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Dr

Ros Plowman

Associate Professor

Health Services Research and Policy

  • Associate Professor
    Health Services Research and Policy

LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE APPOINTMENTS

  • Programme Director - PgDip, PgCert, MSc Public Health Distance Learning Programme
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London, United Kingdom2006 - present
  • Programme Director PgDip/MSc Health Systems Management Distance Learning Programme
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London, United Kingdom2004 - 2010
  • Module Organiser - Health Care Evaluation - Public Health Distance Learning Programme
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London, United Kingdom2003 - 2009
  • Honorary Lecturer - Health Services Research
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London, United Kingdom2003 - 2004
  • Course Director PgDip, MSc Health Systems Management Distance Learning Programme
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London, United Kingdom2001 - 2003
  • Lecturer - Health Economics
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London, United Kingdom1998 - 2001
  • Research Fellow
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London, United Kingdom1996 - 1998

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Assistant (part time), British Medical Association, 2003 - 2005
    British Medical Association, London, United Kingdom2023 - 2005
  • Project Co-ordinator- Study to assess the Socio-economic Burden of Hospital Acquired Infection
    Central Public Health Laboratory, London, UK., United Kingdom1993 - 1996
  • Research Assistant - Study examining social factors of pregnancy
    St Mary's Hospital, London, Academic Department of Public Health, United KingdomJun 1991 - Sep 1991
  • Research Assistant (part-time) - Study to assess sub-fertility
    Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, United KingdomJun 1990 - Oct 1991

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Staff nurse - Agency - various hospitals, London (part time to fund degree)
    National Health Service, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 1989 - 1 Jun 1993
  • Nursing Sister - Acute Medical Admissions Ward
    West Middlesex University Hospital, London, United Kingdom1 Aug 1988 - 1 Sep 1989
  • Staff Nurse - Cardiac Intensive Care
    Royal Brompton Hospital, Cardiac Intensive Care, London, United Kingdom1 Jan 1988 - 1 Aug 1988
  • Staff Nurse - Bonda Mission Hospital
    Voluntary, Zimbabwe1 Sep 1987 - 1 Dec 1987
  • Senior Staff Nurse - Acute Medical Ward
    West Middlesex University Hospital, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 1986 - 1 Aug 1987
  • Staff Nurse - Surgical Ward
    West Middlesex University Hospital, London, United Kingdom1 Mar 1986 - 1 Oct 1986

DEGREES

  • PhD Socio-Economic Burden of Hospital Acquired Infections
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom2004
  • MSc Health Planning and Financing
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom1992 - 1993
  • BA Human Sciences
    University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom1989 - 1992
  • RGN - Registered General Nurse
    West Middlesex University Hospital, London, United Kingdom1983 - 1986
  • DON - Diploma in Orthopaedic Nursing
    Prince of Wales Orthopaedic Hospital, Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom1979 - 1981
  • Levels 2 and 3 Certificate in Counselling
    Devon and Cornwall Counselling Hub - BACP approved, Plymouth, United Kingdom2020 - 2021