Dr. Aisha Andrewin OBE

MBBS, MSc.International Public Health , MSc. Public Health in Disasters

University of the West Indies; National Yang-Ming University; University of Oviedo/Université Catholique de Louvain

2000; 2007; 2014

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• Andrewin, A, Chien L. Stigmatization of HIV/AIDS Patients among Doctors and Nurses in Belize. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 2008 Nov;22(11):897-906)
• Andrewin, A. N. et al. Determinants of the lethality of climate-related disasters in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM): a cross-country analysis. Sci. Rep. 5, 11972; doi:10.1038/srep11972 (2015)

• 12/2021 - OBE: Officer of the Order of the British Empire – for services to Public Health in Anguilla

CDC USA describes epidemiology as "...the scientific method of investigation problem-solving used by disease detectives— epidemiologists, laboratory scientists, statisticians, physicians and other health care providers, and public health professionals—to get to the root of health problems and outbreaks in a community..." I fell in love with the science because it can really depend the understanding of health problems by considering multiple variables associated with human diseases - beyond the biological, such as lifestyle choices, social and political contexts... The discipline has saved millions of lives, from both infectious and non-communicable diseases, through interventions and preventative programs that have been implemented as a result of study findings. Although it differs from the clinical sciences in that it looks at entire populations as opposed to individuals, I hope that students will gain an appreciation for the study's contribution to human health and well-being through this course.

My hobbies include playing volleyball and playing classical piano.