Rheach Deputy Director
BPsych (Hons) MAppEpi PhD
Sophie is an epidemiologist with over 10 years’ experience in operational health research in low and middle income countries. Her work has primarily focused the delivery of maternal and child health services to vulnerable populations, management of childhood pneumonia and vaccine impact evaluation.
Prior to joining Telethon she worked with the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, where she was an investigator on grants totalling over $10 million from funding agencies including the GAVI Alliance and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She was based in the Philippines during 2009-10 as Country Manager for a multi-country activity to support the use of local evidence to guide prioritisation and planning for maternal and child health. More recently, she co-led an evaluation of the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in Mongolia.
Sophie has worked extensively as a consultant to the UN and other agencies in Africa, Asia and the Pacific. She joined Telethon Kids Institute in May 2017 as a Senior Technical Advisor with RhEACH, based at the World Heart Federation in Geneva.
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Publications
March 2019
Evaluation of a phased pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in Mongolia using enhanced pneumonia surveillance and community carriage surveys
The enhanced surveillance system in Mongolia will facilitate assessment of PCV13 impact on pneumonia, with radiological confirmed disease as the primary outcome
Published research Immunisation Infectious Diseases Group A Streptococcal & Rheumatic Heart DiseaseJanuary 2019Time to tackle rheumatic heart disease: Data needed to drive global policy dialogues
This report provides an update on the contemporary global and regional policy landscapes relevant to rheumatic heart disease
Published research Rheumatic Heart Disease Group A Streptococcal & Rheumatic Heart Disease -
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