London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Project titles of previous award winners for the last few years are listed below.

Award Year 2020-21

• Absenteeism is Health Sector Corruption: Understanding the Characteristics, Prevalence and Causes of Nurse Absenteeism in Uganda
• An Impact Evaluation of Training and Monetary Incentives on Public Reform Adoption & Exploration of Management Practices in Liberia’s Ministry of Health
• Birthing at Europe’s Crossroads: perinatal experiences of Afghan women in Serbia
• Exploring everyday dietary practices in rural Zimbabwe and implications for diet related NCD policy and practice
• Exploring lived experiences of sexuality of young people with physical disabilities in China during their transition to adulthood
• Exploring the psychosocial impact of tuberculosis in adolescents and gaps in service provision: a mixed methods study in Zimbabwe
• Household behavioural responses to changing rainfall patterns in rural Gambia and the risks for human health
• Impact of biodiversity loss on undernutrition of smallholder famers in Madagascar
• Process Evaluation of the family planning intervention for young women (16-24years old) accessing CHIEDZA services in Zimbabwe
• Targeting care delivery in post-trafficking settings: an exploratory study of the drivers of poor mental health for young boys trafficked in the Greater Mekong Subregion
• The role of social support networks on adolescent domestic workers’ health and wellbeing in Ethiopia

Award Year 2019-20

• Using whole genome sequencing to characterise the genetic diversity of mosquitoes and pathogens involved in vector borne disease
• Characterisation of the live pig trade network in Cambodia to inform the dynamics and optimised management strategies of disease
• The body tells the history. Marriage, family formation and the sexual and reproductive health of Palestinian young women under occupation in the Hebron governorate
• Epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in a cohort of transgender women in São Paulo, Brazil
• Improving parental involvement in the education of children with disabilities in Malawi
• From new to routine: how an electronic decision support system changes the quality and process of antenatal care in India and Nepal
• Exploring the evolution of the gender-based violence (GBV) coordination system in Lebanon’s humanitarian response

Award Year 2018-19

• Patterns of occupational exposure to carbon monoxide and particulate matter and its relationship to respiratory symptoms and lung function among cassava grits processors in the middle belt of Ghana
• The introduction of the Sugary Beverages Levy in South Africa: Exploring policy on the ground in the context of NCDs and HIV
• Contextual and political factors influencing implementation of the Essential Medicines List in Kenya
• Developing effective communication practices among public health workers in fragile states: A mixed-method evaluation of management practices in Liberia’s civil service
• Co-circulating arboviruses in Latin America between 2015-2017: Chikungunya virus, Dengue virus & Zika virus
• Myanmar to Thailand labour migration: The social and intermediary networks that influence and facilitate engagement in decent versus exploitative work
• Improving Parental Involvement to support inclusive education for school-based children with disabilities in Northern Malawi
• Exploring Access to Health-Related Rehabilitation Services for Persons with Disabilities in the Maldives
• Infection Surveillance by Telephone Early Postpartum

Award Year 2017-18

• New pharmacokinetic and PK/PD drug development methodologies for cutaneous leishmaniasis
• Understanding the determinants of quality of primary care in Tunisia
• Building resilience and sustainability for Gender-based violence programming in Lebanon’s humanitarian crisis response
• Integration of community-based health interventions through the lens of communities & community health workers
• Vaginal Inflammation in Zambian Women with Female Genital Schistosomiasis and its Role in a Model for HIV Acquisition
• Developing a rapid method to assess the prevalence and causes of hearing loss in population-based surveys
• Young people’s lived experiences and perceptions of sexual health in Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Adoption and Institutionalisation of Social Innovation in Public Health Systems: Experiences from Malawi and Rwanda

Award Year 2016-17

• The next Ebola: Considering the Role of the Military in Epidemic Response
• How much do fathers matter? Paternal investment and child wellbeing in rural Tanzania
• Assessing attitudes towards methods of long-term care of the elderly in India
• Exploring approaches suitable for the evaluation of social interventions: A process evaluation examining the link between comprehensive sexuality education and the prevention of intimate partner violence in Mexico City
• Mosquito biting behaviour and malaria transmission: interactions between intrinsic host preferences and local environmental conditions
• Streets of Sustenance? Profiling Food Environments in Telangana, India

Award Year 2015-16

• Understanding the need for social protection amongst people with disabilities
• Progressing health equity in political transition: an analysis of the key determinants of health equity policy space and its use in Myanmar 2005-2015
• T Cell responses to Malaria pre-erythrocytic stages: Translating immunoinformatic and murine model data to humans
• Access to and utilisation of integrated mental health services in rural India
• Occupational shifts away from agriculture: A mixed methods approach to understanding its effects on cardiovascular disease risk in India
• Evaluating the effect of population movements on dengue transmission dynamics

Award Year 2014-15

• School Absenteeism in Northern Malawi: Trends, Influences and the Impact of Highly Efficient Cooking Stoves
• The effect of nadir CD4+ T-cell count on Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical cancer precursor lesions in women living with HIV in Africa
• The Sustainable Development Goals: Understanding why and how states exert power and influence in global health
• Intervention in Translation: Exploring the localised and contested meanings of opioid pharmacotherapy in Kenya
• Novel targets of naturally acquired immunity to Plasmodium knowlesi
• A study to investigate mycobacterium-specific antibody responses within two Ugandan cohorts
• The social and political factors supporting evidence advisory bodies for health