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Professor Rashida Ferrand

FRCP MSc PhD DTM&H

Professor
International Health

LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

Tel.
+44 (0) 207 927 2577

Fax.
+44 (20) 7612 7860

I obtained my primary medical degree from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and completed my postgraduate training in internal medicine and clinical specialist training in HIV Medicine and Sexual Health in London.

I undertook a Distance-Based Learning Masters in Epidemiology at LSHTM while working as a clinical lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe Medical School. My PhD, funded through a Wellcome Trust clinical tropical training fellowship, investigated the clinical epidemiology of adolescents with vertically-acquired HIV. 

I have been based in Harare, Zimbabwe for 20 years, where I established and direct The Health Research Unit Zimbabwe (THRU ZIM:https://www.thruzim.org/), embedded within the Biomedical Research and Training Institute (BRTI). I am a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow in Clinical Science and a visiting professor at Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.

Affiliations

Department of Clinical Research
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Centres

Centre for Maternal Adolescent Reproductive & Child Health (MARCH)

Teaching

I am the Director of the Wellcome-funded Africa Health Research Training Programme (CREATE), which will train 50 doctoral students from the UK and from Africa in global health.  

I currently supervise 3 PhD and 1 DrPH students as a primary supervisor and am an associate supervisor for a further 6 students. I teach on the Tropical Medicine and International Health MSc and on the DTM&H at LSHTM. I supervise 3-4 MSc students at LSHTM per annum, as well as post-graduate and post-doctoral students from Zimbabwe and international academic institutions who are attached to THRU ZIM.

I contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in public health and clinical medicine at the University of Zimbabwe and teach on research methods courses at the Biomedical Research and Training Institute in Harare. I also mentor colleagues at the Aga Khan University in Pakistan.

Research

My research interests include adolescent health, HIV and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) including sexually transmitted infections (STIs), chronic disease and multimorbidity. 

I am currently leading a cluster randomised trial across 3 provinces in Zimbabwe (CHIEDZA trial: https://www.chiedza.co.zw/) of a community-based package of integrated HIV, sexual and reproductive health and general health services for youth aimed at improving HIV outcomes.I also work on evaluation of multimorbidity prevention, screening and care packages for different population groups including adolescents, health care workers and people living with HIV

We investigate strategies to promote a shift away from syndromic to aetiological approaches for STI management including STI testing in HIV and antenatal care services and in commununty-based settings.

My research group conducts clinical and pathogenesis studies on chronic co-morbidities associated with HIV infection among children and adolescents and adults particularly lung, cardiac and musculoskeletal disease. I lead an EDCTP-funded consortium (VITALITY: https://www.vitality-trial.co.uk) that is investigating high-dose vitamin D and calcium supplementation for improving musculoskeletal health of children with HIV. I am the Zimbabwe lead for the FRACTURES E3 consortium (https://www.fractures-e3.com/) that is investigating the epidemiology, economic impact and ethnography of fragility fractures in Sub-Saharan Africa.We are investigating the clinical phenotype and drivers of cardiac disease in children growing up with HIV.

 

 

Research Area
Clinical care
Clinical trials
Complex interventions
Public health
Sexual health
Adolescent health
Capacity strengthening
Global Health
Mobile technologies
Implementation research
Randomised controlled trials
Schools
Discipline
Epidemiology
Medicine
Operational research
Disease and Health Conditions
Chronic disease
HIV/AIDS
Infectious disease
Syphilis
Non-communicable diseases
Respiratory disease
Sexually transmitted infection
Coronavirus
Country
Ghana
The Gambia
Malawi
Nigeria
Pakistan
Tanzania
South Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Region
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)

Selected Publications

Multimorbidity research in Sub-Saharan Africa: Proceedings of an interdisciplinary workshop
Banda GT; Bosire E; Bunn C; Chandler CIR; Chikumbu E; Chiwanda J; Dixon J; Ferrand RA; Kengne A-P; Limbani F
2023
Wellcome Open Research
Caring for Adolescents and Young Adults With Tuberculosis or at Risk of Tuberculosis: Consensus Statement From an International Expert Panel.
Chiang SS; Waterous PM; Atieno VF; Bernays S; Bondarenko Y; Cruz AT; de Oliveira MCB; Del Castillo Barrientos H; Enimil A; Ferlazzo G
2023
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
Making morbidity multiple: History, legacies, and possibilities for global health.
Dixon J; Mendenhall E; Bosire EN; Limbani F; Ferrand RA; Chandler CIR
2023
Journal of multimorbidity and comorbidity
Evaluation of two methods of bone age assessment in peripubertal children in Zimbabwe.
Kowo-Nyakoko F; Gregson CL; Madanhire T; Stranix-Chibanda L; Rukuni R; Offiah AC; Micklesfield LK; Cooper C; Ferrand RA; Rehman AM
2023
Bone
Sociodemographic inequity in COVID-19 vaccine uptake among youth in Zimbabwe
Larsson L; Dziva Chikwari C; Simms V; Tembo M; Mahomva A; Mugurungi O; Hayes R; Mackworth-Young C; Bernays S; Mavodza C
2023
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Acceptability of self-collected vaginal swabs for sexually transmitted infection testing among youth in a community-based setting in Zimbabwe.
Rochford H; Larsson L; Simms V; Mavodza C; Sigwadhi L; Dauya E; Machiha A; Mavhura M; Bipiti T; Mangena C
2023
International journal of STD & AIDS
A mixed-methods study measuring the effectiveness of a menstrual health intervention on menstrual health knowledge, perceptions and practices among young women in Zimbabwe.
Tembo M; Weiss HA; Larsson LS; Bandason T; Redzo N; Dauya E; Nzanza T; Ishumael P; Gweshe N; Ndlovu P
2023
BMJ open
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