Aida Hassan

Aida Hassan

Thesis Title: Global health governance and the limits of state-centrism Abstract: While some theories frame global health governance (GHG) as a universalist endeavour to achieve ‘health for all’ in an interconnected world, others view it as a collective of states,...
Zareen Bheekhun

Zareen Bheekhun

Thesis Title: Exploring ‘The Research Experience’: Inviting those who work in research and whose who participate in research to narrate their experience and their expectations of research. Abstract: The philosopher Charles Fried refers to the ethical foundation of...
Rita Sharma Pandeya

Rita Sharma Pandeya

Thesis Title: Understanding natural disasters and disease outbreaks in Nepal: Through the lens of an intersectional approach Abstract: My research is mostly concerned with utilising an intersectional approach to comprehend the connection between flood disasters and...
Harry Upton

Harry Upton

Thesis Title: Conceptualising “Health” at the United Nations Security Council Abstract: This project is concerned with tracking how health concerns in conflict zones have been approached by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Through tracking the...
Carmel Cardona

Carmel Cardona

thesis Title: From Taboo to Pleasure: A UK Study of Breast Cancer Survivorship and Sexual Selfhood. Abstract: Half of us will develop cancer in our lifetime. Advances in detection and treatment are turning cancers into “chronic rather than terminal conditions” (Kerr...
Sarah O’Brien-Quilty

Sarah O’Brien-Quilty

Thesis title: Sustaining meaningful user involvement in research, local government planning and policy-making: an ethnography of a national user-led initiative to support Disabled people and service users Abstract: Explore the utility of adapting and applying Elinor...
Rosanna Hildersley

Rosanna Hildersley

Thesis title: Urbanicity and psychosis- are cities bad for mental health? A large-scale data linkage study using electronic health records Abstract: In the UK, more people who have psychosis live in cities than rural areas, and there is a large body of evidence...

Zara Shaikh

Thesis title: The mental health of adolescent refugees in the UK: Understanding the lived experiences of marginalisation, resilience and support in challenging social conditions Abstract: First supervisor: Hanna Kienzler Pathway:3-Health, Biopolitics & Social...
Fabio Serrato Radigonda

Fabio Serrato Radigonda

Thesis title: Exploring the access to PrEP among Brazilian migrant men who have sex with men: Comparative study in London and Lisbon Abstract: New HIV diagnoses in the UK and Portugal have decreased in recent years. Nonetheless, men who have sex with men (MSM) remain...

Lea Kristin Happ

Thesis title: Abortion, Nationhood and Subjectivity — An Investigation into the Disruptive Potential of Contemporary Feminist Activism in Argentina Abstract: First supervisor: Dominique Béhague Pathway:3-Health, Biopolitics & Social Inequality Cohort:...
Sara Alexandra Dahlen

Sara Alexandra Dahlen

Thesis title: Genetic sex and uterine donation? Re-examining the Montreal Criteria for the Ethical Feasibility of Uterine Transplantation Abstract: This project aims to critically re-assess “genetic sex” in the Montreal Criteria for the Ethical Feasibility of Uterine...
Natasha Chilman

Natasha Chilman

Thesis title: A mixed-methods study of mental and physical health inequalities in people who have experienced social exclusion Abstract: ‘Social exclusion’ describes the process whereby certain groups are excluded frommainstream society. People who have experienced...