Dr Neda Firouraghi
Research Fellow
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
London
United Kingdom
I am an environmental epidemiologist investigating the health impacts of climate change among migrant populations in Brazil through the integration of individual- and environmental-level data. My research spans global health, climate change, and socio-spatial health inequalities. During my postdoctoral training at the Université de Montréal, I examined violent conflict and healthcare access in the Sahel region, as well as COVID-19-related socio-spatial health disparities in Canada. I hold a PhD in Medical Informatics, specializing in spatio-temporal modelling of infectious diseases, with expertise in advanced quantitative methods and geospatial analysis. My work is focused on health inequities affecting vulnerable populations worldwide.
Affiliations
Teaching
2025 Basic Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Epidemiology & International Health,
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
2018 - 2019 Electronic health records, Urmia University of Medical Sciences
2018 - 2019 Health information systems mainly focused on population-based registries, Urmia University of Medical Sciences
2018 - 2019 Health Information Technology Internship, Urmia University of Medical Sciences
Research
My research interests lie at the intersection of environmental epidemiology, climate change and global health. I focus on understanding how environmental and socio-spatial determinants shape health inequalities among vulnerable populations. My work integrates advanced modelling to investigate the impacts of climate variability, extreme events, conflict, and built environment factors on morbidity and mortality. I am particularly interested in infectious disease epidemiology.
Grants and Funding:
1. Tuberculosis Burden and Social Vulnerability in Brazil: Insights from the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort (2000–2021)
LSHTM Early Career Researcher Pump Priming Grant (March 2026)
Role: Principal Investigator
2. Spatio-Temporal Pattern Mining of Leishmaniasis and Web-GIS Visualization in Iran (2015–2020)
National Institute for Medical Research Development (NIMAD), Iran
Grant No: 4000737 (November 2021)
Role: Co-Investigator
3. Development of a Statistical Dashboard for the Population-Based Cancer Registry
Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Grant No: 3085 (July 2019)
Role: Principal Investigator
4. Development of a Clinical Decision Support Module to Improve Data Quality in the Cancer Registry System of Azerbaijan (CRSA)
Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Grant No: 2891 (February 2019)
Role: Principal Investigator
Selected Publications
