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Priyamvada Paudyal serves as Professor in Public Health and Director of the Institute for Global Health and Wellbeing at Keele University's School of Medicine, joining in November 2022 as the first female professor in the UK of Nepalese background. Previously, she held academic positions at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (2013-2022) and postdoctoral roles at the University of Aberdeen and Plymouth.
Her educational background includes:
- Master of Public Health, University of Aberdeen (2005)
- PhD in Respiratory Health Research, University of Aberdeen (2011)
Priya's research centers on marginalized populations' health, addressing ethnic disparities through co-produced mental health resilience resources and culturally sensitive interventions for refugees, asylum seekers, and migrant workers. She employs storytelling methodologies and implementation science to evaluate public health programs, with expertise in systematic reviews including Cochrane publications. Her work emphasizes community engagement in intervention design for ethnic minority communities in the UK and Nepalese workers in Gulf countries.
No scientific awards were mentioned in the source material.
She currently supervises PhD and Professional Doctorate students while mentoring international training fellows, having guided over 30 master's and undergraduate students throughout her career. Research funding is secured through the Global Challenge Research Fund, National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration, and British Cotton Growing Association.
Priya leads interdisciplinary projects including a co-produced storytelling intervention for Nepalese migrant workers in Gulf countries, maintaining active academic partnerships across Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and the Bahamas for global health initiatives.
