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Dr

Manal Etemadi

Research Fellow

Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology

Orcid identifier0000-0001-8523-1876
  • Research Fellow
    Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology

BIO

I am a Research Fellow in NCDs in Humanitarian Settings in the Department of NCD Epidemiology. My research focuses on strengthening equitable and resilient health systems for people living with non-communicable diseases in humanitarian and crisis-affected settings.

My interests include universal health coverage, health systems strengthening, and crisis preparedness, with a particular focus on underserved and displaced populations. I use mixed-methods and systems-based approaches, including realist evaluation, social network analysis, causal loop analysis to explore how health systems and community organisations can better respond to complex public health challenges.

Before joining LSHTM, I worked as a Research Associate in Universal Health Coverage at Imperial College London and The George Institute for Global Health, where I contributed to research on Lancet commission on pandemic preparedness, prevention and reponse. Prior to that, I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, where my research focused on social prescribing and community-based health interventions.

I hold a PhD in Health Policy, my PhD research was methodologically innovative, being one of the first studies to use social network analysis to understand how health financing architecture impacts financing equity. My work aims to generate policy-relevant evidence that advances health equity and improves access to health services for vulnerable populations globally.

LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE APPOINTMENTS

  • Research Fellow
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Department of NCD Epidemiology,, London, United Kingdom5 May 2026 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Associate
    Imperial College London, The George Institute for Global Health, London, United Kingdom3 Jul 2025 - 4 May 2026
  • Research Fellow
    University of Bristol, Health Economics and Health Policy, Bristol, United Kingdom6 Mar 2023 - 3 Jul 2025

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Associate in Health Financing
    Iran Health Insurance Organization, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of25 Apr 2015 - 1 Feb 2023

DEGREES

  • Ph.D. in Health Policy
    Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranFeb 2014 - Feb 2018
  • M.Sc. in Health Services Management
    Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranSep 2010 - Feb 2013
  • B.Sc. in Health Services Management
    Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranSep 2006 - Jul 2010

LANGUAGES

  • Persian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

REGIONS & COUNTRIES

  • Australia
  • Iran
  • Lebanon

TOPICS & DISCIPLINES