Bayard Roberts

Since joining LSHTM in 2005 I have worked on a range of research studies on themes of health determinants, systems and policies in transitional settings, including those affected by armed conflict and forced migration. I have a particular interest in mental health and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and have led studies examining the burden of mental disorders and health care utilisation among conflict-affected populations in Ukraine, Georgia, northern Uganda, and South Sudan; mortality estimation in fragile and resource-poor settings; and evaluating MSF’s NCD programmes  in Democratic Republic of Congo and Jordan. I am currently a co-investigator and work package lead for an EC funded study examining the potential for scaling-up a low-intensity mental health intervention for Syrian refugees in 8 countries. I have also received research funding from the Wellcome Trust, ESRC, DFID, and USAID. I co-edited the 2017 Lancet Series on Health in Humanitarian Crises, and I am Editor-in-Chief of the BMC journal Conflict and Health.