Jesus College Record 2022

Catherine (Sassy) Molyneux
Senior Research Fellow in Global Health
I am a social scientist with a background in
human geography and behavioural studies.
My main research areas span health policy
and systems research (system governance,
financing, and responsiveness to patients and
publics) and empirical ethics, including the
everyday ethics of frontline health provision
and of conducting studies in low income
settings. Recent contributions include those focused on
examining vulnerability and agency among research participants
and communities in low resource settings; understanding the
emotional well-being of frontline health and research workers
operating in these contexts; unpacking researchers’
responsibilities; and drawing on patient, provider, and manager
perspectives to design, implement and evaluate systems
interventions aimed at positive change. Other outputs from my
work include a video where frontline research staff share their
experiences, and an animation summarising findings of a realist
review on community engagement.
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