Dr Harriet Lawford

Research Fellow

UQ Centre for Clinical Research
Faculty of Medicine

Overview

Dr Harriet Lawford is an experienced infectious diseases field epidemiologist specialising in malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases. She currently serves as a Research Fellow in the Operational Research and Decision Support for Infectious Diseases (ODeSI) team where she leads efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis — a rare but debilitating infectious diseases — in the Pacific Islands.

With extensive global health experience in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia, Dr Lawford has played a pivotal role in informing strategies for tropical disease control. Her work includes initiatives such as neurodevelopmental assessment in newborns exposed to malaria in pregnancy and interventions to reduce global stillbirth rates.

Dr Lawford holds a PhD in Epidemiology from UQ and a Master's in the Control of Infectious Disease Control from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research is widely cited, reflecting her significant contributions to the field. She is committed to mentoring the next generation of global health epidemiologists and researchers.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
  • Masters (Research) of Tropical Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Biology, Durham University

Publications

  • de Graaff, Esti Charlotte, Leisher, Susannah Hopkins, Blencowe, Hannah, Lawford, Harriet, Cassidy, Jillian, Cassidy, Paul Richard, Draper, Elizabeth S., Heazell, Alexander E. P., Kinney, Mary, Quigley, Paula, Ravaldi, Claudia, Storey, Claire, Vannacci, Alfredo, Corcoran, Paul, Cronin, Robin, Erwich, Jan Jaap, Gissler, Mika, Gordijn, Sanne, de Jesús, Guilherme Ramires, Klimont, Jeannette, Lecomte, Aline, Loghi, Marzia, Murphy, Margaret, Rodin, Urelija, Weber, Guy, Wimmer, Lindsey and Flenady, Vicki (2023). Ending preventable stillbirths and improving bereavement care: a scorecard for high- and upper-middle income countries. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23 (1) 480, 480. doi: 10.1186/s12884-023-05765-5

  • Lawn, Joy E, Ohuma, Eric O, Bradley, Ellen, Okwaraji, Yemisrach B, Yargawa, Judith, Blencowe, Hannah, Idueta, Lorena Suárez, Hazel, Elizabeth, Erchick, Daniel J, Katz, Joanne, Diaz, Mike, Black, Robert E, Lee, Anne C C, Salasibew, Mihretab, Requejo, Jennifer, Hayashi, Chika, Moller, Ann-Beth, Borghi, Elaine, Ashorn, Per, Black, Robert E, Lawn, Joy E, Ashorn, Ulla, Klein, Nigel, Hofmeyr, G Justus, Temmerman, Marleen, Askari, Sufia, Ohuma, Eric O, Moller, Ann-Beth, Bradley, Ellen ... Prendergast, Andrew (2023). Small babies, big risks: global estimates of prevalence and mortality for vulnerable newborns to accelerate change and improve counting. The Lancet, 401 (10389), 1707-1719. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00522-6

  • Suárez‐Idueta, Lorena, Blencowe, Hannah, Okwaraji, Yemisrach B., Yargawa, Judith, Bradley, Ellen, Gordon, Adrienne, Flenady, Vicki, Paixao, Enny S., Barreto, Mauricio L., Lisonkova, Sarka, Wen, Qi, Velebil, Petr, Jírová, Jitka, Horváth‐Puhó, Erzsebet, Sørensen, Henrik Toft, Sakkeus, Luule, Abuladze, Liili, Yunis, Khalid A., Al Bizri, Ayah, Barranco, Arturo, Broeders, Lisa, van Dijk, Aimée E., Alyafei, Fawziya, Olukade, Tawa O., Razaz, Neda, Söderling, Jonas, Smith, Lucy K., Draper, Elizabeth S., Lowry, Estelle ... the National Vulnerable Newborn Mortality Collaborative Group and Vulnerable Newborn Measurement Core Group (2023). Neonatal mortality risk for vulnerable newborn types in 15 countries using 125.5 million nationwide birth outcome records, 2000–2020. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17506

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Supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

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Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision