Prof Bayard Roberts
Professor of Health Systems & Policy
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
15-17 Tavistock Place
London
WC1H 9SH
United Kingdom
I am mixed-methods researcher at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) working on public health needs in settings affected by armed conflict and forced migration. This has focused principally on mental health and non-communicable diseases. My current research is through two main projects. The first is the Wellcome Trust funded CHANGE project which is developing and evaluating a mental health and harmful alcohol use intervention for refugees in Uganda and conflict-affected persons in Ukraine. The second is the UKRI funded GOAL study which examines health governance and financing for supporting mental health responses for Syrian refugees and vulnerable Lebanese in Lebanon.
I was the Guest Editor for the journal of Migration and Health鈥檚 series on internal displacement and health (2021-2022), and Guest Editor for the Lancet series on public health in humanitarian crises (2017). I was a funding panel member of the R2HC humanitarian health research funding scheme (2016 to 2022). I am also on the Board of Directors for the NGO the International Alliance for Diabetes Action (IADA).
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I co-organise the module 'Management and Evaluation of Public Health Projects in Humanitarian Crises' for our new Distance Learning MSc on 'Public Health in Humanitarian Crises'. My other teaching activities include lecturing on the Conflict and Health module and the Diploma in Tropical Nursing, and supervising Research Degree and MSc students.