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Dr Kaja Abbas

Associate Professor

United Kingdom

I hold a joint position as Associate Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Nagasaki University. My research area is vaccine impact modelling, with a focus on estimating the health, economic, and equity impact of vaccination programmes to support evidence-based decision-making on vaccination strategies in collaboration with partners and stakeholders at the global, regional, and national levels.

 

The vision of our Vaccine Value group is to improve vaccine equity. We conduct impact assessments of existing and new vaccines to inform vaccine policy across diverse contexts, geographies, and resource settings. Our vaccine value assessments are based on multiple criteria, including disease burden, health and economic impact of vaccination, benefit-risk assessment, equity, vaccine-preventable antimicrobial resistance, acceptability among stakeholders and the community, and broader socioeconomic benefits.

 

We welcome collaborations related to estimating the value of vaccination in diverse settings, and you are welcome to contact us.

 

Affiliations

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

Centres

Centre for Epidemic Preparedness and Response
Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases
Vaccine Centre
Global Health Economics Centre

Teaching

I teach infectious disease epidemiology, modelling infectious diseases, and health economics across different modules. I organise the vaccinology short course and symposium. I supervise master's and doctoral students on their thesis projects related to vaccine impact modelling, epidemiology, and economics; interested students are welcome to get in touch with me.

 

 

Research

  • Vaccine impact modelling
  • Vaccine epidemiology and economics

Selected Publications

Assessment of Childhood Immunisation Services in Kano and Lagos States, Nigeria: A Mixed-methods Study
Salaudeen, AG; Bolarinwa, OA; MCGOWAN, CR; Daniel, D; Alhaffar, M; ABBAS, K; Adesoro, O; Ahmed, T; Clarke, A; Makunja, S; Abdelmagid, N; Akande, TM;
2026
Health Services Insights
Global vaccine readiness: equity-by-design in pandemic preparedness and response
Ghafari, M; Watson, OJ; Dascalu, S; Mon, SH H; Abeler-Dörner, L; Rezaee-Zavareh, MS; Pley, C; Kordasti, S; ABBAS, K; Madani, K; Panovska-Griffiths, J;
2026
Expert review of vaccines
Public health impact, cost-effectiveness, and budget impact of HPV vaccination in Kazakhstan: a stakeholder engagement and modelling study
Young, GT B; Kassymova, S; Zhang, P; Syla, S; CLARK, A; Sadykova, T; Sukhanberdiyev, K; ABBAS, K;
2026
Vaccine: X
Quantifying relative health impact across Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance's portfolio in 117 countries at the subregional level: a modelling study.
Gaythorpe, KA M; Li, X; Shankar, M; Hartner, A-M; Gibney, Z; ABBAS, K; Abeysuriya, R; Alam, C; Auzenbergs, M; Azman, AS; Barasa, E; Costello, A; Ferrari, MJ; Fraser, K; FU, H; Haile, L; Kakaï, RG; Karachaliou-Prasinou, A; Lee, EC; Katama, EN; Kim, J-H; Jit, M; LIU, Y; Malinga, J; Moore, S; ... Trotter, CL.
2026
The Lancet
Burden of antimicrobial resistance in culture-confirmed Salmonella Typhi isolates in India from 1977 to 2024: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
MOGASALE, VV; Zhang, P; John, J; Farooqui, HH; Ray, A; Mogasale, V; Parry, CM; Dhoubhadel, BG; EDMUNDS, WJ; CLARK, A; ABBAS, K;
2026
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Economic burden of typhoid fever by antimicrobial resistance in India: a modelling study 2023.
MOGASALE, VV; John, J; Ray, A; Farooqui, HH; Mogasale, V; Hutubessy, R; Dhoubhadel, BG; EDMUNDS, WJ; CLARK, A; ABBAS, K;
2026
The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia
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