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.
2024
Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health