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Professor Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
Professor Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi

Professor Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Professor Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi is a global health leader with expertise in multi-site STI research, diagnostic innovation, and digital health in sub-Saharan Africa. She co-leads the NIH-funded STI Diagnostics Consortium in Uganda and founded the Academy for Health Innovation. As co-lead of the Hub for AI in MSRH in Africa (HASH), she supports ethical AI in reproductive health. She has undertaken clinical trial evaluation on health technologies such as mhealth and medical drones.

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  • r.parkes@qub.ac.uk
  • +447817739450

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the fields of:

  • Infectious Diseases including HIV and STIs
  • Health technology evaluation
  • Health systems in LMIC
  • Refugee health services
  • AI, mhealth, medical drones

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Elected Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), London
  • Elected Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (FFPH), UK
  • Over 100 peer-reviewed publications; H-index: 24
  • Editorial board member for CABI Global Health Cases
  • Advisor to WHO and Gates Foundation on AI in reproductive health
  • Member of Global Health AI Network (HAICON) and Lacuna Fund Technical Advisory Panel
  • Established one of the first public HIV treatment clinics in Uganda (Masaka Regional Hospital)
  • Lecturer for the African CDC Kofi Annan Leadership Programme
  • 70+ national and international conference presentations

Research students

PhD Title Use of mHealth for HIV support in Young adults in Uganda
Name Agnes Bwanika
Years of Study 2021 - present
Country  Uganda

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title Liver Fibrosis Among Adults in Urban Uganda: Diagnosis, Distribution, Correlates and Patterns of Liver Disease
Name Clara Wekesa
Years of Study 2021 - 2025, Makerere University, Uganda
Country  Uganda
Current Position Post Doc at IDI, Makerere University
   
PhD Title Universal health coverage (UHC) in Sub-Saharan Africa
Name Susan Adukan
Years of Study 2018 - 2023, University of Cambridge
   
PhD Title Models of Care of Health System Delivery in Humanitarian settings in Cameroon and Nigeria
Name Lundi Ann Omam Ngo Biba
Years of Study 2021 - 2025, University of Cambridge
Current Position Co-ordinator, Reach Out Cameroon

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    • https://theacademy.co.ug/about-the-academy/ 

 


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