Global Health

Xuemei Zhang is a Research Assistant and PhD Candidate at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, and visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge. Xuemei is supporting the projects related to the economic impacts of hearing loss in Australia. Xuemei’s PhD research is to investigate the distribution of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in transitional economy like China using the national representative longitudinal survey. Xuemei is also participating in assessing the cost-effectiveness of artificial intelligence (AI) on CVD screening in Australia, UK, and Singapore. 

I am currently a postgraduate student in the MPhil in Population Health Sciences Program (Public Health stream) at the University of Cambridge. I am also a recent graduate of the University of Toronto, where I studied global health, political science, and psychology.

Anab Issa is an MPhil student in Population Health Sciences (2024/25) at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on infectious disease modelling, specifically developing the methods to estimate the number of people living with transmissible levels of HIV. Previously, she was a Project Coordinator at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, working towards integrating quality standards of care for critically ill patients into Primary Health Care facilities in Tanzania.

I'm a medical doctor from Malaysia currently pursuing my MPhil in Population Health Sciences at Cambridge. My interest lies in public health and more specifically in expanding AI/digital health use in the clinical setting.

I am a versatile scientist with a strong background in virology and immunology, specializing in infectious diseases with epidemic and pandemic potential. My research career evolved during the COVID-19 crisis, shifting from laboratory-based investigations to a broader focus on global health. Now, my interest centers on science policy, pandemic preparedness and response, and ensuring equitable access to resources during health crises.

Favour Peters is an MPhil student in Population Health Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on infectious disease epidemiology, specifically the progression of chronic infections and their association with disability, in rural and underserved communities. Prior to studying at Cambridge, she worked as a Research Assistant at the Ghana Ministry of Health and Africa Centre for Epidemiology.

I am a Senior Teaching Associate in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care (DPHPC) at Cambridge, supporting the design and delivery of the MPhil in Population Health Sciences that is offered through a partnership between DPHPC, and the MRC Epidemiology and Biostatistics Departments. My emphasis within the MPhil is  on the Global Health, Public Health, and Primary Care themes and I teach in modules on Health Policy, Global Health Governance and Research Skills. 

Dr Shobhana (Shobi) Nagraj is an Assistant Professor of Primary & Community Care in the Department of Public Health & Primary Care. She works in partnership with the East London NHS Foundation Trust in the fields of Health Systems research and Implementation Science, with a focus on life course approaches to improving maternal child health. She is a co-theme lead for global health on the MPhil in Population Health Sciences.

I am in my final year of my PhD working on modelling and epidemiology for infant immunisation in England. I have used a previously developed model to estimate the potential number cases prevented by an infant MenACWY vaccine. I also developed my own varicella and herpes zoster model to investigate the impact of adding a varicella containing vaccine to the infant immunisation schedule. Following the transmission modelling I also developed a health economic model to investigate the cost effectiveness of this programme.