Delphine Kayem

Academic profile

Dr Delphine Kayem

Lecturer in Global and Public Health
Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)

The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Delphine's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 03: SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingGoal 04: SDG 4 - Quality EducationGoal 10: SDG 10 - Reduced InequalitiesGoal 17: SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

About Delphine

Dr Kayem is a lecturer/researcher with a DPhil (PhD) in Clinical Medicine from the University of Oxford. She also holds an MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine from the University of Oxford and she trained as a medical doctor in Tanzania and South Africa where she worked for several years in clinical and public health practice. Delphine is currently a member of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) and the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH). She is a fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health. She serves as an academic adviser for the UK Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and as a global assessor for the RSTMH.

Her broad research interests encompass epidemiology,Ìý applied maternal and child health, and health services research, with a focus on infectious diseases. She is also passionate about medical education.

Supervised Research Degrees

Delphine is currently accepting PhD students.

Broad PhD topics:

  1. Tailored interventions to support prevention and treatment of maternal or neonatal sepsis: I welcome proposals which focus on the health outcomes, experiences, needs and/or effective interventions to support prevention or treatment of maternal or neonatal sepsis. Projects may also include experiences of healthcare providers and other stakeholders.Ìý
  2. Scaling up preventative measures for viral infections in pregnancy, childhood or adolescence: I welcome proposals that focus on health outcomes, experiences, needs and/or strategies to support effective implementation of preventative and therapeutic options for Ìýviral infections in the pregnancy, childhood or adolescence period.Ìý

Please note these opportunities are unfunded.

Interested applicants should contact Delphine to discuss potential sources of funding that may be open to applicants.

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Teaching

Delphine currently serves as the Academic Lead for Public & Population Health for the Undergraduate Medicine Programme. She is Deputy Lead for postgraduate Global Health programmes at the School of Medicine; and holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice for Higher Education accredited by the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA).

She supports global and public health teaching across undergraduate medicine and the global health programmes. Delphine supervises undergraduate projects and MSc dissertations within the Medical School.Ìý

Contact Delphine