Ms Lauren Allison

Research Assistant - Knowledge Management

United Kingdom

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Lauren

Lauren is a research assistant supporting knowledge management and implementation of the NEST360 and UNICEF Newborn Toolkit, a global resource focused on improving neonatal health outcomes. She holds a Master of Science in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as a Rotary Global Scholar and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Western University in Canada.

Prior to joining LSHTM, Lauren worked as a registered nurse in paediatric and neonatal healthcare in Canada.

Affiliations

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health

Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Centres

Centre for Maternal Adolescent Reproductive & Child Health

Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre

Teaching

I support practical session teaching for the Basic Epidemiology module for postgraduate students.

Research

Research Area

Child health

Global health

Systematic reviews

Implementation science

Vaccines

Newborn health

Health in humanitarian crises

Country

Canada

Tanzania

Nigeria

Malawi

Kenya

Selected Publications

Who gets funded? Global analysis of research funding for newborn health and stillbirth in fragile and non-English speaking countries, 2016–2020

ALLISON, LE; RUYSEN, H; Alva, MJ S; Agravat, P; Loucaides, EM; Kumar, MB; Molina-García, A; Sebina, I; FITCHETT, EJ A; Russell, N; LAWN, JE;

2025

SSM - health systems

Decision-making for childhood vaccination in crisis settings: a survey of practice & barriers.

Light, PM; SINGH, NS; ALHAFFAR, M; ALLISON, LE; MOUNIER-JACK, S; RATNAYAKE, R; CHECCHI, F; ABDELMAGID, N;

2024

Conflict and health

A Systematic Review of Vaccination Guidance for Humanitarian Responses.

ALLISON, LE; ALHAFFAR, M; CHECCHI, F; ABDELMAGID, N; Nor, B; Sabahelzain, MM; Light, PM; SINGH, NS;

2023

Vaccines

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