IHTM Research Placements
The third, or Trinity term, of IHTM involves an eight-week placement with a global health project in a resource limited setting. Travel and accommodation for the placement is funded by the course. 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 2024 - 2025 cohort of IHTM students.
Find out more about one student's experience in Ghana.
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Placement Project Title |
Location |
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Characterising blood and cerebrospinal fluid glucose concentrations in Vietnamese patients with central nervous system infections. |
Bangkok, Thailand |
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Assessing the impacts of different interventions to prevent Thalassaemia in Thailand: Literature review and modelling approach. |
Bangkok Thailand |
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Challenges and effectiveness of Emerging Infectious Disease (EID) surveillance-to-notification systems in Africa: a case study |
Cape Town, South Africa |
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological parameters of Chikungunya virus lineages
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Bogotá, Colombia |
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Evaluation of a two-step screen for diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) in a low resource setting.
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Mae Ra Mat, Thailand |
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Current diagnostics research landscape for pandemic prone diseases |
Oxford, UK |
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Age-Specific Patterns in Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis and Survival Outcomes: A Population-Based Analysis. |
Seychelles |
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Ethical use of AI to increase efficiency of e-pharmacy and telehealth services |
Nairobi, Kenya |
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Integrating prevention of online sexual violence against children into new hybrid-digital parenting programs in Africa and Asia |
Cape Town, South Africa |
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Stroke Burden and Increased Mortality Among Rural Stroke Patients in Vietnam. |
Vietnam |
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Public acceptability of new vaccines
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Oxford, UK |
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Exploring knowledge, attitudes and practices related to cancer awareness and health-seeking behaviour among the adult population of Seychelles
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Seychelles
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Ethical use of AI to increase efficiency of e-pharmacy and telehealth services Integration of Malaria Testing and Treatment into a School Health Program |
Lusaka, Zambia |
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Identifying challenges and facilitators for strengthening the EID surveillance to care ecosystem in Indonesia |
Bali, Indonesia |
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Impact of enhanced healthcare infrastructure and health worker training on maternal care utilisation: a comparative study of two rural health facilities in Papua New Guinea. |
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
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Evaluation and optimisation of the national programme for the elimination of the vertical transmission of HTLV in Brazil |
Campo Grande - Mato Grosso do Sul State. Brazil. |
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Mental health literacy in young people in Nepal |
Kathamandu, Nepal |
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Costing Liberia’s National Diabetes Screening intervention |
United Kingdom
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Serocatalytic Modelling of Dengue Serotypes in Latin America and the Caribbean |
Bogotá, Colombia |