Biography
Caroline Jeffery joined the Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Liverpool in January 2023 as a Research Associate. Her post sits jointly with the Department of Health Data Science. She conducts statistical analyses for the InFLUenza Vaccines – in Use Epidemiology projects, within the University of Liverpool and Seqirus collaboration.
Previously she worked in the Department of International Public Health at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. From March 2010, she served as expert in Biostatistics for the Monitoring and Evaluation Technical assistance and Research group, led by Prof Joe Valadez. From July 2021, she conducted statistical and health economic analyses for RESPOND AFRICA.
She completed her PhD in Biostatistics at Harvard University. Her research focuses on disease mapping and the use of spatial information on cases in public health surveillance, in particular the inclusion of residential history in mapping, mapping multiple diseases, and studying the effect of aggregation on the performance of spatial methods. She also holds a MA in Mathematics from Boston College and a Maîtrise in Applied Mathematics and Social Sciences from Paris IX Dauphine.
Research interests
As part of the Monitoring and Evaluation Technical assistance and Research group group, Caroline is an active biostatistician for continued extension of the Lot Quality Assurance Sampling, Respondent Driven Sampling, and other rapid statistical assessment methods, as they relate to monitoring and evaluation and health systems research.
As part of RESPOND AFRICA, she conducted statistical and health economic analyses for projects in Tanzania and Uganda focusing on non-communicable diseases in HIV patients, and integration of non-communicable disease care with HIV care.
Her methodological research program also includes spatial statistical methods for public health, including geostatistical disease mapping, focusing on the evaluation of these methods, and how precision of spatial data can impact results of analysis.
Teaching
Most recently Caroline was a member of the convening team for a skills module and statistics module in a new Master of Science in International Public Health MSc programme.
Previously she was the co-convener of the Leadership in Health Systems Management module, on the Masters in Global Health and the Key Themes in International Health and Health Policy module, on the Master of International Public Health programme.
She has also provided project supervision for master’s students.
Selected research publications
Prevalence, locations and predictors of attitudes accepting both intimate partner violence and additional forms of violence against women and girls in South Sudan: a geospatial analysis – Journal: PLOS Global Public Health – Published: 9th April 2025
Assessing attitudes towards violence against women and girls, their determinants and health-seeking behaviour among women and men in South Sudan: a cross-sectional national survey – Journal: BMJ Open – Published: 4th June 2024
Ultrasonographic assessment of spleen size and pattern of change among sickle cell disease patients and healthy controls in North-Eastern Nigeria – Journal: Ultrasound – Published: 8th April 2024
Malaria Infection in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in Nigeria: Association with Markers of Hyposplenism – Journal: Hemoglobin – Published: 22nd January 2024
Clinical and Laboratory Factors Associated with Splenic Dysfunction Among Sickle Cell Disease Patients in a malaria endemic region – Journal: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene – Published: 12th December 2023
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