Helen Stagg MA, MSc, PhD

Helen Stagg initially trained at the University of Cambridge in the life sciences (cell biology, immunology, virology; PhD) and later at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (epidemiology, MSc). She has worked with industry, and national and international policy-making/influencing bodies (particularly the Scottish Parliament, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence UK, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and the World Health Organization). She has previously held a European Respiratory Society International Short-Term Research Training Fellowship, a National Institute for Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship, and a Chancellor’s Fellowship (tenure-track) at the University of Edinburgh. She currently has a Medical Research Council Career Development Award, as well as an honorary contract at University College London and the University of Edinburgh.

Helen is a member of the World Health Organization's core grouping for the European Tuberculosis Research Initiative, a Fellow of the Young Academy of Europe, and was the co-chair of UK Academics and Professionals to End Tuberculosis with Prof. Bertie Squire 2020-2022.