Lauren D’Mello-Guyett is an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Health Group at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Her research spans nutrition, malaria, cholera, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and climate change, with a focus on both humanitarian and non-crisis settings. Lauren specialises in mixed-methods approaches, with a growing emphasis on implementation science and process evaluations to improve programme effectiveness and health outcomes.
She collaborates with leading organisations such as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Action Contre La Faim (ACF), and UNICEF, bringing together field experience and academic rigour. Prior to her role at LSHTM, Lauren managed WASH, nutrition, and HIV/AIDS programmes for NGOs across Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.
Lauren holds a BSc in Biology from the University of Nottingham (2011), an MSc in the Control of Infectious Diseases from LSHTM (2012), and a PhD in Epidemiology and Population Health from LSHTM (2022).
Affiliations
Centres
Teaching
Teaching roles at LSHTM:
- Module Organiser, Designing Public Health Programmes (3457)
- Lecturer, Evaluation of Public Health Interventions (1127)
- Lecturer, Fundamentals of Climate Change and Planetary Health (2609)
Personal Tutor for students on:
- MSc Control of Infectious Disease
- MSc Public Health for Development
MSc Thesis / Dissertation Supervisor for students on:
- MSc Control of Infectious Disease
- MSc Public Health for Development
- MSc Public Health
Externally:
- Lecturer at Imperial University, the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, the University of Birmingham and Johns Hopkins University.
Research
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene; Nutrition; Malaria; Infectious Diseases; Climate Change
Selected Publications
