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India Hotopf is a participatory health systems researcher with a focus on using implementation science to strengthen person-centred health systems, especially in relation to neglected tropical diseases and fragile contexts. She holds an MSc in International Public Health and a BSc in Tropical Disease Biology, both from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM). Prior to joining LSTM, she worked at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, in Jordan with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, and Healthwatch. 

Research interests

India’s research interests broadly lie in health systems, neglected tropical diseases, gender and disability and inclusion – with a focus on participatory qualitative methods. She is a member of Laura Dean’s Mental Health, Inclusion Neglected Topical Diseases research group and Jo Raven’s Health Systems and Workforce Strengthening Unit.
India is contributing to a number of current projects. ReBUILD for Resilience: examining health system resilience in fragile settings, generating evidence on strategies that can enhance resilience and strengthen health services in Lebanon, Myanmar, Nepal and Sierra Leone. IMAGINE Ghana: integrating mental health and neglected tropical disease interventions to support equitable people-centred care. Participatory action research looking at improving retention of health workers in three of the most deprived districts in the Eastern Region of Ghana. ASPIRE: project with Effect Hope and Leprosy Relief Association which aims to integrate health and community responses to address leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis, cutaneous leishmaniasis, and scabies in India. UPLIFT: unlocking the potential of leprosy and neglected tropical disease affected people, to pursue inclusive, fulfilling and transformational lives, through a harmonised community-based group model in Bangladesh, India and Ethiopia.
Her previous projects include designing an intervention for snakebite prevention through a community-based participatory research approach in Rwanda and Eswatini and REDRESS, looking at reducing the burden of severe stigmatising skin diseases through equitable person-centred approaches to health systems strengthening in Liberia.

Teaching

India teaches on topics related to qualitative methods, health systems, neglected tropical diseases, and gender within postgraduate and undergraduate courses at LSTM and the University of Liverpool. Additionally, she has supervised several MSc students summer projects in collaboration with partners at Effect Hope, The Leprosy Mission and the African Snakebite Alliance.

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