Dr Adrianna Murphy

Adrianna is an Associate Professor of Health Systems Research and Policy and Co-Director of the Centre for Global Chronic Conditions at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She uses mixed methods approaches from health systems and implementation research to improve access to treatment for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low-income and conflict-affected settings. Adrianna currently holds a UK Research and Innovation Future Research Leader Fellowship to work with KEMRI Wellcome Trust in Nairobi, to study implementation of fixed dose combinations for treatment of hypertension and cardiovascular disease in Kenya. She previously held a Wellcome Trust Fellowship to study the impact of medicine costs treatment adherence and risk of impoverishment in South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Other work has included research on a new hypertension and diabetese care model in Kenya, implementation of the polypill for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, and mental health care utilisation among Syrian refugees. She has also worked with partners on NCD health systems research in Ukraine, the Republic of Georgia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger and India. Adrianna is Canadian. She has a SM from Harvard School of Public Health and a PhD from LSHTM.