Miss Sophie Dunkley

Biography

Sophie Dunkley collaborates with disease control programmes to deliver impactful public health interventions.

She has been working at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) since 2014, providing technical support and helping to build the capacity of field staff. A large component of her roles has been mapping, data management, and monitoring and evaluation. Sophie is currently working on tsetse control projects for sleeping sickness elimination.

Prior to joining LSTM, she worked several missions for Médecins Sans Frontières as an Epidemiologist, contributing to a variety of different health projects.

Research interests

Sophie’s interests lie in epidemiology, disease control and public health. She is drawn predominantly to operational research questions, seeking to understand programmatic problems, find solutions, and optimise procedures. She is focused on contributing to an immediate and lasting impact to public health programmes.

Teaching

Sophie leads the short course on making maps for public health, is co-convenor on the development of a disease control programme module, and contributes to teaching on other modules on subjects such as geographic information systems and vector control. In addition to teaching at LSTM, she also designs and delivers bespoke training to disease surveillance and control staff in English, French and Spanish. 

Selected research publications

Development and pilot application of a point-of-need molecular xenomonitoring protocol for tsetse (Glossina sp.) in a low-resource setting – Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases – Published: 23rd March 2026

Impact of a national tsetse control programme to eliminate Gambian sleeping sickness in Uganda: a spatiotemporal modelling study – Journal: BMJ Global Health – Published: 30th October 2024

Trypa-NO! contributes to the elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis by combining tsetse control with “screen, diagnose and treat” using innovative tools and strategies – Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases – Published: 12th November 2020

Adaptation of a malaria surveillance system for use in a visceral leishmaniasis elimination programme – Journal: International Health – Published: 3rd June 2017

Enhancing Decision Support for Vector-Borne Disease Control Programs—The Disease Data Management System – Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases – Published: 18th February 2016

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