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Dr Manal Etemadi

Research Fellow

United Kingdom

I am a Research Fellow in NCDs in Humanitarian Settings in the Department of NCD Epidemiology. My research focuses on strengthening equitable and resilient health systems for people living with non-communicable diseases in humanitarian and crisis-affected settings.

My interests include universal health coverage, health systems strengthening, and crisis preparedness, with a particular focus on underserved and displaced populations. I use mixed-methods and systems-based approaches, including realist evaluation, social network analysis, causal loop analysis to explore how health systems and community organisations can better respond to complex public health challenges.

Before joining LSHTM, I worked as a Research Associate in Universal Health Coverage at Imperial College London and The George Institute for Global Health, where I contributed to research on Lancet commission on pandemic preparedness, prevention and reponse. Prior to that, I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, where my research focused on social prescribing and community-based health interventions.

I hold a PhD in Health Policy, my PhD research was methodologically innovative, being one of the first studies to use social network analysis to understand how health financing architecture impacts financing equity. My work aims to generate policy-relevant evidence that advances health equity and improves access to health services for vulnerable populations globally.

Affiliations

Department of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Teaching

- ‘Qualitative and Survey Design Methods’ unit, as well as the Global Health Challenges’ unit, both for the M.Sc. in Health Economics and Health Policy in two semesters, which consisted of a combination of co-teaching, tutoring, marking, and asynchronous tasks.

- Health sociology to dentistry students for two years (Iran)

- Short course on Improving resource use: an introduction to economic approaches to evaluating health and care interventions, both in March and October 2024 alongside the Health Economics team in ARC West. 

- External lecturer in the ‘Social Health Protection for Universal Health Coverage’ unit for the M.Sc. in Public Health Programme, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, in 2021.

Research

Research Area
Health systems
Universal Health Coverage
Health care financing
Global health
Disease and Health Conditions
Diabetes
Hypertension
Cancer
Cardiovascular diseases
Country
Iran
Lebanon
Australia

Selected Publications

Are equity, diversity and inclusion considered in early-phase studies evaluating innovative and developing surgical procedures? Protocol for a scoping review.
ETEMADI, M; Macefield, R; Avery, K; Elliott, D; Dawson, S; Blencowe, NS; Coyle, M; Richards, HS; Graham, B; Jones, E; Torkington, A; Chatfield, K; Malik, H; Garlick, M; Blazeby, J;
2026
BMJ open
Comparing Australian Refugee‐Related Health Policies With the World Health Organization's Framework for Improving Refugee Integration and Health Outcomes
Mohammadi, M; Bahmanziari, N; ETEMADI, M; Hinchcliff, R; Chu, C;
2025
Australian Journal of Social Issues
Identifying challenges and enabling factors in utilizing health care services by undocumented immigrant women: a scoping review of qualitative research.
ETEMADI, M; Shahabi, S; Hedayati, M; Lankarani, KB; Behzadifar, M; Rad, ND;
2025
Journal of health, population, and nutrition
Mapping Variation in Delivery Models and Data Recording of Primary Care Social Prescribing Link Worker (SPLW) Schemes Across Five Regions in England and Scotland
Donaghy, E; Collins, H; Beeson, M; Brant, H; ETEMADI, M; Perry, C; Mercer, SW; McLeod, H; O’Donnell, K; Sanders, C; Wilson, P;
2025
Health & Social Care in the Community
Barriers and facilitators to primary healthcare utilization among immigrants and refugees of low and middle-income countries: a scoping review.
Moezzi, SM I; ETEMADI, M; Lankarani, KB; Behzadifar, M; Katebzada, H; Shahabi, S;
2024
Globalization and health
Barriers and enabling factors for utilizing physical rehabilitation services by Afghan immigrants and refugees with disabilities in Iran: a qualitative study.
Amini, E; ETEMADI, M; Shahabi, S; Barth, CA; Honarmandi, F; Karami Rad, M; Lankarani, KB;
2024
BMC public health
Health Problems of Increasing Man-Made and Climate-Related Disasters on Forcibly Displaced populations: A Scoping Review on Global Evidence - CORRIGENDUM.
Mohammadi, M; Jafari, H; ETEMADI, M; Dalugoda, Y; Mohtady Ali, H; Phung, H; Ahmadvand, A; Dwirahmadi, F; Barnes, P; Chu, C;
2023
Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
Health Problems of Increasing Man-Made and Climate-Related Disasters on Forcibly Displaced populations: A Scoping Review on Global Evidence.
Mohammadi, M; Jafari, H; ETEMADI, M; Dalugoda, Y; Mohtady Ali, H; Phung, H; Ahmadvand, A; Dwirahmadi, F; Barnes, P; Chu, C;
2023
Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
Understanding conflicts of interest in rational drug prescription in a developing country: A stakeholder analysis, healthcare guidelines and ethical public health issues.
Moradi, F; Bazyar, M; Soroush, A; Seyedin, H; Soleymani, F; ETEMADI, M; Ezadi, S; Salimi, M; Behzadifar, M; Martini, M; Hussain, R;
2023
Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene
Barriers and facilitators of integrating physiotherapy into primary health care settings: A systematic scoping review of qualitative research.
ShahAli, S; Shahabi, S; ETEMADI, M; Hedayati, M; Anne, BC; Mojgani, P; Behzadifar, M; Lankarani, KB;
2023
Heliyon
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