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Dr Helen Kelly

PhD

Honorary Assistant Professor
of Epidemiology

LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

My research aims to contribute to understanding on cervical cancer control and prevention efforts, including vaccination, screening and treatment approaches, primarily for women living in low and middle income settings and for women living with HIV. I am also interested in understanding the impact of effective antiretroviral therapy on HPV-associated precancers and cancers in women and men living with HIV. I am currently involved in a several multi-country research studies evaluating novel screening strategies for detection of cervical precancer in women with and without HIV in low- and middle-income settings. Since 2021, I am working with colleagues at the Catalan Institute of Oncology, Spain as part of a review to identify national official recommendations and coverage data for cervical cancer screening of women living with HIV in the sub-Saharan Africa region.

 

Affiliations

Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
Department of Clinical Research

Teaching

I co-organise and teach on the module Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections and teach on the Vaccine Immunology module. I am a tutor on the module GCP, Ethics and Regulatory Affairs as part of the Distance Learning MSc in Clinical Trials.

Research

Research Area
Clinical trials
Diagnostics
Public health
Sexual health
Systematic reviews
Vaccines
Global Health
Implementation research
Reproductive health
Discipline
Genetic epidemiology
Epidemiology
Disease and Health Conditions
Cancer
HIV/AIDS
Infectious disease
Syphilis
Cervical cancer
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Sexually transmitted infection
Country
Burkina Faso
Brazil
Tanzania
Uganda
South Africa
Zambia
Region
Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Selected Publications

Costs and cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer screening strategies in women living with HIV in Burkina Faso: The HPV in Africa Research Partnership (HARP) study.
Devine A; Vahanian A; Sawadogo B; Zan S; Bocoum FY; Kelly H; Gilham C; Nagot N; Ong JJ; Legood R
2021
PloS one
Diagnostic accuracy of cervical cancer screening and screening-triage strategies among women living with HIV-1 in Burkina Faso and South Africa: A cohort study.
Kelly HA; Chikandiwa A; Sawadogo B; Gilham C; Michelow P; Lompo OG; Omar T; Zan S; Magooa P; Segondy M
2021
PLoS medicine
Performance of the Swede score to predict cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in women with HIV-1 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Maringa VD; Chikandiwa A; Gilham C; Mbodi L; Kelly H; Mayaud P; Delany-Moretlwe S; Adam Y
2020
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS
Clinical Characteristics of Mycoplasma genitalium and the Usefulness of Syndromic Management Among Women Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Ong JJ; Magooa MP; Chikandiwa A; Kelly H; Didelot M-N; Muller EE; Maseko V; Segondy M; Delany-Moretlwe S; Kularatne R
2019
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
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