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Miss Kate Nelson

Research Fellow in Epidemiology

United Kingdom

I am an epidemiologist with an interest in adolescent health, evaluation methods, and causal inference. I currently work on the MENISCUS trial to evaluate the impact of a school-based menstrual health intervention in Uganda on education and mental health. I am also undertaking a staff PhD focused on using causal inference approaches to understand mechanisms of action in complex interventions. Prior to joining LSHTM, I worked on the evaluation of mass media behaviour change campaigns and in global health communications. I obtained my MSc in Epidemiology from LSHTM and hold a BA in Human Biology with interdisciplinary honors from Stanford University.

Affiliations

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Teaching

I teach on the Basic Epidemiology and Advanced Statistical Methods in Epidemiology modules and supervise students on the MSc in Epidemiology. I was previously a co-module organiser for Epidemiology in Practice.

Research

My research focuses on adolescent health, with a particular interest in the design of school-based studies. I am also interested in process evaluation methodology and am exploring the use of causal mediation analyses within cluster trials as part of my PhD work. I previously contributed to the DREAMS evaluation, looking at the impact of the interventions on attitudes towards gender norms among adolescent girls and their male peers. I am currently a member of the International Statistics and Epidemiology Group.

Research Area
Complex interventions
Adolescent health
Randomised controlled trials
Gender
Impact evaluation
Evaluation
Reproductive health
Disease and Health Conditions
Mental health
HIV/AIDS
Infectious diseases
Country
Uganda
Kenya
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Selected Publications

Impact of DREAMS interventions on attitudes towards gender norms among adolescent girls and young women: Findings from a prospective cohort in Kenya.
NELSON, KA; Magut, F; MULWA, S; Osindo, J; Kamire, V; Khagayi, S; Pulerwitz, J; Cook, S; Gourlay, A; Ziraba, A; Kwaro, D; FLOYD, S; Birdthistle, I;
2024
PLOS global public health
Understanding the social and physical menstrual health environment of secondary schools in Uganda: A qualitative methods study.
SSEMATA, AS; Ndekezi, D; Kansiime, C; Bakanoma, R; Tanton, C; NELSON, KA; Hytti, L; Neema, S; TORONDEL, B; SEELEY, J; WEISS, HA; MENISCUS Group,;
2023
PLOS global public health
Menstrual health interventions, schooling, and mental health problems among Ugandan students (MENISCUS): study protocol for a school-based cluster-randomised trial.
Kansiime, C; Hytti, L; NELSON, KA; TORONDEL, B; Francis, SC; Tanton, C; GRECO, G; Belfield, S; Nakalema, S; Matovu, F; SSEMATA, AS; Alezuyo, C; Neema, S; Jerrim, J; BONELL, C; SEELEY, J; WEISS, HA; MENISCUS Group,;
2022
Trials
'Learn from the lessons and don't forget them': identifying transferable lessons for COVID-19 from meningitis A, yellow fever and Ebola virus disease vaccination campaigns.
COLLINS, J; Westerveld, R; NELSON, KA; ROHAN, H; BOWER, H; Lazenby, S; Ikilezi, G; Bartlein, R; Bausch, DG; KENNEDY, DS;
2021
BMJ global health
Data collection tools for: "Understanding the social and physical menstrual health environment of secondary schools in Uganda: A qualitative methods study"
SSEMATA, AS; Ndekezi, D; Kansiime, C; Bakanoma, R; Tanton, C; NELSON, KA; Hytti, L; Neema, S; TORONDEL, B; SEELEY, J; WEISS, HA;
2023
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Association between DREAMS invitation and attitudes towards gender norms amongst young women in urban and rural Kenya, measured using an adapted and validated version of the GEM Scale
NELSON, K; Magut, F; MULWA, S; Khagayi, S; Ziraba, A; Kwaro, D; FLOYD, S; BIRDTHISTLE, I;
2021
JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY
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