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Professor Bayard Roberts

PhD MSc BA

Professor
in Health Systems and Policy

Room
Room 102

LSHTM
15-17 Tavistock Place
London
WC1H 9SH
United Kingdom

Tel.
+44 (0)20 7927 2050

My research addresses the health determinants, policies and systems in settings affected by armed conflcit and forced migration. This research has focused particularly on chronic conditions of mental health and non-communicable diseases, including harmful alcohol use.

Affiliations

Department of Health Services Research and Policy

Centres

Centre for Global Chronic Conditions
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre

Teaching

I lecture on themes related to conflict and health, and currently superivise six PhD students.

Research

I am the Principal Investigator of the GOAL project, funded by GCRF/ESRC, which seeks to support government and partners in health system strengthening for better mental health of Syrian refugees and host communities in Lebanon. I also support the Wellcome Trust/NIHR funded CHANGE study (led by Daniela Fuhr) which seeks to develop a transdiagnostic intervention addressing alchol misuse and mental health comorbidities among conflict-affected populations in Uganda and Ukraine. I am also LSHTM PI/work package lead on the EC-funded STRENGTHS study (led by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) exploring the implementation and scaling-up  of a brief mental health interventions for Syrian refugees in countries neighboring Syria and in Europe. I also collaborate in the Afya Consoritum which conducts research on public health threats in populations affected by crises in Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and the Democratic Republi of the Congo.

My previous research has included leading: the RECAP project on improving humanitarina response and decison-making; evaluating diabetes services in Democratic Republic of Congo, Jordan, and Lebanon; studies on mental health needs among internally displaced persons in Ukraine and Georgia; developing and validating a new method to estimate mortality in conflict-affected and resource-poor settings; and examining the influence of armed conflict and forced migration on mental health in South Sudan and northern Uganda.

Funders for my research have included the Wellcome Trust, ESRC, DFID, UKRI/GCRF, the European Commission, and AED/USAID.

I co-founded the LSHTM Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Research Network in 2022.

I jointly led the 2017 Lancet series on health in humanitarian crises with Francesco Checchi. I am  Guest Editor for a special issue on the health of internally displaced persons in the Journal of Migration and Health. I am on the Editorial Board of journal Refugee Survey Quarterly. I was Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Conflict and Health from 2010 to 2020.

Research Area
Conflict
Health policy
Health systems
Social and structural determinants of health
Substance abuse
Alcohol
Global Health
Migration
Discipline
Epidemiology
Policy analysis
Social Sciences
Disease and Health Conditions
Chronic disease
Mental health
Diabetes
Non-communicable diseases
Country
Georgia
Lebanon
Myanmar (Burma)
Sierra Leone
Uganda
Ukraine
Region
World

Selected Publications

MSF experiences of providing multidisciplinary primary level NCD care for Syrian refugees and the host population in Jordan: an implementation study guided by the RE-AIM framework.
Ansbro É; Homan T; Qasem J; Bil K; Rasoul Tarawneh M; Roberts B; Perel P; Jobanputra K
2021
BMC health services research
Quality of mental health questionnaires in conflict-affected adult populations in low and middle income countries: A systematic review.
Christy S; Siriwardhana C; Lohmann J; Roberts B; Smith S
2021
Journal of migration and health
Problem Management Plus and Alcohol (PM+A): A New Intervention to Address Alcohol Misuse and Psychological Distress Among Conflict-Affected Populations
Fuhr D; Bogdanov S; Tol WA; Nadkarni A; Roberts B
2021
Intervention - Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas
Models of care for patients with hypertension and diabetes in humanitarian crises: a systematic review.
Jaung MS; Willis R; Sharma P; Aebischer Perone S; Frederiksen S; Truppa C; Roberts B; Perel P; Blanchet K; Ansbro É
2021
Health Policy and Planning
Planning the scale up of brief psychological interventions using theory of change.
Fuhr DC; Acarturk C; Sijbrandij M; Brown FL; Jordans MJD; Woodward A; McGrath M; Sondorp E; Ventevogel P; Ikkursun Z
2020
BMC Health Services Research
Participation by conflict-affected and forcibly displaced communities in humanitarian healthcare responses: A systematic review.
Rass E; Lokot M; Brown FL; Fuhr DC; Asmar MK; Smith J; McKee M; Orm IB; Yeretzian JS; Roberts B
2020
Journal of Migration and Health
Post-traumatic growth and its predictors among Syrian refugees in Istanbul: A mental health population survey.
Wen K; McGrath M; Acarturk C; Ilkkursun Z; Fuhr DC; Sondorp E; Cuijpers P; Sijbrandij M; Roberts B; STRENGTHS consortium
2020
Journal of Migration and Health
Management of diabetes and associated costs in a complex humanitarian setting in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a retrospective cohort study.
Ansbro ÉM; Biringanine M; Caleo G; Prieto-Merino D; Sadique Z; Perel P; Jobanputra K; Roberts B
2019
BMJ open
A narrative review of health research capacity strengthening in low and middle-income countries: lessons for conflict-affected areas
Bowsher G; Papamichail A; El Achi N; Ekzayez A; Roberts B; Sullivan R; Patel P
2019
Globalization and Health
The burden of diabetes and use of diabetes care in humanitarian crises in low-income and middle-income countries.
Kehlenbrink S; Smith J; Ansbro É; Fuhr DC; Cheung A; Ratnayake R; Boulle P; Jobanputra K; Perel P; Roberts B
2019
LANCET DIABETES & ENDOCRINOLOGY
Evidence on public health interventions in humanitarian crises.
Blanchet K; Ramesh A; Frison S; Warren E; Hossain M; Smith J; Knight A; Post N; Lewis C; Woodward A
2017
Lancet
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