Beate Ringwald is a post-doctoral research associate at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine where she supports intersectionality, participatory, and social science research within the “Leaving no-one behInd: transforming Gendered pathways to Health for TB” (LIGHT) Consortium in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda. Dr Ringwald is a gender expert with background in social education and global health. Her research draws on her doctoral research exploring intersections of intimate partner violence and HIV in informal urban settlements and on over ten years of professional experience in designing and delivering programmes using participatory approaches to empower youth, women, and communities.
Toyosi Adekeye is a Senior Research Fellow at Zankli Research Centre (ZRC) at Bingham University. Dr Adekeye coordinates research activities and inputs across ZRC’s research portfolio from the laboratory to community-based studies. In his role as Research Uptake Manager with the LIGHT Consortium, he uses the photovoice methodology to bring communities affected by TB, practitioners, and policymakers together to identify solutions to TB care that meet the needs of people. Dr Adekeye also applies research findings in his teaching at Bingham University.
Gurher Sidhu is a global health student at York University, and a research assistant involved with SSHIFTB. Her interests include TB advocacy, access to primary healthcare, ageing, and palliative care. She has also worked as a pharmacy assistant, and volunteers at a local hospice.
