Dr Asmaa Shaboun

Asmaa is a paediatric doctor by training, who is currently working at Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust, UK. She practiced on different healthcare systems mainly on Egypt, Oman and the UK. She holds a Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery (MBBCh) from Zagazig University, Egypt, an MSc of International Health and Tropical Medicine (MSc IHTM) and Master of Public Policy (MPP) from Oxford University, and a Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTMH) from the Royal College of Physicians, London.  Asmaa’s main interests are the management of Tropical diseases, the uprising Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and improving health care systems on developing countries through better health policies. She worked in different research units, including Oxford University Clinical Unit (OUCRU), Hanoi, Vietnam and the Oxford Health Systems Research Collaboration (OHSCAR), Oxford, UK.

Asmaa has joined the Maiden lab as a research fellow contributing to Molecular Epidemiology of Vaccination Policy (MEVacP) Project. Her role was collecting and compiling data from different databases; including: WHO and MenAfriNet; and governmental websites regarding the prevalence of meningitis and the vaccination policies across Africa with special interest on the African meningitis belt.  The target was to create event-based internet surveillance tools where diverse sources of public information ranging from news articles, messages on forums, blogs, and social media can be used by the community to rapidly communicate the possibility of meningitis cases, in turn facilitating a more targeted and rapid response to the outbreak in the African Meningitis Belt.