Afifah Rahman-Shepherd
Miss Afifah Rahman-Shepherd
BSc MSc
Afifah
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At the School, Afifah is a part-time Research Fellow examining conflict of interest in the delivery and quality of private healthcare in Pakistan. She is also a Consultant at the Global Health Programme, Chatham House, leading a research project on global solidarity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, Afifah is the Partnerships Manager for Project Zambezi, an innovative health tech start-up to deliver essential medicines when and where they are needed.
Prior to joining the School, Afifah spent a year in the private sector, consulting the biotech and life sciences industry. She has previously held positions at Chatham House as a Research Associate managing the Global Health Programme's health security portfolio; the Centre for Global Health and Education, Institut Pasteur, as a research intern; the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health in Singapore and the Asia Pacific Office of The Union Against TB and Lung Disease, as a research intern; and the National University Health Systems in Singapore, as a Junior Research Assistant and Study Coordinator. Afifah is a Fellow of Salzburg Global Seminar.
She holds a BSc in Biomedical Science from University College London and an MSc in the Control of Infectious Diseases from LSHTM.
Faculty of Public Health and Policy
Department of Global Health and Development
Infectious disease policy
Disease and Health Conditions
Pandemic diseases
Zoonotic disease