Dr. Johnson Mbabazi is a lecturer in Public Health, Co-founder and Chairman of the Teesside University Health Student Research Network. When studying for his doctorate at Teesside University, he was a course representative for doctorate students, an associate lecturer, and an inspirational leader. He holds an MSc in Public Health and a BSc Hons in Biomedical Sciences at Leeds Beckett University. He also worked as a public health and health promotional specialist, helped implement policies, and discussed public health matters in the media in the UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health, a Fellow of the European Public Health Association, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. A multiple international award-winning author, lifetime author award winner, and UK plaque winner. He has published published twelve peer-reviewed articles on both qualitative and quantitative research in reputed journals from my doctorate, which are well cited by scholars, researchers, books, and a peer reviewer of three journals. My main research interest is in physical activity, adult obesity, health inequalities, non-communicable diseases and conditions, and communicable diseases. Socioeconomic, environmental, and behavioural factors, as well as international travel and migration, foster and increase the spread of communicable diseases. Vaccine-preventable, foodborne, zoonotic, health care-related, and communicable diseases pose significant threats to human health and may sometimes threaten international health security.

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH INTEREST

1.Adult obesity and how covid19 has exacebated the mental well-being in the Black Asian Ethnic Minorites(BAME) individuals in UK and globally.Covid-19 has disproportionately affected ethnic minority groups in developed countries. Public Health England report, the mortality risk from covid-19 among ethnic minority groups is twice that of white British patients after potential confounding factors such as age, sex, income, education, housing tenure, and area deprivation have been taken into account.

2.Health inequalities:Poor health and poverty do go hand-in-hand. But high levels of inequality, the epidemiological research shows, negatively affect the health of even the affluent, mainly because, researchers contend, inequality reduces social cohesion, a dynamic that leads to more stress, fear, and insecurity for everyone.Rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases and conditions (such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, some cancers, and neurodegenerative conditions) are a particular concern, as is the increasing prevalence of people developing multiple long-term conditions, across both physical and mental health. Together, this creates an economic and health burden of disease that outweighs the impact of infectious diseases. This is a complex area for both research and policy, with multiple interacting factors driving inequalities. Public Health England has published action plans and outlined interventions that can be used to improve outcomes. The extent to which national and local policies are driving positive change equitably across mental and physical health domains is an area of concern. The COVID-19 pandemic has cast renewed focus on the persistent social gradient for both mental and physical health, with inequality reported in terms of health outcomes and access to preventive measures and social conditions to minimise the risk of infection. 

3.Communicable diseases:Socioeconomic, environmental and behavioural factors, as well as international travel and migration, foster and increase the spread of communicable diseases. Vaccine-preventable, foodborne, zoonotic, health care-related and communicable diseases pose significant threats to human health and may sometimes threaten international health security.Disease examples of communicable diseases are:

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19),Hepatitis,HIV/AIDS,Influenza,Measles and rubella,Poliomyelitis,Sexually transmitted infections and Tuberculosis.