Dr Andrew Harmer, PhD

Profile

I am a PhD in International Relations with expertise in global health governance, politics and policy. I am a HEA Fellow and currently employed as Senior Lecturer in Global Public Health in the Centre for Public Health and Policy. I am the Director of the Centre’s online MSc in Global Public Health. I received my doctorate in 2006 from the University of Southampton, and since then have published widely on a range of global public health issues, including: the World Health Organisation, climate change and health, global health partnerships, health systems strengthening in low and low-middle income countries, and the role of emerging economies in global health. I have taught at various universities in the United Kingdom and globally. I am also a keen blogger – you can read my post at andrewharmer.org 

Research

Research Interests:

My research interests include:

• Public health communication and fake news;
• Health impact of climate change
• The World Health Organization

Publications

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Outstanding publications

Obichukwu, I,. Kennedy, J., and Harmer A (2023) Flexibly funding the World Health Organization? An analysis of its donors’ contributions. BMJ Global Health 8:e011232.

Harmer A, Van de Pas R, Eder B, Leetz A and Gepp S (2020) WHO should declare climate change a public health emergency. British Medical Journal 368:m797

Kennedy J, Harmer A, McCoy D (2018).  The political determinants of the cholera outbreak in Yemen. Lancet Global Health vol. 5, (10) e970-e971. 

Harmer, A., Lee, K. and Perry N. (2015) Global health education in the United Kingdom: A review of university undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and courses. Public Health 129: 797-809

Supervision

None currently – one candidate has applied for LISS-DTP, result pending