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Ms Rose Burns

Research Fellow

United Kingdom

I joined the Department of Global Health and Development in 2019 as a Research Fellow. My background is in the NGO and humanitarian sector where I've worked since 2009 conducting social science research to inform clinical and health programming and evaluations in HIV/AIDS and gender based violence across different sub-Saharan African and Pacific settings. Most recently I spent several years based in East Africa with Médecins Sans Frontières/Epicentre.

At LSHTM I work on the Pulse project which aims to generate evidence on community-led vaccine deployment strategies in humanitarian contexts in partnership with IFRC and the National Societies of Ethiopia and Nigeria. I have also been working across the social science components of two Ebola vaccine trials: EBOVAC and PREVAC. My research on these projects focusses on preparedness for future outbreaks, including understanding gaps in preparedness through gender and health system lenses, and development of our transnational platform for social science and community engagement in vaccine trials. These projects cover Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, DRC and Mali. I also work closely with the Politics and Anthropology of Violence and Epidemics team (PAVE).

My staff PhD focuses on health service responses and help-seeking for violence against women during outbreaks in Sierra Leone.

Affiliations

Department of Global Health and Development
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Teaching

I teach on the Health Systems and Principles of Social Research modules.

Research

Research Area
Health systems
Public health
Vaccines
Outbreaks
Gender-based violence
Global health
Health services research
Implementation science
Qualitative research
Violence against women and girls
Sexual health
Country
Sierra Leone
Kenya
Malawi
Solomon Islands
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)

Selected Publications

Because my life is more important": Findings from a qualitative study on adherence to second and third-line antiretroviral therapy regimens in rural Malawi, Kenya and Mozambique
BURNS, R; Borges, J; Blasco, P; Kibogo, M; Vandenbulcke, A; Szumilin, E; Magalasi, D; Mambo Junior, F; Ciglenecki, I; Molfino, L; Schramm, B; Kalua, T; Pasquier, E; WRINGE, A;
2020
9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science
Applying social stress theory to understand HIV care engagement among hospitalised patients with advanced HIV infection in rural Kenya
BURNS, R; WRINGE, A; Odhoch, L; Kimani, M; Vandenbulke, A; Venables, E; Bossard, C;
2020
4th International Conference on the Social Sciences and Humanities in HIV
Knowledge of viral load and treatment failure amongst patients on second-line antiretroviral therapy regimens: A mixed methods study in Médecins sans Frontières-supported HIV programmes in Malawi, Kenya and Mozambique
Schramm, B; BURNS, R; Borges, J; Vandenbulcke, A; Blasco, P; Ciglenecki, I; Oruko, J; Szumilin, E; Mukui, I; Pasquier, E; Molfino, L; Carnimeo, V; Rakesh, A; Cossa, L; Ardiet, D; Zimba, T; Kalua, T; Paulino, P; WRINGE, A;
2020
9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science
Because when your parents are taking part, it becomes so easy’: A qualitative study to understand the role of caregiving dynamics in adolescents’ adherence to antiretroviral therapy in rural Malawi
WRINGE, A; BURNS, R; Magalasi, D; Kalua, T; Szumilin, E; RENJU, J; Salumu, L; Pasquier, E;
2020
9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science
"We give them threatening advice…": expectations of adherence to antiretroviral therapy and their consequences among adolescents living with HIV in rural Malawi.
BURNS, R; Magalasi, D; Blasco, P; Szumilin, E; Pasquier, E; Schramm, B; WRINGE, A;
2020
Journal of the International AIDS Society
 High levels of drug resistance among ART experienced hospitalized patients in Kenya and DRC
Bossard, C; Omolo, G; Ngimbi Nsuka, P; Jain, L; BURNS, R; Opollo, G; Mucinya, G; Wanjala, S; Van Cutsem, G; Szumilin, E; Maman, D; Schramm, B; Poulet, E;
2019
CROI
Expectations of perfect adherence: a qualitative study to explore treatment failure amongst Malawian adolescents living with HIV
BURNS, R; Magalasi, D; Zimba, T; Kuala, T; Blasco, P; Szumilin, E; Schramm, B; Pasquier, E; WRINGE, A;
2017
International Population Conference
Engaging the public in decisions about emergency vaccine deployment strategies: Lessons from scenario-based discussions in Sierra Leone.
MANSARAY, A; Bangura, M; WATSON-JONES, D; GREENWOOD, B; BURNS, R; Susan Lees, S; FAYE, F; Leigh, B; ENRIA, L;
2024
Global public health
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