Shabbar Jaffar

Shabbar Jaffar is a Professor at University College London (UCL), serving as the Institute Director of the UCL Institute for Global Health. Prior to this, he was the Head of the Department of International Public Health at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (2015–2022) and a Professor of Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (1996–2015). He has worked in The Gambia, South Africa, Uganda, and Malawi, with current partnerships in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa.

Research interests focus on

• Prevention and management of HIV, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa
• Evidence generation for health policy and practice
• Integrated care for chronic conditions in health facilities and communities
• Diabetes prevention among people with HIV
• Multi-disciplinary research teams
• Equitable partnerships with policy-makers, healthcare providers, and communities

Scientific awards include

• Times Higher Education International Partnership of the Year (2021)
• Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2016–2021)
• Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (2011)

Teaching centers on

• Interpreting evidence for health policy
• HIV epidemiology and control

. His collaboration network spans Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, with funding from NIHR, EU, EDCTP, and MRC. Recent publications highlight his work on

• HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis economics
• Global obesity trends
• Integrated care for HIV, diabetes, and hypertension
• Renal complications in HIV patients
• Diabetes risk prediction in Chinese populations
• Health systems strengthening in Africa