Research Review Writer, Nuffield Politics Research Centre, University of Oxford I am a research review writer at the Nuffield Politics Research Centre, and a PhD student in political science at the London School of Economics. I research the political consequences of technological change, ranging from the rollout of BBC radio in 1920s England to recent expansions of mobile phone networks across Sub-Saharan Africa. I'm also interested in how voters respond to economic and political information, forming the basis of a range of work in Britain. Before moving to the LSE, I studied for an MPhil in Politics (Comparative Government) and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford.
PhD Candidate, University of Nottingham For my PhD thesis I have been exploring public awareness and attitudes to mind uploading. Up until 2018 I was an industry market researcher specialising in healthcare although I also have business to business and consumer experience. I have over 30 years’ experience and have held senior roles at several agencies including Ipsos MORI and Research International (South Africa) where I was the Qualitative Director on the Unilever account. In 2014 I set up my own consultancy ACT Research Ltd and this gave me the opportunity to fulfil a long-held ambition to gain a post graduate qualification as a mature student. I achieved a Distinction in my MSc from the University of Nottingham and was subsequently accepted onto the Horizon Centre’s Doctoral Training Programme which focuses on the digital economy and digital innovation. As a commercial researcher I gave many presentations to senior audiences and co-authored a Health Economics paper. I am a Certified Member of the Market Research Society and have previously held positions on the Board of The British Healthcare Business Intelligence Association where I also served on the Ethics and Compliance Committee. As an early career researcher I am working on publications for academic journals and conferences. I have given a Public Science Lecture at the university and am keen to share my work more widely.
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado State University Dr. Ashok Prasad joined the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department as an Assistant Professor in Spring 2009. Dr. Prasad’s undergraduate degree (a B.Sc.(Hons) in Physics) was from St. Stephens College, Delhi University in 1985. He then moved to studying Economics and earned a MA from the Delhi School of Economics, in 1987. He taught economics in Khalsa (E) College of Delhi University till 2001. However, his love for physics inspired him to join Brandeis University (Waltham, MA) in 2001 for a Ph.D. At Brandeis he worked with Professor Jane’ Kondev on biologically inspired problems in soft matter. After graduating in 2006 he joined the computational immunology group of Prof. Arup Chakraborty at MIT as a postdoc, where he worked on thymocyte selection and T cell activation till he joined CSU in 2009.
Professor of Psychology, UMass Lowell Allyssa McCabe, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at University of Massachusetts Lowell. She founded and co-edited the journal Narrative Inquiry and has researched how narrative develops with age, the way parents can encourage narration, cultural differences in narration, and interrelationships between the development of narrative, vocabulary, and phonological awareness. With David Dickinson, she has developed a theoretical approach to early literacy called the Comprehensive Language Approach, which looks at ways that the various strands of oral and written language (e.g., vocabulary, phonological awareness, print knowledge) affect each other in the acquisition of full literacy. A key concern is with assessment of preschool-aged children, especially preventing misdiagnosis of cultural differences in language use as deficits. With Chien-ju Chang, she most recently published Chinese Language Narration with John Benjamins. She conducted a successful intervention with preschool children attending the Bartlett School in Lowell, enlisting graduate and undergraduate students to build the oral language skills such children need in order to learn to read and write. With Khanh Dinh, she was funded to study the narrative life stories of Latino and Cambodian high school students in Lowell. With Jana Sladkova, she was funded to study the narratives of immigrant children in Lowell.
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences Andrea B Pembe is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences and a consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist practising at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He teaches undergraduate and Postgraduate students. He has supervised and mentored more than 30 Master students and 5 PhD student. Andrea have considerable experience in research with a number of publications related to maternal and newborn care, health systems, reproductive health, quality of health care and implementation science. He participated in development of maternal and newborn policies and guidelines under the Ministry of Health and other developmental partners. Andrea is collaborating with local institutions including IHI, NIMR, GIZ. Internationally he is collaborating with Uppsalla University and Karolinska Institute in Sweden, Harvard, George Masson and George Washington universities in US, Bergen and NTNU in Norway, and university of Birmingham in the UK. Contact: andreapembe@yahoo.co.uk Selcted publications: Alwy Al-Beity F, Pembe AB, Kwezi HA, Massawe SN, Hanson C, Baker U. “We do what we can do to save a woman” health workers’ perceptions of health facility readiness for management of postpartum haemorrhage. Glob Health Action. 2020;13(1):1707403. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2019.1707403. Pembe AB, Hirose A, Alwy Al-beity F, Atuhairwe S, Morris JL, Kaharuza F, Marrone G, Hanson C. Rethinking the definition of maternal near‐miss in low‐income countries using data from 104 health facilities in Tanzania and Uganda. IJGO; 2019. doi/pdf/10.1002/ijgo.12976. Pembe AB, Sunguya BF, Mushi S, Leshabari S, Kiwango G, Masaki C, Mlunde LB. Essential medicine and equipment for emergency obstetric and neonatal care in Zanzibar: Situation at a glance. GJMR-(E) 2019;19(4) Pembe AB, Mbekenga CK, Olsson P, Darj E. Why women do not adhere to advice on maternal referral in rural Tanzania? Narratives of women and their family members. Global Health Action. 10:1, 1364888, DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1364888
PhD Candidate (Exercise Physiology), University of Lagos Patient focused and responsible Physiotherapist and researcher with 20+ years of experience in epidemiology studies and examining patients rehabilitation needs, developing therapy plans and goals across home healthcare, in-patient and out-patient health facilities. Distinguished client-facing skills and experience working closely with healthcare professionals and researchers to assess and treat complex conditions. At Ageless Physical Rehabilitation Center, spearheaded and maintained Lagos State, Nigeria accreditation. Lead researcher at Center for Research, Education and Development in physical Rehabilitation. Leads the research team of SUNRISE STUDY Nigeria in the first international cross-sectional study that aims to determine the proportion of 3- and 4- year-old children who meet the WHO Global Physical Activity Guidelines in the Early Years and how they differ by gender, urban/rural location and/or socioeconomic status, executive functions, motor skills and adiposity as potential correlates of 24-hour movement behaviors.
