Maria Roura

Maria Roura

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20032023

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a) Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick. Sociology teaching on ethnicity and health (2018). b) University of London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Involved for +10 years in the LSHTM Public Health MSc Degree by Distance Learning. Tutor in the modules 'Health Care Evaluation' and 'Principles of Social Research' (which I also coordinated in 2010/11). This involves coordinating teams of teachers, developing and marking exams, mentoring students, supervising research projects, and marking formative assignments. I also organised and facilitated 5 courses on qualitative methods addressed at local field-workers in the LSHTM collaborative international site in Mwanza, Tanzania (National Institute for Medical Research), with a total duration of ~120 hours. This included: 1) Basics of Qualitative research, 2) Advanced Workshop in qualitative methods, 3) Inducing biographical narratives, 4) Mapping and brainstorming tools, 5) Body Mapping tools. c) University of Barcelona · Lecturer and coordinator of the module Qualitative methods at the Master of Global Health, ISGLOBAL, University of Barcelona (Faculty of Medicine). Since 2012 (34 hours/year). (IN ENGLISH) · Lecturer on Social Determinants of Health. Master in internationalization (Faculty of Economy, UB). Since 2011 (8 hours/year) · Preparatory workshop for field-workers involved in the COHEMI project. November 2012 (20 hours) d) Catalan Agency for the Evaluation of Public Polices (IVALUA). Organises and lecturer of the course: Qualitative methods applied to the evaluation of public polices. 2011, 2012, 2013 (30 hours/year).

Biography

Dr Maria Roura is Senior Lecturer in Public Health. She is a medical sociologist (PhD, 2002) with over two decades of experience teaching, supervising, and conducting research in diverse socio-cultural settings in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe. With a specific focus on qualitative research, her work covers a broad spectrum of Public Health matters, including HIV, COVID-19, Tuberculosis, Zika, Chagas, the social determinants of health, sexual and reproductive health, gender violence, occupational health, water and; sanitation, health systems, migrant/ethnic minority health, and nosocomial infections. Based overseas for ~10 years Maria returned to Europe in 2011 where she has continued to conduct research in the field of Global Health with a specific focus on trans-disciplinary and results-oriented monitoring approaches. She has contributed extensively to public health policy documents, including strategic planning reports, policy briefs, and qualitative assessments for the World Health Organisation (WHO), the European Commission (EC), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organisation for Migration, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The European Centre for Disease Control, the UK Department of International Development, the United Nations Development Program, UNWOMEN, the Irish Health Service Executive, and the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria. She has trained and coached field workers from numerous countries with partners from Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ukraine, Albania, Russia, Ireland, the UK, Italy, and the Netherlands. She recently assessed the EC response to COVID-19 in Afghanistan and conducted a qualitative study with senior EC officials to develop a concept note on the future strategic cooperation between the Directorate General for International Partnerships of the EC and WHO.andnbsp;

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

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