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Dr Sara Paparini

Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Equity & GPHU Co-Lead, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London

Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London is based in Bethnal Green and Stepney (London) — the organisation’s base, not a personal address.

Press citations

1

Topic

1

Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Last quoted

Aug 2026

Dr Sara Paparini: key facts

Kind of voice
Academic
Role
Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Equity & GPHU Co-Lead
Organisation
Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London
Organisation based in
Bethnal Green and Stepney
Quoted on
Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Tracked press citations
1
Most recently quoted
27 Aug 2026

Who Dr Sara Paparini is

Dr Sara Paparini is Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Equity at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, where she also serves as Co-Lead of the Global Public Health Unit and social science lead for the SHARE collaborative. She is an anthropologist whose work sits at the intersection of public health, anti-racist research, and participatory methods, with a focus on intersectional health inequalities, HIV, infectious diseases, and community-led approaches to health equity. She holds an honorary contract with Barts Health NHS Trust and has carried out social research on HIV in East London hospitals and the HIV voluntary sector. Prior to joining QMUL she worked as a social scientist at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (University of Oxford), the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She has been quoted in UK press on community-led research into health inequalities affecting Black African and Black Caribbean communities, arguing for an end to assumptions about who should lead and frame health research.

“A senior lecturer in public health and equity at Queen Mary University of London, for the podcast series called A Dialogue of Equals”

References for this biography

  1. 1.Sara Paparini – Wolfson Institute of Population Health, QMUL — Current role title (Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Equity, GPHU Co-Lead), SHARE collaborative lead, prior positions at Oxford, Geneva Graduate Institute and LSHTM, NHS honorary contract, research publications list
  2. 2.Sara Paparini – The Conversation — Confirms role title, institute, SHARE collaborative social science lead; describes her as an anthropologist working at the intersection of public health and anti-racist research
  3. 3.Partnership for Black People's Health – Wolfson Institute of Population Health — Confirms Paparini leading Partnership for Black People's Health from Barts Health NHS Trust with honorary QMUL contract; expertise in public health, infectious diseases and health inequalities
  4. 4.NHS must meet health needs of Black African and Black Caribbean communities – Nursing in Practice — Press quote from Dr Paparini; confirms role title as quoted in UK health press; establishes her as a named public voice on Black health inequalities
  5. 5.Partnership for Black People's Health: Collaborating to Address Health Inequities – QMUL Public Engagement — Confirms GPHU Co-Lead role title alongside Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Equity; details of public engagement work
  6. 6.Dr Sara Paparini – Google Scholar — Verified QMUL email domain; research areas listed as Health Equity, HIV, Mpox, Public Health, Black People's Health; citation count of 1,873

Notable achievements

  • Leads the Partnership for Black People's Health project (hosted by Barts Health NHS Trust), a collaboration supported by the NHS Race and Health Observatory aimed at improving healthcare experiences for Black African and Black Caribbean communities in the UK. Source ↗
  • Co-led the ILANA (Implementing Long-Acting Novel Antiretrovirals) study, which developed inclusive recruitment protocols for equitable clinical trials in HIV research and was cited as a proof of concept for tackling health inequities in randomised controlled trials. Source ↗
  • Co-authored a cross-sectional survey on public understanding and response to the 2022 mpox outbreak among the most affected UK communities, published in HIV Medicine. Source ↗
  • Quoted in Nursing in Practice (March 2025) on the Partnership for Black People's Health report, launched at the Black Health Inequalities Summit. Source ↗

Where Dr Sara Paparini has been quoted

  1. Change prostate cancer treatment for black men to avoid ‘epidemic’, NHS urgedtheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

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