Natalie Tate is a Programme Manager in the Department for International Public Health (IPH) at LSTM. She leads the programme management for the Institute for Resilient Health Systems (IRHS), working closely with its co-directors to establish this new initiative, which is designed to strengthen and expand LSTM’s health systems research, education, and knowledge exchange programmes.

Natalie currently manages three major projects: C-it Du-it (NIHR-funded), a health systems study exploring how digital health and quality improvement methods can support community health workers and pregnant women in Kenya; Transforming the Community Health Workforce Strategy (THET-funded), a mutual learning partnership between Homa Bay County and Liverpool; and Lok Ber Bedo (British Academy-funded), a project in Uganda focused on improving the mental health of young people affected by war.

Before joining LSTM, Natalie was based in Uganda, where she worked in maternal and newborn health research, with a strong focus on capacity building and fostering equitable partnerships—areas that remain central to her professional interests.

Since joining LSTM in 2018, she has managed projects across respiratory health, vaccine trials, and maternal and newborn health, including contributions to the COVID-19 Oxford Vaccine Trials and research aimed at reducing stillbirth and neonatal deaths.

With over a decade of experience in global health research management, Natalie has also supported multiple successful bid applications to major funders, including Wellcome, NIHR, the Gates Foundation, the British Academy, THET and the Leverhulme Trust.