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Amos Channon is a Professor of Global Health and Demography at the University of Southampton's Department of Social Statistics and Demography. He currently serves as Head of Teaching Programmes and co-Director of the Centre for Global Health and Policy (GHaP). His research focuses on global health disparities, particularly access to healthcare for marginalized groups, including maternal/child health, disability, and migrants' sexual/reproductive health. Notable projects include studies on lower limb conditions in Nepal, sexual health of displaced women in Central/South America, and maternal healthcare in Brazil.
Education: PhD from the University of Southampton, undergraduate degree in Psychology from Durham University (1997). He transitioned from roles in gardening, insurance, and IT to academia, joining Southampton as a Teaching Fellow in 2007. His teaching spans demography, health, and quantitative methods, including leading a major undergraduate research methods curriculum redesign.
Recent work highlights include co-leading the ReGHID project on displaced women's health rights, leading the EU QUERO initiative to improve Brazilian maternal healthcare, and studying Cambodian prosthetics accessibility. He supervises multiple PhD students across disciplines.
Teaching responsibilities include modules on Applied Regression Analysis, Quantitative Methods, and 'Understanding the Social World,' fostering interdisciplinary social science education. He has also delivered bespoke courses for governmental and statistical agencies.
His awards include shortlisting for the ISPO World Congress Best Paper Prize (2025). Research collaborations span global health initiatives in Nepal, Brazil, Cambodia, and Central America, emphasizing policy-relevant, equity-focused studies.
