Leah Jeffers is the Department Operations Administrator for both Infectious Disease Epidemiology Departments (International Health & Dynamics). She joined the school in January 2025, coming from a background in medieval & Renaissance history and archaeology. Her archaeological research has focused on disease and medicine in past populations, with a specialty in biomolecular palaeopathology.
Affiliations
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Research
- Medieval and early modern history
- Archaeology of disease and medicine
- Biomolecular palaeopathology (proteomics & isotopic analysis)
- History and archaeology of early colonial empires
- History of public health
- History of fashion as linked to perceptions of health and idealised anatomy
