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MB Bch BAO, MPH, MSc, global-public health professional with research, data-analysis and epidemiology experience

Profile Summary

Public Health Medicine doctor - NHS Scotland. MB Bch BAO (UCC, Ireland), MSc (Global Health - KI, Sweden), MPH (MCH, UK). I have over 5 years experience as a global public health professional. My specialist interest areas are in Health Protection, Resilience and Infectious Disease Outbreak Epidemiology. I have research experience in outbreak intervention research. I am multiply published in peer-reviewed high-impact journals including the BMJ Global Health and WHO Bulletin. My reserach has primarily focused on risk communication and community engagement strategies during Ebola outbreaks, with both quantitative and qualitative publications. Registrar Health Protection - Public Health Medicine, NHS (Nov 2021- Aug 2023). Epidemiology and data analysis experience as Health & Development consultant with the Gapminder foundation, Sweden (2019-2021). Global Public Health researcher Karolinska Institutet - RCCE during infectious disease outbreaks.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Public Health
• ★ Epidemiology
• ★ Global Health
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Excel
• ☆ R
• ☆ Infectious Disease
• ☆ Viral Diseases
• ☆ Ebola
• ☆ Pandemic Preparedness
• ☆ Emergency Preparedness
• ☆ Contact Tracing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Medical Writing

Research Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Data & AI Data Visualization

Work Experience

Speciality Registrar Public Health Medicine

NHS Scotland

August 2023 - Present

Clinical Fellow - Public Health Health Protection

NSH Highland

November 2021 - August 2023

Education

MPH

University of Manchester

September 2023 - Present

MSc Global Health

Karolinska Institute Stockholm - Sweden

September 2018 - May 2019

Medical Degree (MD)

University College Cork - Ireland

September 2008 - May 2014

Certifications

• R for Data Visualisation - Scottish Digital Academy

  Scottish Digital Academy

  June 2023 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Padraig Lyons, Maike Winters, Mohamed F. Jalloh, Helena Nordenstedt, Helle Mölsted Alvesson (2025). Building confidence in crises – the roles of Sierra Leonean religious leaders’ during the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak . Global Health Action.

(2021). Engaging religious leaders to promote safe burial practices during the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak, Sierra Leone . Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

Padraig Lyons, Kirsten Schmidt-Hellerau, Maike Winters, Bailah Leigh, Mohammad B Jalloh, Paul Sengeh, Alhaji Babah Sawaneh, Zangin Zeebari, Mariano Salazar, Mohamed F Jalloh, et al.(2020). Homecare for sick family members while waiting for medical help during the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone: a mixed methods study . BMJ Global Health. 5. (7). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString e002732. {BMJ}

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Padraig Lyons, Maike Winters, Mohamed F. Jalloh, Helena Nordenstedt, Helle Mölsted Alvesson (2023). Building confidence in crises – the roles of Sierra Leonean religious leaders’ during the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak .