Poppy Lamberton is a Professor of Global Health at the University of Glasgow in the School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine and the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology
She is a parasitologist and field epidemiologist by training, who uses a wide range of techniques to address global health issues. Her team’s research is primarily motivated by how to improve the lives of those affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
Her early research focus was on utilising field epidemiological data, laboratory experiments, and population genetics to understand population structure, transmission dynamics, host-parasite-drug interactions and the effects of long-term mass drug administration on NTDs such as schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminths and onchocerciasis.
To address continued NTD challenges, her research has become more interdisciplinary. Since moving to the University of Glasgow in 2016 she has built a diverse team of biologists, ecologists, anthropologists, economists, social scientists and engineers. They aim to ascertain how people manage their own risk of infection and disease transmission, what social and economic behaviours could be popular to change to reduce transmission, as well as what local water and sanitation solutions might help reduce community and individual level infections.
She has received funding from the ERC, UKRI, Royal Society, Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative to address a range of research questions on NTDs.
