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Miss Kathy Thomas

Research Assistant

United Kingdom

I am currently working as a research assistant in the NIHR funded Health Protection Research Unit in Vaccines and Immunisation. Prior to this, I worked on the MENISCUS trial which evaluated the impact of a multi-component menstrual health intervention in Ugandan secondary schools on girls’ education, health, and wellbeing.

My background is in Epidemiology and I have particular research interests in sexually transmitted infections, women's health and vaccine inequalities.

Affiliations

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

Research

Adolescent health
Capacity strengthening
Randomised controlled trials
Reproductive health
Sexual health

Vaccine and Immunisation

Research Area
Menstrual hygiene
Adolescent health
Sexual health
Vaccinations
Country
Uganda
United Kingdom
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)

Selected Publications

Understanding menstrual factors associated with poor mental health among female secondary school students in Uganda: a cross-sectional analysis.
Ssesanga, T; THOMAS, KA; NELSON, KA; Oenen, E; Kansiime, C; LAGONY, S; Enomut, JR; MAYANJA, Y; WEISS, HA;
2024
Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
Unmet menstrual needs and psychosocial well-being among schoolgirls in Northern Tanzania: baseline results from the PASS MHW study.
Okello, ES; AYIEKO, P; Rubli, J; TORONDEL, B; GRECO, G; Mcharo, O; Luwayi, JR; Keya, SS; THOMAS, K; Renju, J; KAPIGA, S; Tanton, C;
2024
BMC women's health
MENISCUS Trial quantitative survey data
WEISS, H; NELSON, KA; Mugenyi, L; Batuusa, L; THOMAS, K; Baleke, C;
2024
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Do community measures impact the effectiveness of a community led HIV testing intervention. Secondary analysis of an HIV self-testing intervention in rural communities in Zimbabwe.
THOMAS, KA; Sibanda, EL; Johnson, C; Watadzaushe, C; Ncube, G; Hatzold, K; Tumushime, MK; Mutseta, M; Ruhode, N; INDRAVUDH, PP; Cowan, FM; NEUMAN, M;
2023
BMC infectious diseases
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