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Placement projects

During Trinity Term, students undertake a funded placement project in a global health project which may be based in or related to a resource limited setting. Placement projects truly are course capstones, calling upon the skills and topics students cover during the first two terms of the course.

Dyuti Sen

Postgraduate Diploma Course Content

Taught over four terms, the course consists of 16 compulsory subjects.

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The Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global health has many exciting opportunities for researchers and support staff at various stages of their careers. Our staff and students come from a variety of cultures and backgrounds, and our collaborative culture and global footprint create an environment in which you can contribute, develop and flourish.

About us

The Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health is a world leading Centre within the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, comprised of research groups who are permanently based in Africa and Asia as well as across two sites in Oxford. Our research ranges from clinical studies to behavioural sciences, with capacity building integral to all of our activities.

Tamarie Rocke

Lonnie Hackett

3-min Thesis Competition by OUCRU & MORU in 2023

The MORU-OUCRU 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) is an annual competition that cultivates MORU and OUCRU DPhil students’ academic, presentation and research communication skills. In three qualifying rounds, participating DPhil students are challenged to explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. Shortlisted participants go on to the Grand Final 3MT Thesis Competition, held at the end of the year before a live audience, with big prizes available for the best talks as voted by our expert panel of judges and invited local high school students. Enjoy highlights of the 2023 Grand Final 3MT Thesis Competition, held 8 Nov 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Wahdae-mai Harmon

Ashish Giri

Sonia Lewycka: One Health interventions to combat antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial resistance can be viewed through a One Health lens across humans, animals and the environment. Focussing on primary care, tests offered at point-of-care in Vietnam to curb antibiotic overuse yielded promising but nuanced results. The Just Transition initiative, examining justice implications of AMR policies globally, aims to align efforts with climate change mitigations for mutual benefits.

Sassy Molyneux: Strengthening health and research systems

Health systems in LMICs face daily stresses such as resource shortages and policy changes, alongside periodic shocks such as epidemics. Enhancing resilience combined with research ethics ensures high-quality research responsive to local communities. Minimising moral distress among frontline staff in international research is crucial for sustaining quality healthcare and advancing science amid challenging conditions.

Attakrit Leckcivilize: Physician Associates & the NHS workforce crisis

To improve health systems, workers and healthcare policy, we look at incentive motivation and human behaviour from an economist point of view. Currently, we're collaborating with the NHS to study Physician Associates, a newly regulated profession. Our research aims to address workforce challenges, emphasizing recruitment, retention, and development to improve care quality, recognizing the vital role of human connection in healthcare delivery.

Proochista Ariana: Building capacity for global health impact

The intersection between international developments and health is complex and multidimensional. Development initiatives, such as building roads, can enhance access to healthcare, education and markets, yet may also increase risks such as accidents and disease transmission. In Liberia, we investigate factors contributing to maternal and neonatal mortality through policy analysis and community perspectives. Our Master’s in International Health and Tropical Medicine aims to foster effective solutions and capacity building in global health leadership.

Jacob McKnight: Preparing Kenya’s health system for extreme weather

In both high- and low-income countries, health systems need to be ready for extreme weather. While sustainability efforts are underway, health systems must cope with events like floods and droughts, which increase healthcare demand and disrupt services. The NEWRISK project in Kenya addresses these challenges, emphasizing resilience and insurance strategies to maintain healthcare access during crises, amid climate change's broad impacts on health systems.

Sebastian Fuller: Implications of new technologies in healthcare

New healthcare technologies, in our case sexually transmitted infections diagnostics, need to be integrated with all stakeholders, including the WHO. In countries like Malta and Zambia, we explore scalable implementation and antimicrobial resistance issues. Expanding diagnostics enhances treatment accuracy by reducing reliance on syndromic approaches. Reducing antibiotic resistance is a crucial element in evolving global health systems.

Yingxi Zhao: Medical workforce research in Kenya

The issue of global health workforce shortage is especially acute in low- and middle-income countries like Kenya. These countries face urban concentration of workers, migration to high-income countries, poor training and burnout, all of which impacts care quality. Addressing these issues through ethical recruitment, developing roles and improving workforce well-being is crucial for effective healthcare systems and public resource management.

Alun Davies: Engaging communities for ethical research

The Global Health Network supports researchers in global health with resources and a community of one million practitioners. Mesh, TGHN platform for community engagement, is offering an online training course for community engagement and involvement in health research. Ensuring that community members are involved in all steps of the research process has become vital, enhancing both ethics and scientific rigour, and improving research practices and policy influence.

Caesar Atuire: Making health more ethical for all

Ethics emphasises fair and equitable actions, particularly important in healthcare. For example, a project on solidarity highlights disparities in COVID-19 vaccine distribution, questioning ethical ideals. Major challenges include health inequalities, radical disagreements, AI responsibility and structural injustice. Our research looks at justice and equity in health interventions, ensuring they reach those in need effectively and timely.

Philippe Guérin: Enabling data reuse to combat infectious diseases

IDDO is a data platform that facilitates the integration and analysis of individual patient data from diverse studies, uncovering new insights otherwise inaccessible. Through meticulous curation and merging of data, IDDO unearth crucial evidence, such as the impact of malaria treatment on malnourished children, a group usually excluded from trials. This comprehensive approach not only informs better treatment strategies but also identifies gaps in current knowledge, guiding future research directions and potentially transforming healthcare guidelines worldwide.