Prof. Anuj Kapilashrami

Anuj Kapilashrami is an Interdisciplinary social scientist trained in Public Health and Sociology and Professor in Global Health Policy and Equity in the School of Health & Social Care. She is Director of the Centre for Global Health & Health Equity Research at the University of Essex. Kapilashrami has longstanding research experience in health policy and systems research, with particular interest in advancing intersectionality approach to examine health inequalities and social determination of health and well-being, especially among multiply disadvantaged populations, and the mechanisms for meaningful engagement in policy processes. To this end, she developed technical guidance for community participation in health service design/priority setting. Kapilashrami leads INNOVATE, a UK-based intersectionality-focused multi-stakeholder consortium tackling inequalities in mental health in Essex, and the NIHR Global Health Research group on Gender, Violence and Mental health among Migrants in precarious Situations (GEMMS) in Southern Asia & Southern Africa, and.  She is Chair of Medact, a UK based health charity of health workers for health justice and peace, former convenor of People’s Health Movement, Scotland and expert advisor on the Gender Equity and Rights Panel for WHO’s Sexual Reproductive Health Programme. X: @AKapilashrami ORCID: 0000-0002-6719-9216