Gillian McKay, DrPH, RN, is an Honourary Research Fellow with a specialism in primary and secondary impacts of epidemics. She is currently working with Elrha's R2HC programme where she works to ensure that the research Elrha funds meets the priority needs of the humanitarian community and is shared with the right people to make change. She has previously worked with the World Health Organization, the International Rescue Committee, UK-Med, Imperial College, GOAL Global and others.
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As a recent DrPH graduate at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine she is well connected to evidence-generation efforts in the global health space. Her DrPH researched how communities were engaged in large epidemics of Ebola and how their knowledge and experiences were integrated into response actions.
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Gillian contributes to research and policy in the fields of epidemic disease, community engagement in humanitarian crises, maternal health, gender and human rights, and the health impacts of global trends including urbanization, migration, and climate change.
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Gillian holds a BSN from the University of British Columbia and an MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is active in Canadian academic circles as a 2016 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar.
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As a recent DrPH graduate at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine she is well connected to evidence-generation efforts in the global health space. Her DrPH researched how communities were engaged in large epidemics of Ebola and how their knowledge and experiences were integrated into response actions.
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Gillian contributes to research and policy in the fields of epidemic disease, community engagement in humanitarian crises, maternal health, gender and human rights, and the health impacts of global trends including urbanization, migration, and climate change.
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Gillian holds a BSN from the University of British Columbia and an MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is active in Canadian academic circles as a 2016 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar.
Affiliations
Department of Global Health and Development
Faculty of Public Health and Policy
Research
Outbreaks & Epidemics
Humanitarian Crises
Gender and Health
Maternal Health
Family Planning
Health Systems Strengthening
Humanitarian Crises
Gender and Health
Maternal Health
Family Planning
Health Systems Strengthening
Research Area
Maternal health
Reproductive health
Social and structural determinants of health
Outbreaks
Conflict
Health in humanitarian crises
Adolescent health
Gender
Health policy
Infectious disease policy
Disease and Health Conditions
Ebola virus
COVID-19
Measles
Country
Sierra Leone
Democratic Republic of the Congo
South Sudan
United Kingdom
Selected Publications
2023
Health education journal
2023
BMC infectious diseases
2023
The Journal of infection
2022
Studies in family planning
2022
BMJ Global Health
2021
BMJ
2020
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Covid-19 has forced a reckoning—the UK has much to learn from low income settings
2020
BMJ Opinion
2020
Delivering core NHS and care services during the Pandemic and Beyond
2020
Nature Immunology