Dr Haleema Masud, Pharm.D MSPH PhD

Profile

I am a Lecturer in Global Public Health at the Centre for Public Health & Policy, Wolfson Institute of Population Health since 2023. Here, I lead the module of Epidemiology and Statistics and contribute to the teaching of Health Systems Policy and Practice, and Health Systems Theory, Policy and Political Economy modules for the MSc in Global Public Health. Policy Prior to joining QMUL, I have worked as academic for over five years at the at Al-Shifa School of Public Health, Al-Shifa Trust, Pakistan. I have also worked in developmental sector addressing access to healthcare services.

I hold an MS in Public Health with specialisation in Health Economics from the Umeå University, Sweden (2011), and a Doctorate in Health Sciences from the Warwick University (2022). My PhD focused on political economy analysis of tobacco taxation and pricing in Pakistan. I am interested in doing policy-relevant public health research which focuses on commercial determinants of health (like tobacco, alcohol, and ultra-processed food industries, as well as the impacts of advertising, lobbying, and product design).

Research

Research Interests:

• Health policy analysis
• Commercial determinants of health
• Tobacco control
• Health systems and policy research

Publications

1. Maccaro A, Audia C, Stokes K, Masud H, Sekalala S, Pecchia L, Piaggio D. (2023). Pandemic Preparedness: A Scoping Review of Best and Worst Practices from COVID-19. Healthcare (Basel),11(18):2572. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11182572.

2. Sekalala S, Masud H (2021). Soft Law Possibilities in Global Health Law. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 49 (1):152-155.

3. Masud H, Gill P, Sekalala S, Oyebode O (2020). Tracking progress of tobacco control in Pakistan against the MPOWER package of interventions: Challenges and opportunities; International Journal of Non-communicable Diseases; 5(1): 16-21

4. Sekalala S, Masud H, Bosco RT (2020). Human rights mechanisms for anti-corruption, transparency and accountability: enabling the right to health; Global Health Action, 13:sup1, 1699343.

5. Saeed I, Masud H, Pervaiz F, Azam N, Niazi ZK, Humma Z, Khan F, Hammed A (2019). Preparedness of general practitioners in ‘tobacco cessation counselling/treatment’ in twin cities-A cross sectional study; Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2019; 69 (2): 200-204.

6. Masud H, Oyebode O (2018). Inequalities in smoking prevalence: a missed opportunity for tobacco control in Pakistan; Journal of Public Health, 40(2): 271–278

7. Shaheen K, Oyebode O, Masud H (2018). Experiences of young smokers in quitting smoking in twin cities of Pakistan: a phenomenological study, BMC Public Health; 18:466. https:Hdoi.org/l 0.1186/s12889-018-5388-7