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Dorien Braam, PhD, is Assistant Professor social science at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), and Director of Praxis Labs, a global research collective focusing on migration, protection and One Health. Her research focuses on interspecies health inequalities in complex emergencies, and she has conducted fieldwork with communities in Jordan and Pakistan. Previously, she worked with the United Nations, Netherlands Government, IFRC and NGOs across Asia and Eastern Africa.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Assistant professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
  • 2014–present
    Director, Praxis Labs
  • 2022–2023
    Policy Leader Fellow, European University Institute
  • 2018–2022
    PhD candidate, University of Cambridge

Education

  • 2023 
    University of Cambridge, PhD
  • 2015 
    University of Edinburgh, MSc
  • 2006 
    Delft University of Technology, MSc

Publications

  • 2023
    CABI One Health, A fair share? Animal health actors and resources in One Health initiatives: A multisite case study in Ethiopia and Pakistan
  • 2022
    Equity in Health, Zoonoses in the margins: environmental displacement and health outcomes in the Indus Delta
  • 2022
    Journal of Refugee Studies, Excluding livestock livelihoods in refugee responses: A risk to public health
  • 2021
    PLOS ONE, Positioning zoonotic disease research in forced migration: A systematic literature review of theoretical frameworks and approaches
  • 2021
    Global Health Research and Policy, Identifying the research gap of zoonotic disease in displacement: a systematic review
  • 2021
    PLOS Global Public Health, Disaster displacement and zoonotic disease dynamics: The impact of structural and chronic drivers in Sindh, Pakistan
  • 2021
    BMC Conflict and Health, Lockdowns, lives and livelihoods: the impact of COVID-19 and public health responses to conflict affected populations - a remote qualitative study in Baidoa and Mogadishu, Somalia
  • 2020
    Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Power, participation and their problems: A consideration of power dynamics in the use of participatory epidemiology for one health and zoonoses research

Professional Memberships

  • AFHEA