Biography
Natasha studied Medicine at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, developing an interest in Global Public Health whilst undertaking an intercalated MSc in Global Health Nutrition at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She completed an Academic Foundation Programme at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) looking at the impact of Covid-19 on maternal and child health in sub-Saharan Africa. She went on to work with QMUL on a collaboration with UNFPA looking at the intersections between Climate Change and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.
She joined the Department of PHPC as an Academic Clinical Fellow in General Practice where her research in the GPACC Group focuses on Planetary Health and Health Inequalities.
Research
Climate Change, air pollution, nutrition, gender, sexuality and health
Publications
• O’Sullivan N, McMullen H, Nielsen SV, Udeh C and Baschieri A. Taking stock: sexual and reproductive health and rights in climate commitments. United Nations Population Fund and Queen Mary University of London (2023). New York: United Nations Population Fund.
• O'Sullivan NP, Lelijveld N, Rutishauser-Perera A, Kerac M, James P. Follow-up between 6 and 24 months after discharge from treatment for severe acute malnutrition in children aged 6-59 months: A systematic review. PLoS One. 2018 Aug 30;13(8):e0202053. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202053. PMID: 30161151; PMCID: PMC6116928.
• Ayram A, O’Sullivan N, Okello G. Air Pollution (PM2.5) and its Meteorology Predictors in Kampala and Jinja cities, in Uganda.
Environmental Science; atsmospheres. 2024
• Shayo EH, Nassor NK, Mboera LEG, Ngadaya E, Mangesho P, Bakari M, Urassa M, Seif M, Tarimo C, Masemo A, Mmbaga BT, O'Sullivan N, McCoy D, Russo G. The impacts of COVID-19 and its policy response on access and utilization of maternal and child health services in Tanzania: A mixed methods study. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 May 12;3(5):e0001549. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001549
Teaching and Supervisions
• Teaching assistant for the Gender, Sexuality and Health Module for Global Health MSc at Queen Mary University London (2022-23)
• Seminar facilitator for ‘Social and Ethical Context of Health and Illness’ module for medical students at University of Cambridge (2024-present)
• Clinical Supervisor at the School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge providing weekly bedside teaching (2024- present)
• IFME Course (Integrated Foundation of Medical Education) accredited, University of Cambridge (2025)
