Nour Essale

Community Mobiliser

Nour is an early career researcher and community mobiliser within the Department of International Public Health at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM). She holds a Master’s in International Public Health – Sexual and Reproductive Health from LSTM, awarded through the prestigious Chevening Scholarship. Her background includes extensive experience in health project management and as a general practitioner in humanitarian settings, such as Azraq Camp for Syrian refugees , by working with organizations like the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Nour also worked in other hospital settings in Jordan and Saudi Arabia

Nour’s passion for voluntary work and community engagement is reflected in her numerous contributions to various initiatives during her journey. Her humanitarian work has fuelled her research interests in migration health, health inequities, sexual and reproductive health, and the resilience of health systems. Currently, she is pursuing a part-time PhD, focusing on the role of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) in addressing health inequities among migrant, refugee, and asylum-seeker (MRA) communities in Liverpool.

Nour works on The Right to Health project,” Tackling health disparities among Migrants, Refugees, Asylum seekers (MRA) communities affected by COVID-19, and The ReCITE Project “Building Research by Communities to Address Inequities Through Expression, where she supports multidisciplinary teams in data collection, intervention design, and monitoring. Her research combines strong academic expertise with hands-on community engagement, aiming to address pressing health inequities in underserved populations.