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Dr

Rachel Scott

Assistant Professor - Short Courses Dir.

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  • Assistant Professor - Short Courses Dir.
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BIO

My research reflects my interdisciplinary background, drawing from demography, epidemiology, sociology and public health and using quantitative and qualitative methods. My work considers how social-contextual factors, locally and cross-nationally, shape individual sexual and reproductive behaviours, particularly abortion and young people’s experiences, and how reproductive health service provision can best meet people’s needs and preferences. I also work on improving data quality and measurement of sexual behaviour and reproductive health outcomes, including abortion, in surveys.

I joined LSHTM in 2009 to do a Masters in Demography & Health after a BSc in Human Sciences at UCL. Following a couple of years away, working at Inserm (the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research), in Paris and King's College London, working on two abortion related projects, I returned to LSHTM in 2012 to pursue a PhD in the Department of Population Health, during which I also spent time back at Inserm and working with the Guttmacher Institute in New York.

LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE APPOINTMENTS

  • Assistant Professor
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom1 Aug 2020 - present
  • Research Fellow
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Population Health, UK2 Jan 2017 - 31 Jul 2020

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Fellow
    University of Sunderland, UK4 Dec 2017 - 4 Feb 2019
  • Research Assistant
    King's College London, UK1 Sep 2011 - 1 Sep 2012
  • Research Assistant
    Inserm, UK1 Sep 2010 - 1 Sep 2011

DEGREES

  • PhD
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK3 Sep 2012 - 2 Jan 2017
  • MSc
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK1 Sep 2009 - 1 Sep 2010
  • BSc
    University College London, UK4 Sep 2006 - 1 Sep 2009

LANGUAGES

  • French
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

TOPICS & DISCIPLINES