Gail Davey
Gail Davey OBE is a professor of epidemiology at Brighton and Sussex Medical School,
Career
Davey specialises in neglected tropical diseases, especially ones that involve the skin. After taking an
In 2005, her research began to focus on podoconiosis, taking a broad view of the disease to include its causes, management and consequences.
She was the founder and first executive director of the non-governmental organisation Footwork, the International Podoconiosis Initiative, in March 2012.[5][4]
In 2010, Davey returned to the UK supported by a Wellcome Trust University Award that she held at University of Sussex.[2] She subsequently gained tenure, promotion from Reader to Professor, and was appointed Co-Director of the Brighton and Sussex Centre for Global Health Research at University of Sussex. She was also made President of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2020.[4]
The first international podoconiosis conference, held in Addis Ababa in 2018, was organised by Davey.
She was awarded an
Publications
Davey is a member of the large multinational collaborations that have contributed to the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors study since 2015.[7] She is author or co-author of over 80 scientific publications or book chapters.[2] They include:
- Kebede Deribe, Jorge Cano, Mei L. Trueba, Melanie J. Newport and Gail Davey. Global epidemiology of podoconiosis: A systematic review. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 12 (3) Article Number: e0006324
- Fasil Tekola Ayele, Adebowale Adeyemo, Chris Finan, Elena Hailu, Paul Sinnott, Natalia Diaz Burlinson, Abraham Aseffa, Charles N. Rotimi, Melanie J. Newport and Gail Davey, (2012) HLA Class II Locus and Susceptibility to Podoconiosis. New England Journal of Medicine 366 1200-1208
- Fasil Tekola, Susan Bull, Bobbie Farsides, Melanie J. Newport, Adebowale Adeyemo, Charles N. Rotimi and Gail Davey Impact of social stigma on the process of obtaining informed consent for genetic research on podoconiosis: a qualitative study. BMC Medical Ethics 10 Article number 13
- Gail Davey, Fasil Tekola, and Melanie J. Newport, (2007) Podoconiosis: non-infectious geochemical elephantiasis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 101 (12) 1175-1180
- Fasil Tekola, Damen H Mariam and Gail Davey (2006) Economic costs of endemic non-filarial elephantiasis in Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia. Tropical Medicine and International Health 11 (7) 1136-1144
References
- ^ a b "Professor Gail Davey (MBBChir, MSc, MD)". Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Prof. Gail Davey". HSTalks. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ Saeed, Sundus (20 April 2017). "Health push in Uganda after mystery disease turns out to be 'mossy foot'". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Professor Gail Davey". Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "Are Shoes 'The Next Bed-Nets'?: Announcing Footwork, the International Podoconiosis Initiative". CISION. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ Allen, Stephanie. "Professor awarded OBE for services to tackling neglected tropical diseases". University of Sussex. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- PMID 30496104.
External links
- Gail Davey publications indexed by Google Scholar