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Professor Helen Weiss is Director of the MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. A statistical epidemiologist by training, her research focuses on the epidemiology and prevention of HIV and mental health disorders in low and middle-income countries. She has a particular interest in adolescent health research and is collaborating on projects evaluating strategies to improve HIV-related outcomes among adolescents living with HIV. She is currently leads a study to pilot an intervention to improve menstrual hygiene management in Uganda. | Professor Helen Weiss is Director of the MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. A statistical epidemiologist by training, her research focuses on the epidemiology and prevention of HIV and mental health disorders in low and middle-income countries. She has a particular interest in adolescent health research and is collaborating on projects evaluating strategies to improve HIV-related outcomes among adolescents living with HIV. She is currently leads a study to pilot an intervention to improve menstrual hygiene management in Uganda. | ||
Professor Weiss first worked on male circumcision research in 1999, leading the systematic review that first provided clear evidence that male circumcision was associated with a lower risk of HIV infection among heterosexual men in sub-Saharan Africa. She also led subsequent systematic reviews on different aspects of male circumcision including on safety of neonatal circumcision, and the effect of male circumcision on infections among women. | Professor Weiss first worked on male circumcision research in 1999, leading the systematic review that first provided clear evidence that male circumcision was associated with a lower risk of HIV infection among heterosexual men in sub-Saharan Africa. She also led subsequent systematic reviews on different aspects of male circumcision including on safety of neonatal circumcision, and the effect of male circumcision on infections among women. | ||
Professor Weiss has co-authored more than 270 peer-reviewed publications and is a member of the [[UNAIDS]] Scientific Expert Panel and the MRC Infections and Immunity Board, as well as the initial WHO Technical Advisory Group on Safe Male Circumcision. | Professor Weiss has co-authored more than 270 peer-reviewed publications and is a member of the [[UNAIDS]] Scientific Expert Panel and the MRC Infections and Immunity Board, as well as the initial WHO Technical Advisory Group on Safe Male Circumcision.<ref>{{REFdocument | ||
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