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Professor
Rashida Ferrand
FMedSci
Alma materNewcastle University
Scientific career
InstitutionsLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
ThesisBurden of HIV infection and HIV-associated morbidity in Zimbabwean adolescents (2010)

Rashida Abbas Ferrand is a British physician and epidemiologist who is a professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Her research considers adolescent health and the development of interventions to improve outcomes for people living with HIV. She was awarded the 2018 Chalmers Medal, and elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2024.

Early life and education

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Ferrand studied medicine at Newcastle University. She specialised in internal medicine, and completed her specialist training in HIV/AIDS in London.[citation needed] Ferrand earned a master's degree in epidemiology at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Her doctoral research, which was supported by the Wellcome Trust, investigated HIV-associated morbidity in Zimbabwean adolescents.[1] She was supported by two Wellcome Trust fellowships to identify strategies to improve the outcomes of people living with HIV.[2][3]

Research and career

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Ferrand has dedicated her career to the epidemiology of adolescent health and sexual and reproductive health at Southern Africa. She develops public health interventions, including evaluating the impact of a psychosocial nutritional care package for pregnant adolescents.[citation needed]

In 2003, Ferrand moved to Harare,[4] where she works on public health interventions relevant to people in Zimbabwe.[5] In 2012, she established the Zimbabwe LSHTM Research Partnership, which studied HIV prevention and care, as well as the long-term complications of HIV.[4] In 2022, she renamed the partnership The Health Research Unit Zimbabwe ('THRU ZIM'), which is a multi-disciplinary research programme that focusses on equitable partnerships and initiatives that strengthen the Zimbabwean research capacity.[6] She has studied the clinical manifestations and pathogenesis of children and adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV.[7][8] In 2018 Ferrand was awarded the Chalmers Medal.[citation needed]

Ferrand is the director of the CREATE PhD programme, a scheme which trains future global health researchers.[9]

Awards and honours

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Selected publications

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  • Elizabeth D Lowenthal; Sabrina Bakeera-Kitaka; Tafireyi Marukutira; Jennifer Chapman; Kathryn Goldrath; Rashida A Ferrand (July 2014). "Perinatally acquired HIV infection in adolescents from sub-Saharan Africa: a review of emerging challenges". Lancet Infectious Diseases. 14 (7): 627–39. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70363-3. ISSN 1473-3099. PMC 4074242. PMID 24406145. Wikidata Q27022471.
  • Najmul Haider; Abdinasir Yusuf Osman; Audrey Gadzekpo; et al. (1 October 2020). "Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries". BMJ Global Health. 5 (10). doi:10.1136/BMJGH-2020-003319. ISSN 2059-7908. PMID 33028699. Wikidata Q100490377.
  • Rashida A Ferrand; Elizabeth L Corbett; Robin Wood; John Hargrove; Chiratidzo E Ndhlovu; Frances M Cowan; Eleanor Gouws; Brian G Williams (1 September 2009). "AIDS among older children and adolescents in Southern Africa: projecting the time course and magnitude of the epidemic". AIDS. 23 (15): 2039–2046. doi:10.1097/QAD.0B013E32833016CE. ISSN 0269-9370. PMC 3408596. PMID 19684508. Wikidata Q36128518.

References

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  1. ^ "Burden of HIV infection and HIV-associated morbidity in Zimbabwean adolescents | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  2. ^ "Rashida Ferrand | LSHTM". www.lshtm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  3. ^ "Fellows". Wellcome Trust - Bloomsbury Centre for Global Health Research. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  4. ^ a b "HIV and Adolescent Health: Beating the Odds | LSHTM". www.lshtm.ac.uk. 2024-10-30. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  5. ^ "Professor Rashida Ferrand | RSTMH". www.rstmh.org. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  6. ^ "Home". Zim Lshtm. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  7. ^ "Rashida Ferrand, FRCP, PhD, FMed Sci | AME". academicmedicaleducation.com. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  8. ^ "The epidemiology and control of HIV Infection: a spotlight on adolescents and young people | LSHTM". www.lshtm.ac.uk. 2024-09-30. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  9. ^ "PROGRAMME". CREATE PhD Programme. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  10. ^ "Grants awarded: International Engagement Awards". Wellcome. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  11. ^ "Chalmers Medal | RSTMH". www.rstmh.org. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  12. ^ "Community based interventions to improve HIV outcomes in adolescents: a cluster randomised trial in Zimbabwe - Grants Awarded". Wellcome. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  13. ^ "Rashida Ferrand and Alison Grant made Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences | LSHTM". www.lshtm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
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