Health Inequalities

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.

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'm a medical doctor in Public Health specialty training and Academic Clinical Fellow at UEA.

My research interests are in health inequity in cancer, tobacco control and young people's mental health, and have received prizes at international conferences and competitions in these areas.

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.

A public health enthusiast with an interest in fostering health equity.

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 a Senior Research Associate based in the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit in the Dept of Public Health & Primary Care, where I also hold an affiliation to the NHS Blood & Transplant Research Unit. My research focuses on the use of simulation modelling to evaluate novel public health strategies both in terms of clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness.