Biography
Gemma is a Research Officer at LSE Health. Her main research interests are in health behaviours, health financing, equity in access to health care and migrant health. Gemma is currently working on projects researching migrant health in Europe and the FP7 Health Inc. Project researching socially inclusive health care financing in West Africa and India. Gemma has previously worked as an Economist in the Rwandan Ministry of Health and for an HIV/AIDS NGO in India where she undertook impact evaluations of health interventions. She holds an MSc in International Development from the Universiteit van Amsterdam and a BA in Economics from the University of Sheffield.
Recent publications:
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Nikoloski, Zlatko and Williams, Gemma (2016) Obesity in the Middle East In: Ahima, Rexford S., (ed.) Metabolic Syndrome: A Comprehensive Textbook. Springer Reference. ISBN 9783319112527
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Bauer, Annette and Williams, Gemma (2015) Costs and economic consequences of parent pioneers, a pilot Mellow Futures programme for mothers with learning difficulties PSSRU Discussion Paper, 2903. Personal Social Services Research Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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Williams, Gemma. and Bacci, Sabrina and Shadwick, Rebecca and Tillmann, Taavi and Rechel, Bernd and Noori, Teymur and Suk, Jonathan E. and Odone, Anna and Ingleby, J. David. and Mladovsky, Philipa and Mckee, Martin. (2015) Measles among migrants in the European Union and the European Economic Area Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. ISSN 1403-4948
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Kentikelenis, Alexander and Karanikolos, Marina and Williams, Gemma and Mladovsky, Philipa and King, Lawrence and Pharris, Anastasia and Suk, Jonathan E. and Hatzakis, Hatzakis and McKee, Martin and Noori, Teymur and Stuckler, David (2015) How do economic crises affect migrants’ risk of infectious disease? A systematic-narrative review The European Journal of Public Health. ISSN 1101-1262
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Odone, Anna and Tillmann, Taavi and Sandgren, Andreas and Williams, Gemma and Rechel, Bernd and Ingleby, David and Noori, Teimur and Mladovsky, Philipa and McKee, Martin (2014). Tuberculosis among migrant populations in the European Union and the European Economic Area The European Journal of Public Health, 25 (3). 506-512. ISSN 1101-1262
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Williams, Gemma and Noori, Teymur (2014) Infectious disease burden in migrant populations in the European Union and European Economic Area. Eurohealth, 20 (4). 3-6. ISSN 1356 – 1030
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Williams, Gemma and Mladovsky, Philipa and Dkhimi, Fahdi and Soors, Werner and Parmar, Divya (2014) Social exclusion and social health protection in low- and middle-income countries: an introduction In: Towards equitable coverage and more inclusive social protection in health. Studies in Health Services Organisation and Policy (SHSOP) (32). ITG Press, Antwerp, Belgium, 10-22. ISBN 9789076070438
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Parmar D, Williams G, Dkhimi F, Ndiaye A, Asante FA, Arhinful, DK, et al. (2014). Enrolment of older people in social health protection programs in West Africa – Does social exclusion play a part? Social Science & Medicine, 119, 36-44.