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Shelley Lees is affiliated with the University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the social sciences and medicine, with a total of 70 and 63 publications respectively in these main fields of study. Within these disciplines, Lees has contributed extensively to subfields including infectious diseases, health, sociology and political science, general health professions, and modeling and simulation.

Their work covers a range of topics, primarily focusing on viral infections and outbreaks research and vaccine coverage and hesitancy. Additional key topics include intimate partner and family violence, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, sex work and related issues, and global security and public health.

Lees has published frequently in several academic journals, including:

  • Culture Health & Sexuality
  • PLoS ONE
  • BMJ Global Health
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Social Science & Medicine

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Behavioral Change Towards Reduced Intensity Physical Activity Is Disproportionately Prevalent Among Adults With Serious Health Issues or Self-Perception of High Risk During the UK COVID-19 Lockdown" (2020) published in Frontiers in Public Health
  • "Trust and transparency in times of crisis: Results from an online survey during the first wave (April 2020) of the COVID-19 epidemic in the UK" (2021) published in PLoS ONE
  • "Safety and immunogenicity of the two-dose heterologous Ad26.ZEBOV and MVA-BN-Filo Ebola vaccine regimen in children in Sierra Leone: a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial" (2021) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Modelling the pandemic: attuning models to their contexts" (2020) published in BMJ Global Health
  • "Safety and long-term immunogenicity of the two-dose heterologous Ad26.ZEBOV and MVA-BN-Filo Ebola vaccine regimen in adults in Sierra Leone: a combined open-label, non-randomised stage 1, and a randomised, double-blind, controlled stage 2 trial" (2021) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Lees frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their most common co-authors include Luisa Enria, Sheila Harvey, Saidi Kapiga, Hannah Brindle, and Chrissy h. Roberts. Each of these has coauthored multiple publications with Lees, indicating ongoing collaborative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Developing culturally competent researchers.

    Irena Papadopoulos;Shelley Lees

  • Ethiopian refugees in the UK: migration, adaptation and settlement experiences and their relevance to health

    Irena Papadopoulos;Shelley Lees;Margaret Lay;Alem Gebrehiwot

  • Prevalence of intimate partner violence and abuse and associated factors among women enrolled into a cluster randomised trial in northwestern Tanzania

    Saidi Kapiga;Sheila Harvey;Abdul Khalie Muhammad;Heidi Stöckl

  • Behavioral Change Towards Reduced Intensity Physical Activity Is Disproportionately Prevalent Among Adults With Serious Health Issues or Self-Perception of High Risk During the UK COVID-19 Lockdown

    Nina Trivedy Rogers;Naomi R. Waterlow;Hannah Brindle;Luisa Enria

  • The role of partnership dynamics in determining the acceptability of condoms and microbicides

    C M Montgomery;S Lees;J Stadler;N S Morar

  • Promoting cultural competence in health care through a research based intervention in the UK.

    Irena Papadopoulos;Mary Tilki;Shelley Lees

  • Trust and transparency in times of crisis: Results from an online survey during the first wave (April 2020) of the COVID-19 epidemic in the UK.

    Luisa Enria;Naomi Waterlow;Nina Trivedy Rogers;Hannah Brindle

  • Power, fairness and trust: understanding and engaging with vaccine trial participants and communities in the setting up the EBOVAC-Salone vaccine trial in Sierra Leone

    Luisa Enria;Shelley Lees;Elizabeth Smout;Thomas Mooney

  • Women’s income and risk of intimate partner violence: secondary findings from the MAISHA cluster randomised trial in North-Western Tanzania

    Tanya Abramsky;Shelley Lees;Heidi Stöckl;Sheila Harvey

  • A Mixed Methods and Triangulation Model for Increasing the Accuracy of Adherence and Sexual Behaviour Data: The Microbicides Development Programme

    Robert Pool;Robert Pool;Catherine M. Montgomery;Neetha S. Morar;Oliver Mweemba

  • Acceptability, Usability, and Views on Deployment of Peek, a Mobile Phone mHealth Intervention for Eye Care in Kenya: Qualitative Study

    Vaishali Lodhia;Sarah Karanja;Shelley Lees;Andrew Bastawrous

  • How informed is consent in vulnerable populations? Experience using a continuous consent process during the MDP301 vaginal microbicide trial in Mwanza, Tanzania

    Andrew Vallely;Andrew Vallely;Shelley Lees;Shelley Lees;Charles Shagi;Stella Kasindi

  • A social empowerment intervention to prevent intimate partner violence against women in a microfinance scheme in Tanzania: findings from the MAISHA cluster randomised controlled trial.

    Saidi Kapiga;Sheila Harvey;Gerry Mshana;Christian Holm Hansen

  • Safety and immunogenicity of the two-dose heterologous Ad26.ZEBOV and MVA-BN-Filo Ebola vaccine regimen in children in Sierra Leone: a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial.

    Muhammed O Afolabi;David Ishola;Daniela Manno;Babajide Keshinro

  • Witnessing intimate partner violence and child maltreatment in Ugandan children: a cross-sectional survey

    Karen M Devries;Louise Knight;Jennifer C Child;Nambusi Kyegombe

  • Safety and long-term immunogenicity of the two-dose heterologous Ad26.ZEBOV and MVA-BN-Filo Ebola vaccine regimen in adults in Sierra Leone: a combined open-label, non-randomised stage 1, and a randomised, double-blind, controlled stage 2 trial.

    David Ishola;Daniela Manno;Muhammed O Afolabi;Babajide Keshinro

  • Re-framing microbicide acceptability: findings from the MDP301 trial.

    Catherine M. Montgomery;Mitzy Gafos;Shelley Lees;Neetha S. Morar

  • Modelling the pandemic: attuning models to their contexts.

    Tim Rhodes;Kari Lancaster;Shelley Lees;Melissa Parker

  • The benefits of participatory methodologies to develop effective community dialogue in the context of a microbicide trial feasibility study in Mwanza, Tanzania

    Andrew Vallely;Andrew Vallely;Charles Shagi;Stella Kasindi;Nicola Desmond;Nicola Desmond

  • A model for community representation and participation in HIV prevention trials among women who engage in transactional sex in Africa.

    Charles Shagi;Andrew Vallely;Stella Kasindi;Betty Chiduo

  • Assessing the accuracy of adherence and sexual behaviour data in the MDP301 vaginal microbicides trial using a mixed methods and triangulation model

    Robert Pool;Robert Pool;Catherine M. Montgomery;Neetha S. Morar;Oliver Mweemba

  • "We are the heroes because we are ready to die for this country": Participants' decision-making and grounded ethics in an Ebola vaccine clinical trial.

    Angus Fayia Tengbeh;Luisa Enria;Elizabeth Smout;Thomas Mooney

Frequent Co-Authors

Heidi J Larson
Heidi J Larson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Janet Seeley
Janet Seeley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Robert Pool
Robert Pool University of Amsterdam
Geoff Der
Geoff Der University of Glasgow
Heidi Stöckl
Heidi Stöckl University of London
Brian Greenwood
Brian Greenwood London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Karen Devries
Karen Devries London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Joyce Wamoyi
Joyce Wamoyi Medical Research Council
Amber Peterman
Amber Peterman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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