Building communities of practice: MESH and The Global Health Network
by L Abad, Nina Jamieson, Mesh Editorial TeamArticle: Lillian Mutengu - Leadership and embedding engagement in research
by Lillian Mutengu, Mesh Editorial TeamAt the 2018 Wellcome International Engagement Workshop, Lillian Mutengu, Community and Public Engagement Manager at the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) in Kenya discussed how to ensure researchers view engagement as a core part of their work
Article: Bella Starling - Leadership and embedding engagement in research
by Bella Starling, Mesh Editorial TeamBella Starling, a Wellcome Engagement Fellow and Co-Director of Public Programmes at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust in the UK, presented on ‘people-powered research’ and the role of leadership in community and public engagement (CPE) to attendees of the 2018 Wellcome International Engagement Workshop.
Podcast: Defined roles and Working Together: A Conversation about the Community Engagement, Communications and Social Science associated with a Vaccine Trial during the Ebola Outbreak of 2014-2016.
by Sian Aggett, Mesh Editorial TeamThis podcast features the team who led the EBOVAC-Salone study at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine discussing the role community engagement played within clinical trials
eLearning: Ethics in epidemics, emergencies and disasters: Research, surveillance and patient care
by Mesh Editorial TeamThis 7 module course offers comprehensive training exploring the wide range of ethical issues faced by health professionals and policy makers working in the context of epidemics/pandemics and disaster situations, focusing primarily on the key areas of research, surveillance and patient care.
eLearning: Online training course: In the footsteps of Zika: Approaching the unknown
by Mesh Editorial TeameLearning: Free online training course: Preventing Zika
by Mesh Editorial TeamAcademic Literature: Lessons from the West Africa Ebola Epidemic: A Systematic Review of Epidemiological and Social and Behavioural Science Research Priorities
by S. A. Abramowitz, D. B Hipgrave, A. Witchard, D. L. Heymann, Mesh Editorial TeamThis literature review compared epidemiological research (EPI) with qualitative social and behavioural science research (SBS) published during the West African Ebola epidemic.
Project Report: Thailand’s first Three Minutes Thesis (3MT) competition
by Mesh Editorial Team, Natinee KulpijitThe 3MT competition aims to cultivate academic presentation and research communication skills, especially the crucial ability to effectively explain academic research to a non-specialist audience in a short amount of time. At the competition in Thailand, 9 doctoral candidates from MORU and OUCRU competed against the clock to present their thesis to an audience of secondary school students.