolescents, which generated the first-ever data on the health risks and outcomes associated with trafficking (www.lshtm.ac.uk/genderviolence). She is the author of the World Health Organization's WHO Recommendations for Interviewing Trafficked Women and international resource materials for law enforcement, service providers and health professionals. Dr. Zimmerman also worked in Cambodia from 1993 to 1998 where she established the first local non-governmental organization against domestic violence against women and children.

Teaching

Cathy is the Course Coordinator for LSHTM's Public Health Distance Learning Course. She lectures on violence against women, research ethics and supervises MSc and PhD students.

Research

Cathy is a core member of the Gender Violence & Health Centre at LSHTM. She led two multi-country studies on the health risks and consequences of women who have been trafficked in Europe. She coordinated and -co-drafted the WHO Ethical and Safety Recommendations on Interviewing Trafficked Women. These documents can be found at www.lshtm.ac.uk/genderviolence.

Cathy is currently leading a study on Asylum-seeking Women, Violence and Health in Europe.

From 1993 to 1998, Cathy founded and managed a local non-governmental organisation in Cambodia and carried out primary research, both qualitative and quantitative studies and a legal analysis, on domestic violence. She worked with local projects in Cambodia on child abuse, and trafficking in women and children. From 2000-2002,