Rashida Ferrand

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Rashida Ferrand
Alma mater Newcastle University
Scientific career
Institutions London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Thesis Burden of HIV infection and HIV-associated morbidity in Zimbabwean adolescents  (2010)

Rashida Abbas Ferrand is a British physician and epidemiologist who is a professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Her research considers adolescent health and the development of interventions to improve outcomes for people living with HIV. She was awarded the 2018 Chalmers Medal, and elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2024.

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Early life and education

Ferrand studied medicine at Newcastle University. She specialised in internal medicine, and completed her specialist training in HIV/AIDS in London.[ citation needed ] Ferrand earned a master's degree in epidemiology at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Her doctoral research, which was supported by the Wellcome Trust, investigated HIV-associated morbidity in Zimbabwean adolescents. [1] She was supported by two Wellcome Trust fellowships to identify strategies to improve the outcomes of people living with HIV. [2] [3]

Research and career

Ferrand has dedicated her career to the epidemiology of adolescent health and sexual and reproductive health at Southern Africa. She develops public health interventions, including evaluating the impact of a psychosocial nutritional care package for pregnant adolescents.[ citation needed ]

In 2003, Ferrand moved to Harare, [4] where she works on public health interventions relevant to people in Zimbabwe. [5] In 2012, she established the Zimbabwe LSHTM Research Partnership, which studied HIV prevention and care, as well as the long-term complications of HIV. [4] In 2022, she renamed the partnership The Health Research Unit Zimbabwe ('THRU ZIM'), which is a multi-disciplinary research programme that focusses on equitable partnerships and initiatives that strengthen the Zimbabwean research capacity. [6] She has studied the clinical manifestations and pathogenesis of children and adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV. [7] [8] In 2018 Ferrand was awarded the Chalmers Medal.[ citation needed ]

Ferrand is the director of the CREATE PhD programme, a scheme which trains future global health researchers. [9]

Awards and honours

Selected publications

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