Dr. Ben Kasstan Dabush

Biography

Ben Kasstan-Dabush is a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, specializing in Global Health Policy. He has a background as a medical anthropologist and has spent over a decade engaging in interdisciplinary fields involving critical public health and vaccine social science. His research critically examines health protection concepts and the reconciliation of divergent approaches to achieve health goals. He investigates vaccination and disease outbreak contexts, along with child, reproductive, and sexual health issues. Ben's emerging research interest focuses on the narratives and temporalities involved in public health responses to 're-emerging' infectious diseases in the Global North. He advocates for public health equity, working alongside marginalized communities to promote shared responsibility in health protection through co-production methods. He has supported UK Health Security Agency vaccine responses, acted as an expert witness for the Covid-19 Inquiry regarding vaccine delivery system disparities, and frequently comments on vaccination and public health in various media outlets including The Guardian, Forbes, and BBC World News.

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