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PhD Alumni

Over the last several years, the programme has graduated a number of outstanding researchers, many of whom have gone on to pursue careers in academia and within international and non-governmental organisations. The result is a growing network of alumni and collaborators, through which the TCGH can continue to expand its research.

Researcher	Location of Study	Title of PhD Thesis	Posts Achieved
Dr Aisling Hearns	Ireland	The Poison Dictates the Antiddote: An Evaluation of a Rehabilitation Service for Torture Survivors Seeking International Protection in Ireland.	Director of Services for Towards Healing in Ireland
Dr Jessica Power	Ireland	Scaling up healthcare interventions: How adaptations are made for local fit across contexts. A Realist Review.	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Trinity Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation, School of Nursing and Midwifery, TCD
Dr Thomasena O’Byrne	Malawi	The scale up of an action-research based management strengthening intervention across 9 districts in Malawi	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) based in Liverpool Wellcome Trust Malawi
Dr David Murphy	Ireland	Institutional psychosis: An investigation of psychotic experiences among former residents of institutional facilities	Intel Ireland
Dr Ayat Abu-Agla	Sudan	Assessing the performance of community midwives in Sudan	TDR World Health Organization (WHO), Switzerland
Dr Kinan Aldamman	Sudan	Managerial practices to ensure the wellbeing of humanitarian volunteers in post-conflict situations	Regional Staff Psychosocial Support Coordinator for Asia and Pacific at International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC
Dr Larissa Sherwood	Northern Ireland	Identifying context-specific risk for discrete trauma-exposed PSNI officer populations	Police Service of Northern Ireland
Dr Camila Perera	Colombia	Towards the Successful Implementation of Low-Intensity Psychological Interventions for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs): Implementing Problem Management Plus for IDPs in Colombia	Researcher, Office of UNICEF Research - Innocenti
Dr Ida Haahr Pedersen	Denmark	Investigating poly-victimization in child abuse case	Researcher at Børnehus Hovedstaden, The Danish Children's Centre for the Capital Region
Dr Brynne Gilmore	Uganda	How do community health committees build community capacity for maternal and child health? A realist evaluation.	Assistant Professor, University College Dublin, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems
Dr Joanne McVeigh	International Waters	Assessing the impact of positive psychology interventions in the context of maritime health	Lecturer/Assistant Professor, NUI Maynooth
Dr Nuha Ibrahim	Sudan	Work environment and performance of maternity health professionals in public maternity hospitals in Khartoum	Lecturer in Public Health, University of Limerick
Dr Camille Coyle	Ethiopia	Supportive Supervision for Community Health Workers: A Case Study of Ethiopia's Health Extension Programme	Research Officer, Health Research Board, Ireland
Dr Vincent Agyapong	Ghana	Extent, impact and challenges of task-shifting within health delivery systems – the case of Ghana’s Community Mental Health Workers	Director of Residents Quality Improvement Projects- Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Canada
Dr Caroline Ryan	Uganda	Understanding the impacts of global public health responses to Ebola outbreaks on local health systems in Uganda: A case studies approach	Monitoring & Evaluation Officer World Health Organization
Dr Richard Mugambe	Uganda	Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in HIV/AIDS Affected and Non-Affected Households: access to, perceptions and willingness to pay in Uganda	Lecturer at Makerere University, School of Public Health, Uganda
Dr Amarech Obse Guda	Ethiopia	Institutional aspects of health care financing reforms in Ethiopia	Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Dr Vincent Jumbe	Malawi	Understanding HIV risk factors and prevention needs across sexual identities of Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) in Blantyre urban, Malawi	Research Fellow, University of Malawi, College of Medicine
Dr Frédérique Vallières	Sierra Leone	Volunteer community health worker motivation: a longitudinal cohort study in Sierra Leone	Director of the Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin
Dr Karen Hand	Ireland	The role of branding in aid	Founder at Strategy & Research & Director Curly Enterprises
Dr Saheed Akinmayowa Lawal	Nigeria	Health care delivery, access and utilisation in emerging communities and urban slums in South Western Nigeria	Lecturer, Department of Public Health, Babcock University, Nigeria
Dr Simon Nantamu	Uganda	Leadership and organisational attitudes in Ugandan Healthcare	CEO & Management Psychologist at Pinnacle HR & Institutional Development Services, Kampala, Uganda
Dr Isabel Kazanga	Malawi	Equity of access to essential health packages in Malawi: a perspective on uptake of maternal healthcare	Lecturer, University of Malawi, College of Medicine, Malawi
Dr Annariina Koivu	South Africa	HIV information systems and health informatics in South Africa	Post-doctoral Researcher, Global Health and Development, University of Tampere, Finland