The future of global health evaluation: Towards an equitable and decolonial framework for practice
Presented by Dr Sali Hafez and Dr Ruth Ponsford from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Dr Sali Hafez is a health systems researcher specialising in humanitarian and fragile state contexts, and a doctoral candidate at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her work sits at the intersection of health systems research, community systems, and epistemic justice – asking not only how health systems function, but whose knowledge shapes how we understand and evaluate them. She is a current fellow of the Archbishop Tutu Fellowship.
Dr Ruth Ponsford is an Assistant Professor in School Health Intervention Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research focuses on adolescent health and health inequalities, and evaluating school based health interventions to promote health, particularly in relation to sexual health, interpersonal violence and mental health. Ruth also has a methodological interest in the evaluation of complex public health interventions and is co-theme lead for process evaluation for the Centre for Evaluation at LSHTM.
Event Details
- Date:
- 18 May 2026 at 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Campus:
- Online
- Open to:
- Free event, open to all
- Categories:
- Research; Public Health and Preventive Medicine; Webinar
Description
Presented by Dr Sali Hafez and Dr Ruth Ponsford from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Dr Sali Hafez is a health systems researcher specialising in humanitarian and fragile state contexts, and a doctoral candidate at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her work sits at the intersection of health systems research, community systems, and epistemic justice – asking not only how health systems function, but whose knowledge shapes how we understand and evaluate them. She is a current fellow of the Archbishop Tutu Fellowship.
Dr Ruth Ponsford is an Assistant Professor in School Health Intervention Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research focuses on adolescent health and health inequalities, and evaluating school based health interventions to promote health, particularly in relation to sexual health, interpersonal violence and mental health. Ruth also has a methodological interest in the evaluation of complex public health interventions and is co-theme lead for process evaluation for the Centre for Evaluation at LSHTM.
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