Social epidemiologist Mishal Khan is no stranger to pushing boundaries. As Associate
Professor at the UK s London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in 2018,
she did an analysis with colleagues that showed stark gender and ethnicity-related
disparities in progression to senior positions at the world s top-ranked public health
universities, with a “double disadvantage” for minority ethnic women. As Richard Coker,
Emeritus Professor of Public Health at the LSHTM, observes: “Showing these uncomfortable
truths in a ground-breaking paper published in The Lancet demanded considerable bravery.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharper focus the interconnectedness of human health, animal health, and the environment, according to a new Series published in The Lancet. In doing so, the pandemic has exposed weaknesses in preparedness for public health crises caused by poor coordination between these three spheres a concept that is core to a ‘One Health’ approach.
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