MBBS, MSc, PhD, PFHEA
Personal Chair
- About
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- Email Address
- a.poobalan@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 437866
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
I am a Medical doctor by background, trained in academic Public Health, and have over 20 years of experience as a Public Health educator and researcher. I graduated from Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore in India and worked as an infectious disease clinician before pursuing academia. I am a Professor of Public Health Education and hold a Principal Fellow status of Advance HE https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/fellowship/principal-fellowship I am the academic lead for Masters programmes in the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition at the University of Aberdeen (UK).
My pedagogical research focuses on equal opportunities and inclusive education. My research interests include student support to enhance engagement and learning, especially among ethnically and culturally diverse student communities; mentoring trainee doctors for improving career planning and addressing differential attainment; social accountability of education; predictive validity of medical selection; and sustainable education in resource-limited settings.
My work combines my discipline-specific research on Diabetes and Cancer with my pedagogical underpinning, working towards making an impact on task shifting and educational empowerment in Resource-limited settings. I am interested in lifestyle patterns and socio-cultural influences in the management of NCDs during ‘TRANSITIONS’. These include transitions from adolescence to young adults and rural to urban; economic, demographic, and cultural shifts in transitioning countries.
I have expertise in Systematic Reviewing and Qualitative research methodologies. I have research and education collaborations nationally and internationally with India, Kuwait, and Nepal working with academic institutions, NGOs, and Research Foundations with over 100 publications in high-impact scientific journals. I have undertaken consultancy work for WHO and peer-reviewed grant applications for Governments and other esteemed organisations such as NIHR.
Qualifications
- MBBS Medicine1991 - Christian Medical College, Vellore South India
- MSc Public Health2000 - University of Aberdeen
- PhD Public Health2011 - University of Aberdeen
- PFHEA Higher Education2021 - Advance HE
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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- Academic Lead for Postgraduate taught Masters programmes for the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
- Academic Lead for the Doctoral (PhD) programmes for the Institute of Applied Health Sciences.
- Programme lead for Master of Public Health (MPH), Qatar
- Postgraduate lead on School Intercalating Executive facilitating Masters intercalation
- Advance HE Champion – Institute of Applied Health Sciences (IAHS) IAHS
- Member of the University Senate
- Senate representative on the University Education Committee
- External Memberships
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- External Examiner for University of Sheffield - For Master of Public Health (MPH) with 3 strands - Management and Leadership; European Public Health; Health Services Research
- External Examiner for University of Dundee - For the ‘Professional Learning Framework’ with the Academic Skills Centre which awards Fellowship status.
- Country Director and Executive member of Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL)
- Member of the Society for Social Medicine
- Member of the Association for the Study of Obesity
- Principal Fellow of the AdvanceHE (PFHEA)
- Adjunct faculty of the Department of Community Medicine at Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), India
- Senior Editor for the Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education (JARHE)
- Invited member Committee – Medical Educators in Resource-Constrained Settings (MERCS)
Latest Publications
Outcomes reported in elective colorectal cancer surgery research for older patients: A scoping review
Colorectal Disease, vol. 26, no. 11, pp. 1871-1882Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFollow the policy: An actor network theory study of widening participation to medicine in two countries
Medical Education, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 288-298Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15178
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21429/2/Coyle_etal_ME_Follow_The_Policy_VoR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Should Kuwait Join Global Epidemiological Research for Older People?
Kuwait Medical Journal, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 50-53Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA qualitative study of social accountability translation: from mission to living it
BMC Medical Education, vol. 24, no. 1, 145Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStaying and getting on: Developing strategies to support widening access students in their medical studies
Contributions to Conferences: Papers
Prizes and Awards
- 2023 - Best Research paper award at Association of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) conference
- 2022 - Nominated for Excellence in Contribution to a Team or Role Award
- 2019 - Winner of UoA Principal’s Teaching Excellence Award - Runner-up prize
- Research
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Research Overview
My main strands of work, combine my discipline-specific research on Diabetes and Cancer with my pedagogical underpinning, working towards making an impact of task shifting and educational empowerment in Resource-limited settings. I am specifically interested in lifestyle behavioural patterns; socio-cultural influences in prevention and management of NCDs during ‘TRANSITIONS’. These include transitions from adolescence to young adults; economic, demographic and cultural shifts in transitioning countries; and rural to urban transitions.
My pedagogical research focuses on equal opportunities and inclusive education. My research interests are student support to enhance engagement and learning especially among ethnically and culturally diverse student communities; mentoring and support for trainee doctors for improving career planning and addressing differential attainment; social accountability of education; predictive validity of medical selection; and sustainable education in resource-limited settings.
Research Areas
Applied Health Sciences
Education
Research Specialisms
- Applied Science
- Higher Education
- Higher Education Teaching
- Epidemiology
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
My main pedagogical interest can be broadly defined into three areas and I am involved in the following research projects reflecting my interests:
- Mentoring and support for trainee doctors for improving career planning and addressing differential attainment (2021- ) Learning environment and experiences of trainees from certain backgrounds (e.g. minority ethnic groups) are more likely significant influencers of trainee attainment. Relationships with peers and mentors as well as psychosocial factors such as sense of belonging have been reported as key themes influencing differential attainment. Similarly, within medicine, there is evidence to suggest that mentoring improves career satisfaction, career planning and personal growth. However, the potential influence of mentoring on foundation doctors is yet to be explored to see if mentoring can lead to an improvement in retention and recruitment of junior doctors to speciality programmes. Funded by SMERC, I am collaborating with NHS Education Scotland (NES) Deanery colleagues to explore minority ethnic trainee doctors’ lived experiences of undertaking postgraduate specialty training; and explore the experiences and perceptions of mentoring amongst foundation trainees and its potential influences on career planning, progression, and satisfaction in Scotland
- Impact of education models on social accountability (2019- ) Medical education and practice are not isolated from the cultural and social structural context in which they take place. Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore, South India is one of the largest medical schools and was established in 1900 with the principles of preparing graduates to meet health care needs of society at its core. CMC selection and curricular processes have been developed, coordinated and aligned to, with local healthcare needs and context, and to instil and nurture the values of service in their graduates. I am leading two projects to assess the:
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- Predictive validity medical selection process in a resource constrained setting, retrospective cohort study (2021 -)
- Education for the local context: exploring the impact of a unique medical training model on healthcare delivery in India; Qualitative study (2019 -)
- Student support to enhance diversity, careers and employability (2017 - ) Traditionally, student support focuses on enhanced engagement and learning. However, with increasingly diverse student communities, support must be considered more holistically, to support diverse student success. Reflecting this, my interest is with student support at all stages of the student journey; from considering an application to study, applying for a place, integrating into, getting on and staying in a course, maximising the gains from educational opportunities, and outcomes thereafter. Diversity needs to be celebrated and many students face additional challenges because of the complexity of their background and/or personal circumstances. These challenges are often viewed under the umbrella term of ‘intersectionality
Past Research
Previous research
ICANTREAT - Cancer care pathway research (2018 - ) I am a core member of the research group working in collaboration with Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), India and BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital (BPKMCH), Nepal to improve cancer care pathways. Obtained Global Challenge Research Funds (GCRF) grants to run workshops in India and Nepal. This project focusses on developing community of expertise and key stakeholders to understand the care pathway, identify barriers to improve care. It also looks at the Hospital based Cancer Registries to understand the health data and how to strengthen this to improve health systems.
Patient Navigation System – Diabetes care management (2016 - ) Working with Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, India to train community health workers (CHWs) in delivering education, screening for diabetes complications using a protocol-based referral for physician consultation for management, assisted by an android application (App) for patient tracking. This project continues to build capacity with task shifting to improve frontline Community Health Care Workers’ intervention for diabetes management in resource limited settings.
Developing WHO Guidelines for Leprosy management (2018) I was invited by WHO to conduct a systematic review on various aspects of Leprosy management. I worked with Dr Laura Gillini, Prof Cairns Smith and Prof Roger Chow from WHO to develop the guidelines and was published by WHO. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/274127/9789290226383-eng.pdf
Young adults in transition and obesity (2017) I delivered an Invited symposium at the 24th European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2017) in Porto, Portugal. I drew together a group of international collaborators from four countries to develop and deliver this symposium attended by over 200 delegates. I collaborated with six researchers from various countries (Prof Kate Steinbeck, University of Sydney, Australia; Dr Laura Lissner, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Dr Charoula Nikolaou, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belguim; Prof Andrew Hill, University of Leeds, UK; Prof Louise Baur, University of Sydney, Australia; Prof Tim Gill, University of Sydney, Australia) to develop and deliver the symposium on “The transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood”.
Pedagogical Research; Diabetes and Cancer Research
My main strands of work, combine discipline-specific research on Diabetes and Cancer with my pedagogical underpinning, working towards making an impact of task shifting and educational empowerment in Resource-limited settings. I am interested in lifestyle patterns; socio-cultural influences in management of NCDs during ‘TRANSITIONS’. These include transitions from adolescence to young adults and rural to urban; economic, demographic and cultural shifts in transitioning countries.
Knowledge Exchange
Cancer awareness in the community - Public Engagement activity
Collaborations
I collaborate with researchers nationally and globally to take my research interests forward; I work with
- T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, USA (Dr Shilpa Bhupathiraju)
- University of Toronto, Canada (Dr Vasanthi Malik)
- Bournemouth University (Prof Edwin van Teijlingen)
- Hongkong Baptist University (Prof Julien Baker)
- Christian Medical College in Vellore, South India (Prof Vinay Oommen, Prof Anu Alexander)
- Manipal University, Karnataka, South India (Prof Arathi Rao and Prof Ranjitha Shetty)
- Sydney School of Public Health (Prof Kate Steinbeck)
- Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Prof Jennifer Cleland)
Supervision
I have supervised four PhD students to completion
1. Effect of weight bias internalization on young women. External supervisor
(University of Sydney) 2019 -2023
2. Widening access to higher education and medicine in the UK and Australia. Lead supervisor
Funded by Aberdeen - Curtin Alliance 2018-2022
3. Effects of probiotics on child growth in Ghana. Lead supervisor
Funded by GET fund, Ghana 2012-2016
4. Maternal obesity in Nigeria: an exploratory study. Lead supervisor
Funded by Commonwealth Scholarship Scheme 2012 -2015
Masters (Postgraduate Taught and MRes) students
I have supervised 96 MSc taught research projects and 1 Masters by Research to successful completion. These students are from Master of Public Health (MPH), MSc in Global Health and Management and MSc in Human Nutrition programmes.
Undergraduate supervision
I have supervised 6 Undergraduate research projects to successful completion. Two were from BSc Health Sciences, 1 Biomedical Sciences research projects and 3 Medical elective projects
PhD Advisor
I act as an advisor for 3 PhD students, which includes pastoral support and organising the summative assessments across the 3 years and their final PhD Viva
Funding and Grants
Sep 2023 to Aug 2024. The Carnegie Trust - Research Incentive Grant. £14,986. Staying in and getting on in medicine: Career decision-making in widening access students. Gibson Smith K, Poobalan A, Lumsden C, Walker K, Laidlaw A, Cecil J, Alexander K, Cleland J.
Oct 2022- May 2023. LTEP, University of Aberdeen. £732. . Staying in and getting on: Developing strategies to support widening access students in their medical studies. Gibson Smith K, Lumsden C, Walker K, Poobalan A, Laidla, A
Feb -Sep 2022. LTEP, University of Aberdeen. £1000. Standardised assessment rubrics - Help or Hindrance to feedforward? Poobalan A (PI), Craig L, Campbell F, Lopez R, Welch A, Tucker S, Maccallum D.
Feb -Sep 2022. LTEP, University of Aberdeen. £1000. Embedding Intersectionality: The pathway to an inclusive education. * Poobalan A (PI), Dowie C, Ross J, Brown A.
Nov 2021 to Aug 2022. SMERC. £3000. The lived experiences of racial discrimination in specialty trainees in Scotland Deanery: A qualitative study. Poobalan A (PI), Chopra C (Co-PI), Gibson Smith K, Youd E, Johnston P.
Feb 2021- Dec 2021. GCRF – SFC. £12,125. Selection into medicine in resource constrained settings: the predictive validity of a social-responsibility focused selection approach. Poobalan A (PI), Kynn M, Jack A, Oommen V, Zachariah A, Pulimood A, Cleland J.
Feb 2021- Dec 2021. GCRF – SFC. £18,105. Increasing participation in cancer screening and treatment in Nepal. Tripathee S (PI), Sara MacLennan S, Poobalan A, Guntupalli A.
Nov 2020- Feb 2021. UK India Eduation and Research Initiative (UKIERI) (£2,508) Virtual Student mobility award. Poobalan A (PI), De Roos Baukje, Radhakrishnan R, Satyamoorthy K.
May 2020 – Oct 2020. Chief Scientist Office (CSO) (£48,541). Looking after the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic: a focus on addressing physical activity, loneliness, and help-seeking behaviour. Martin K (PI), Khor W, Murchie P, Poobalan A, Powell D, Vieira R, K Stelfox K.
Feb 2020 – Jan 2021. British Council (33,680). UK India Eduation and Research Initiative (UKIERI) Student mobility award: Study in India. Poobalan A (PI), De Roos Baukje, Radhakrishnan R, Satyamoorthy K.
Feb – July 2020. Friends of Vellore (£2000). Improving research skills of community health aides in remote and rural tribal area in South India. Poobalan A (PI), Rose A
March 2020 – March 2021. British Council (£33,680). UKIERI student mobility programme: Study in India. Poobalan A (PI), Satyamoorthy K
Jan 2020 – Dec 2020. Scottish Funding Council (£9,800). Sustainable intensification: Integrating Aquaculture into food systems.De Roos B (PI), Poobalan A, Potts T,Van West P
Oct 2019 -Sep 2021. AMEE Grant for Medical Educators working in Resource Constrained Settings (MERCS grant) (£2500). Education for the local context: exploring the impact of a unique medical training model on healthcare delivery in India. A Zachariah (PI), Poobalan A, Pulimood A, Cleland J
Feb -Sep 2019. Learning and Teaching Enhancement Programme (£1958). Enhancing postgraduate learning and experience: Evaluation of the SUCCESS PLUS programme (Socio-cUltural Coaching for Careers and Employability to Support Success: Pathways for Life Underpinning Success). Poobalan A (PI), Christie L, Morgan H, Craig L, Kyle J, Bhattacharya S, Okpo E.
Aug 2019 - May 2020. MRC. (£49,973). Mycotoxin exposure, intestinal inflammation and childhood stunting in India. Gratz S (PI), Poobalan A, Kyle J, de Roos B.
May – Dec 2019. GCRF ISSF award. (£10,041) Increasing participation in breast cancer screening and treatment within Manipal, India: Developing a Community of Expertise (ICANTREAT). Maclennan S (PI) and Poobalan A.
Jan - Sept 2019. Wellcome Trust ISSF- International Partnership Award. (£9,900) Dietary mycotoxin exposure in India and possible link to chronic diseases- An exploratory study in four selected regions of southern India. Gratz S (PI), Poobalan A, Siruguri V, Madhuri R, Kyle J.
Sept –Nov 2018. GCRF-IPPF award. (£14, 963) Increasing participation in breast cancer screening and treatment within Manipal, India (CANTREAT). Maclennan S (PI) and Poobalan A.
Oct 2018 – April 2019. MBChB Innovation Fund. (£2000) Development and pilot of an ‘Island Health Care Adventure’ for Year 1 MBChB students. Patey R (PI), O’Brien G, Kay C, Poobalan A, Jack A.
Feb –March 2018. WHO consultancy (£4296). Systematic review contributing to developing guidelines on Diagnosis, Treatment and prevention of Leprosy. Poobalan A (PI).
Jan – June 2018. Scottish Funding Council. (£9,990). Nourishing the future: improving adolescent nutrition for reproductive health in Bangladesh. Haggarty P (PI), Bhattacharya S, Kyle J, Poobalan A, McNeill G.
June –Sept 2017. Summer studentship (£1500). Lecture recording and its impact on lecture attendance and academic performance: A systematic review. Poobalan A (PI), Comber D, Nordman E
April 2017- July 2018. Learning and Teaching Enhancement Programme award. (£940) Student transitions: the role of student support structures. Cleland J (PI), Poobalan A, Barrow J, Foster K
June-July 2017. GCRF-IPPF award. (£15,534) Transferring capability and knowledge to measure second-hand smoke concentrations in homes as a first step to developing smoke-free homes intervention programmes in India and Malaysia. Semple S (PI), Poobalan A, Pattanshetty S, Abidin E.
May 2017 Santander Mobility award (£1000). For travelling to Porto, Portugal to deliver a invited symposium on Young adult obesity at ECO 2017 and develop collaborations with Porto University. Poobalan A (PI)
April –May 2017. WHO consultancy (£13,000). Systematic review contributing to developing guidelines on Diagnosis, Treatment and prevention of Leprosy. Poobalan A (PI)
Jan-March 2017. BBSRC GCRF- Impact Acceleration award (IAA). (£ 14,309) Introduction of health technologies to monitor dietary intake in relation to metabolic health in India. De Roos B (PI), Poobalan A, Kyle J, Pattanshetty S, Isaac R.
- Teaching
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Programmes
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, September start
Master of Public Health - Qatar
Courses
- MPH Programme Lead - Qatar
Teaching Responsibilities
- I am the Academic Lead for the Masters programme for the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition.
- After developing, implementing and leading the MPH programme in Aberdeen for 7 years, I now lead the Master of Public Health (MPH) Programme in Qatar. I liaise with the strategic partners for successful delivery of the programme.
- I lead the doctoral programme, from interviewing students at intake, assessing them at progress points and provide pastoral care.
- I contribute to teaching on systematic reviewing, mixed methods study designs, double burden of malnutrition for MBChB and Masters level students on MPH, Global Health, MSc in special dentistry and MSc in Clinical Education
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
I have taught on the Research in Medical Education (RESME) online course (April 2019- 2020) run by Association of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE).
Workshops on Research methods: I have conducted workshops on Evidence Based Medicine - a four-day workshop in Nepal funded by Department for International Development (DFID) in 2007. I also conducted a workshop on Qualitative Research Methods - a two-day workshop in India funded by UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) in 2015; Workshop in Kuwait for Medical Registrars in 2022.
- Publications
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Outcomes reported in elective colorectal cancer surgery research for older patients: A scoping review
Colorectal Disease, vol. 26, no. 11, pp. 1871-1882Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFollow the policy: An actor network theory study of widening participation to medicine in two countries
Medical Education, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 288-298Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15178
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21429/2/Coyle_etal_ME_Follow_The_Policy_VoR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Should Kuwait Join Global Epidemiological Research for Older People?
Kuwait Medical Journal, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 50-53Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA qualitative study of social accountability translation: from mission to living it
BMC Medical Education, vol. 24, no. 1, 145Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStaying and getting on: Developing strategies to support widening access students in their medical studies
Contributions to Conferences: PapersStaying in and getting on: Developing strategies to support widening access students in their medical studies.
The Clinical Teacher, vol. 21, no. S2, pp. 50Contributions to Journals: AbstractsThe role of Hospital-Based Cancer Registries (HBCRs) as information systems in the delivery of evidence-based integrated cancer care: a scoping review
Health System, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 177-191Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCommon mental health problems in medical students and junior doctors - an overview of systematic reviews
Journal of Mental HealthContributions to Journals: Review articles"For us, whatever we do is wrong, until we do something really good": a qualitative study of the lived experiences of doctors from minority ethnic backgrounds in Scotland
BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 10, e073733Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAn inclusive strategy to enhance equity and quality of research-led teaching experience
Contributions to Conferences: Oral PresentationsRace and sex disparities in acute outcomes of patients with acute ischemic stroke and diabetes mellitus. A national inpatient sample study.
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, vol. 229, 107747Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDistribution of energy intake across the day and weight loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Obesity Reviews, vol. 24, no. 3, e13537Contributions to Journals: Review articlesThe Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing on Traumatic Brain injury in Scotland: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Routine National Data
British Journal of Neurosurgery, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 1628–1634Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWhite Rice, Brown Rice and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
BMJ Open, vol. 12, no. 9, e065426Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDeveloping research skills with weekly online seminars over the summer
Europhysiology 2022Contributions to Journals: AbstractsPreparation, Relationship and Reflection: Lessons for International Medical Electives
Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 95-99Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/14782715221103406
Biomarkers for assessing acute kidney injury for people who are being considered for admission to critical care: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 26, no. 7, pp. 1-286Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStep 1 - Needs Assessment
Survey Methods for Medical and Health Professions Education. Phillips, A. W., Durning, S. J., Artino, A. R. (eds.). Elsevier, pp. 5-17, 13 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-69591-6.00002-3
Writing up the literature review
Academic writing and publishing in Health and Social Sciences. Wasti, S., van Teijlingen, E., Simkhada, P., Hundley, V. (eds.). 1st edition. Himal books, pp. 68-77, 10 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)- [ONLINE] Book
Cost-effectiveness and value of information analysis of NephroCheck and NGAL tests compared to standard care for the diagnosis of acute kidney injury
BMC Nephrology, vol. 22, 399Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEffective interventions in road traffic accidents among the young and novice drivers of low and middle-income countries: A scoping review
Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, vol. 12, 100865Contributions to Journals: ArticlesParental experiences of education at home during a pandemic
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 161-182Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEfficacy of ulipristal acetate in women with fibroid induced menorrhagia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction, vol. 50, no. 9, 102173Contributions to Journals: ArticlesKnowledge, anxiety levels and attitudes of infertile couples towards COVID-19 and its impact on self-funded fertility treatment: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey
Human Reproduction Open, vol. 2021, no. 4, hoab039Contributions to Journals: ArticlesConsidering medical education research: Selection into medical school
Curr Med Issues, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 194-196Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMeritocratic and fair?: The discourse of UK and Australia's widening participation policies
Medical Education, vol. 55, no. 7, pp. 825-839Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFrontline community health care workers’ intervention for diabetes management in resource limited settings: a qualitative study on perspectives of key stakeholders
Journal of Global Health Reports, vol. 5, e2021046Contributions to Journals: ArticlesActing as External Examiners in the UK: Going Beyond Quality Assurance
The Role of External Examining in Higher Education: Challenges and Best Practices. Sengupta, E., Blessinger, P., Ssemwanga, A., Cozza, B. (eds.). Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 13-23, 11 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters"I had no idea the university offered"…: The support needs of postgraduate taught students
MedEdPublish, vol. 10, no. 1, 121Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPhD supervision in Public Health
Health Prospect: Journal of Public Health, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 1-4Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIncreasing Engagement for Breast Cancer Screening and Treatment: The "ICANTREAT" Community of Expertise Initiative
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, vol. 21, no. 12, pp. 3655-3659Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTask shifting to frontline community health workers for improved Diabetes care in low-resource settings in India: A phase II Non-randomized controlled clinical trial
Journal of Global Health Reports, vol. 4, e2020097Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPooled versus individual nucleic acid amplification testing for detection of active SARS-CoV-2 infection (Protocol)
Other Contributions: Other ContributionsSocio-Cultural Coaching to enhance Careers and Employability: Supporting Success.
Contributions to Conferences: PapersCaesarean Section rates in South Asian cities: Can midwifery help stem the rise?
Journal of Asian Midwives (JAM), vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 4-22Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSink or swim? Consideration for international medical elective projects at the University of Aberdeen
ASME 2019 Annual Scientific MeetingContributions to Conferences: PostersThe ARCHITECT and Alinity urine NGAL assays, urine NephroCheck test, and urine and plasma NGAL tests to help assess the risk of acute kidney injury in people who are being considered for admission to critical care
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). 376 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsTo see ourselves as others see us: A study of self- assessments in Year 1 Medical students
ASME Annual Scientific meeting 2019Contributions to Conferences: PostersTransitioning postgraduate students: Enhanced student support through socio-cultural coaching
Contributions to Conferences: PapersAre young adults appreciating the health promotion messages on diet and exercise?
Journal of Public Health, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 687-696Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHealth consequences of sex trafficking: A Systematic Review
Journal of Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 130-150Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3126/jmmihs.v4i1.21150
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11168/1/21150_66700_2_PB.pdf
Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Leprosy
Commissioned by World Health Organization. New Delhi: World Health Organization. 106 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsSummary of the Guidelines for diagnostic, prevention and treatment of Leprosy
World Health OrganizationBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsTransitioning to Postgraduate Education – Do they really need support?
Annual Academic Development Symposium 2018Contributions to Conferences: PostersAssessment of the microbiological safety of fermented milk (nunu) in Northern Ghana and the influence of hygiene training
Contributions to Conferences: PapersYoung adult obesity: the transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood.
Contributions to Conferences: PapersTraining Healthcare professionals to work across Cultures.
Contributions to Conferences: PapersRecruitment and retention strategies for weight loss programmes among young people (18-25 year olds) – Emerging evidence.
Internal Medicine Review, vol. 2, no. 10Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.18103/imr.v2i10.261
Obesity among young adults in developing countries: a systematic overview
Current Obesity Reports, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 2-13Contributions to Journals: ArticlesViews of medical students: what, when and how do they want statistics taught?
Scottish Medical Journal, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 164-169Contributions to Journals: Articles