Manish Pareek

Dr. Manish Pareek is a Clinical Professor in Infectious Diseases at the University of Leicester’s Department of Respiratory Sciences. His work focuses on public health research in infectious diseases, migrant health, and ethnic minority health disparities. He has led studies highlighting systemic inequities in healthcare outcomes for Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) populations, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. His research underscores the need for ethnicity-based data collection to inform targeted interventions.

Dr. Pareek’s research emphasizes:

• Ethnic disparities in disease outcomes
• Healthcare access barriers among migrants
• Long-term consequences of infections like tuberculosis (TB) and SARS-CoV-2
• Vaccine hesitancy and immunization strategies

His team’s findings have influenced policy debates on healthcare workforce retention, particularly addressing attrition linked to mental health challenges and discrimination faced by ethnic minority staff. He collaborates with global networks like TBnet and leads the UK-REACH study, examining ethnic and socioeconomic factors in healthcare workers’ vulnerability to long-COVID.

Key contributions include:

• Identifying critical gaps in reporting ethnicity in pandemic data
• Advocating for equitable clinical trial inclusion
• Studying tuberculosis preventive treatment pathways in HIV+ populations
• Exploring exhaled breath sampling for infectious disease detection

He also investigates post-pandemic mental health, socioeconomic determinants of disease risk, and the intersectional impacts of discrimination on healthcare workers.