Roomi Aziz
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Roomi is a global public health (policy & research) professional, originally from Pakistan, having spent over a decade working in health systems and social sector development projects. By training, she is a medical doctor, with an MBA and is now completing her PhD in Public Health from University of Essex. In her PhD, she is exploring systemic and structural determinants of health workforce crisis with focus on gender. She is also the training lead for the NIHR funded global health research group GEMMS (GEMMS-research.org). Her current research interests include: • Human Resources for Health • Health Systems Strengthening & Social Determinants of Health • Migration & Health
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Innovating for Health Policy and Systems (HS959)
Publications
Journal articles (6)
Aziz, R., (2026). Rethinking Human Resources for Health Planning in Labour Markets Disrupted by Conflict-Affected and Fragile Settings Comment on "Human Resources for Health in Conflict Affected Settings: A Scoping Review of Primary Peer Reviewed Publications 2016–2022". International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 15 (1), 9534-9534
Aziz, R., Kapilashrami, A. and Majdzadeh, R., (2025). Mind the ‘inequality’ gap: intersectionality-informed scoping review of inequalities and adverse experiences of health and care workers globally. BMJ Global Health. 10 (8), e016795-e016795
Pernitez-Agan, S., Bautista, MAC., Lopez, J., Sampson, M., Kapilashrami, A., Garabiles, M., Hui, C., Babu, B., Aziz, R., Jordan, LP., Mondres, TRU., Lebanan, MA. and Wickramage, K., (2024). Expert consensus on a protocol for conducting bibliometric analysis of scientific articles on global migration health (GMH). BMJ Open. 14 (6), e080729-e080729
Aziz, R., Kapilashrami, A. and Majdzadeh, R., (2024). Exploring the inequalities experienced by health and care workforce and their bases - A scoping review protocol.. PLoS One. 19 (4), e0302175-e0302175
Kapilashrami, A., John, EA., Aziz, R., Chan, K. and Wickramage, K., (2023). Bridging the gap: Using CHNRI to align migration health research priorities in India with local expertise and global perspectives.. Journal of Global Health. 13, 04148-
Kapilashrami, A. and Aziz, R., (2023). Pandemic preparedness with 20/20 vision: Applying an intersectional equity lens to health workforce planning.. International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 38 (5), 1117-1126