IHTM Research Placements
The third, or Trinity term, of IHTM involves a funded eight-week placement with a global health project in a resource limited setting. Projects represent the range of subjects covered in the course and the project forms the basis of an independent 10,000-word dissertation to be submitted six weeks after the return from placement.
Many of the projects are hosted by the Oxford Tropical Network in various geographic regions. Projects change from year to year depending on research currently underway. Below are a list of the research project placements undertaken by the 2022 - 2023 cohort of IHTM students.
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Project Title |
Location of the Project |
Research field(s) |
Research tool(s) |
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Assessment of Pilot Study for Colorectal Cancer Screening in Seychelles |
Victoria, Seychelles |
NCDs |
Statistics, health economics |
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Boosters and barriers to access and coverage of community-based management of acute malnutrition in Urban Montserrado/Grand Bassa, Liberia |
Liberia |
Nutrition |
Statistics |
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Evaluation of the HemoCue® method for measuring haemoglobin concentrations in malaria patients receiving single low dose primaquine combined with artemether-lumefantrine or dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – A Bland-Altman statistical approach for method comparisons |
MORU, Bangkok, Thailand |
Infectious Disease (Malaria) |
Statistics |
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Assessing trends in folic acid in falciparum-infected African children treated with artemether-lumefantrine or dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine and single low dose primaquine/placebo |
MORU, Bangkok, Thailand |
Infectious Disease (Malaria) |
Statistics |
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Factors influencing participation and decision-making in malaria human infection studies in Kenya |
KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya |
Infectious Disease (Malaria Human Infection Studies) |
Statistics |
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Optimising DTP Booster vaccination in selected LMIC countries |
The Modelling and Simulation Hub, Africa (MASHA), Cape Town, South Africa |
Infectious disease / Vaccination |
Mathematical Modelling |
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The contribution of medical supply issues to the state of Maternal and Neonatal Health in Liberia - a qualitative exploration |
Liberia |
RMNCAH |
Qualitative |
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Towards Hepatitis C micro-elimination in Thailand’s prison populations - a cost-effectiveness analysis of screening and treatment policy options |
MAMOD, MORU, Bangkok, Thailand |
Infectious Diseases (Hepatitis C) |
Health Economics |
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Determinants, knowledge, and practices of antibiotic prescribing in primary healthcare in rural Vietnam |
OUCRU, Hanoi, Vietnam |
Antimicrobial Resistance |
Statistics |
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Understanding the decision-making patterns of healthcare providers when prescribing antibiotics for sepsis in the absence of diagnostic tests: A structured expert elicitation study in Timor-Leste |
Oxford, UK |
Antimicrobial Resistance |
Expert elicitation |
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Analysis of global national action plans for AMR through a just transition lens – a scoping review |
OUCRU, Hanoi, Vietnam |
AMR and Climate Change |
Statistics, evidence synthesis, policy review |
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Conceptual pathways for AMR interventions in the community |
Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand |
Antimicrobial Resistance |
Statistics |
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Ethics and Mental Health Research in Ghana |
Ghana |
Mental health / ethics |
Mixed (quantitative-qualitative) / qualitative |
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Climate change impact as a criterion to inform GAVI’s VIS decision framework |
GAVI, Geneva |
Vaccines |
Document review |
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A review of the ethics of vaccine prioritisation |
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Scoping Review of Community Engagement Methods with indigenous and vulnerable communities to understand the impact of climate change for health systems preparedness in rural Kenya |
Oxford UK/ KEMRI Wellcome Trust Office in Nairobi |
Climate Change |
Scoping Review |
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Diversity and inclusion in the governance of global health organisation |
Oxford UK/ WHO, Geneva |
Policies |
Scoping Review and Survey analysis |
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Making sense of Global Health in the Global South: a case study of the international affairs observatory at Fiocruz Brazil |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
International Affairs and Health Diplomacy |
Qualitative tools / Systematic, scoping or document review tools |
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Finalize and adapt a regional framework on promoting health and well-being |
Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) of the World Health Organization, Egypt |
Policies |
Scoping or policy review |
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Exploring the experiences and perceptions of health workers using AI-powered digital health technology for TB active case finding in the Philippines: Implications for sustainability and scale up |
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Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare - TB screening |
Philippines |
Infectious Diseases (TB) |
Quantitative / qualitative |
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Boosters and barriers to access and coverage of community-based management of acute malnutrition in Urban Montserrado/Grand Bassa, Liberia |
Liberia |
Nutrition |
Statistics and/or qualitative (FGDs, IDIs) |
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The Impact of a Global Health National Observatory on International Affairs and Global health diplomacy: A case of the Fiocruz Observatory |
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Evaluation of the HemoCue® method for measuring haemoglobin concentrations in malaria patients receiving single low dose primaquine combined with artemether-lumefantrine or dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – A Bland-Altman statistical approach for method comparisons |
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Employ mixed methods to understand the gendered impacts of chronic kidney disease and access to treatment in Northern Ghana |
Ghana |
Diabetes, gender perspectives |