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Amy Paterson
MBChB MSc Med
DPhil Student
Amy is a DPhil student in the Epidemic diseases clinical research group (ERGO). Her research focuses on stigma associated with emerging infectious diseases with the aim of developing a cross-outbreak stigma assessment tool. She is supported by a Rhodes Scholarship and supervised by Professor Piero Olliaro, Dr Amanda Rojek, Dr Nina Gobat, and Dr Ashleigh Cheyne.
Amy received her MBChB and MSc Med from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and worked as a clinician in her home province of KwaZulu-Natal before joining the University of Oxford. She is a passionate advocate for equitable, person-centred healthcare.
Recent publications
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Embedding treatment in stronger care systems
Rojek A. et al, (2024), The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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The Virulence of Otherness
Paterson A., (2024), Annals of Internal Medicine, 177, 1284 - 1284
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Systematic Review of Scales for Measuring Infectious Disease–Related Stigma
Paterson A. et al, (2024), Emerging Infectious Diseases, 30
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Tenderness
Paterson AF., (2024), JAMA, 331, 620 - 620
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Addressing stigma in infectious disease outbreaks: a crucial step in pandemic preparedness
Paterson A. et al, (2023), Frontiers in Public Health, 11