Mr Joshua Mendelsohn
DL Module Organizer
I am an Associate Professor in the College of Health Professions and Director of the MPH at Pace University in New York City. I am also an Adjunct Professor / Tutor in the Distance Learning Program at LSHTM. My research focuses on HIV treatment and prevention among crisis-affected and mobile populations. I completed my doctoral studies in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at LSHTM, and a postdoctoralfFellowship at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. I hold an MSc in Environmental Change and Management (University of Oxford) and a BSc (Honours) in Zoology and Psychology from the University of Toronto. I am an Associate Managing Editor for the journal Conflict & Health.
Affiliations
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Centres
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre
Teaching
At LSHTM, I am a Tutor (former Module Organizer) on the Distance Learning Conflict and Health module. Previously, I taught on the Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases module. At Pace, I teach Global Health IT and Innovation, Healthcare for Diverse Populations, and Capstone.
Research
My research interests are focused on global health equity and HIV treatment and prevention among crisis-affected and mobile populations. My work typically uses mixed methods approaches with a focus on innovative social interventions for improving population health. I have active grant-funded studies investigating the effectiveness of immediate antiretroviral therapy for reducing incident HIV infections in Shanghai; evaluation of an arts-based HIV stigma-reduction intervention among young people in northern Uganda; HIV risk and relationship satisfaction among serodiscordant couples in Canada; and mental health and vaccination attitudes among college students post Covid-19. My work is supported primarily by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research.
Research Area
Field epidemiology
Social epidemiology
Population health
Operational research
Health inequalities
Mixed methods research
Global health
Health in humanitarian crises
Conflict
Migration
Implementation science
Disease and Health Conditions
HIV/AIDS
Emerging infectious diseases
Country
Uganda
Canada
China
United States of America
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
North America
East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)
Selected Publications
Dual pharmaceutical citizenship: Exploring biomedicalization in the daily lives of mixed HIV-serostatus couples in Canada.
2022
Social science & medicine
Epidemiology and clinical course of COVID-19 in Shanghai, China.
2020
EMERGING MICROBES & INFECTIONS