Elizabeth Brickley is a Professor of Epidemiology & Planetary Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM, London, UK). Within the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & International Health, Elizabeth directs the Health Equity Action Lab (), an interdisciplinary team conducting policy-relevant community-engaged research that critically examines the links between human health, poverty, and the environment. Elizabeth鈥檚 primary research aim is to better understand and eliminate infectious diseases, and her work has informed public health interventions targeting polio, Zika, leprosy, malaria, and COVID-19. In close collaboration with partners from Brazil鈥檚 Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, she is currently contributing to the development of CIDACS-Clima (), a large-scale linked data platform for studying the social and environmental determinants of health resilience to climate change. Elizabeth is committed to fostering an inclusive academic culture that embraces diversity and serves as a Decolonising the Curriculum Facilitator, an Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Co-Lead of the LSHTM Press Steering Group (), and an EDI Co-Lead of the Medical Research Council (MRC) London Intercollegiate Doctoral Training Partnership ().
Affiliations
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Centres
Centre for Epidemic Preparedness and Response
Malaria Centre
Centre for Maternal Adolescent Reproductive & Child Health
Vaccine Centre
Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health
Research
Research Area
Epidemiology
Planetary health
Vaccinology
Disease and Health Conditions
Zika
Polio
Leprosy
Malaria
COVID-19
Country
Brazil
United States of America
United Kingdom
Region
Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)
North America
Selected Publications
2024
Int J Hyg Environ Health
2024
The Lancet. Infectious diseases
2024
The Journal of infectious diseases
2024
Annals of work exposures and health
2024
BMC pediatrics
2024
Scientific reports
2024
Public health
2024
The Lancet. Global health
2024
The Lancet. Infectious diseases
2023
Occupational medicine