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Hilary Bower

MSc-Epi MSc-PH

Assistant Professor
UK Public Health Rapid Support Team

Room
109

LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

Tel.
0207 927 2524
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I am an epidemiologist with extensive field experience in Africa and Asia. I am a deployable member of the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team established by LSHTM and Public Health England to respond to, and carry out research in and build capacity for epidemic diseases and outbreak response. My research interests are emerging and epidemic infectious diseases and improving outbreak responses and interventions.

Affiliations

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Centres

Centre for Evaluation
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre

Teaching

I tutor on Extended Epidemiology and the Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases module in LSHTM, contribute to Masters and outbreak investigation and response teaching in Sierra Leone and Sudan, and the Outbreak MooC

Research

 

Ebola, Lassa Fever, Chikungunya epidemiologiy 

Severe undifferentiated febrile illness

Humanitarian health care

Seroprevalence studies

Research Area
Complex interventions
Conflict
Public health
Surveillance
Systematic reviews
Disease control
Global Health
Mixed methods
Outbreaks
Implementation research
Qualitative methods
Discipline
Epidemiology
Operational research
Disease and Health Conditions
Infectious disease
Pandemic diseases
Emerging Infectious Disease
Tropical diseases
Zoonotic disease

Selected Publications

A systematic review and meta-analysis of seroprevalence surveys of ebolavirus infection.
Bower, H. ; Glynn, J.R. ;
2017
Sci Data
Asymptomatic infection and unrecognised Ebola virus disease in Ebola-affected households in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study using a new non-invasive assay for antibodies to Ebola virus.
Glynn, J.R. ; Bower, H. ; Johnson, S. ; Houlihan, C.F. ; Montesano, C. ; Scott, J.T. ; Semple, M.G. ; Bangura, M.S. ; Kamara, A.J. ; Kamara, O. ; Mansaray, S.H. ; Sesay, D. ; Turay, C. ; Dicks, S. ; Wadoum, R.E. ; Colizzi, V. ; Checchi, F. ; Samuel, D. ; Tedder, R.S. ;
2017
Lancet Infect Dis
Delivery of an Ebola Virus-Positive Stillborn Infant in a Rural Community Health Center, Sierra Leone, 2015.
Bower, H. ; Grass, J.E. ; Veltus, E. ; Brault, A. ; Campbell, S. ; Basile, A.J. ; Wang, D. ; Paddock, C.D. ; Erickson, B.R. ; Salzer, J.S. ; Belser, J. ; Chege, E. ; Seneca, D. ; Saffa, G. ; Stroeher, U. ; Decroo, T. ; Caleo, G.M. ;
2016
Am J Trop Med Hyg
Effects of Mother's Illness and Breastfeeding on Risk of Ebola Virus Disease in a Cohort of Very Young Children.
Bower, H. ; Johnson, S. ; Bangura, M.S. ; Kamara, A.J. ; Kamara, O. ; Mansaray, S.H. ; Sesay, D. ; Turay, C. ; Checchi, F. ; Glynn, J.R. ;
2016
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Exposure-Specific and Age-Specific Attack Rates for Ebola Virus Disease in Ebola-Affected Households, Sierra Leone.
Bower, H. ; Johnson, S. ; Bangura, M.S. ; Kamara, A.J. ; Kamara, O. ; Mansaray, S.H. ; Sesay, D. ; Turay, C. ; Checchi, F. ; Glynn, J.R. ;
2016
Emerg Infect Dis
Deaths, late deaths, and role of infecting dose in Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone: retrospective cohort study.
Bower, H. ; Smout, E. ; Bangura, M.S. ; Kamara, O. ; Turay, C. ; Johnson, S. ; Oza, S. ; Checchi, F. ; Glynn, J.R. ;
2016
BMJ
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Contact

Room
109

LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

Tel.
0207 927 2524