Ms Romaisa Arshad
About me
Romaisa Arshad is an early-career public health academic and implementation researcher with an MSc in Public Health and Health Promotion (Distinction) from the Division of Global Public Health, Department of Health Sciences at Brunel University London. Her work focuses on health promotion, health protection, and implementation research, particularly in maternal health, infectious disease prevention, and strengthening health systems resilience.
Romaisa has led several initiatives to advance breast cancer awareness in Pakistan and recently contributed to the evaluation of a national-level implementation research project funded by Nutrition International and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Using qualitative and stakeholder-centred approaches, she works to improve the design, implementation, and impact of public health interventions. Romaisa is particularly committed to promoting women’s participation and leadership in science and global health practice.
Romaisa Arshad is an early-career public health academic and implementation researcher with training in health promotion, health protection, and health systems strengthening. She holds an MSc in Public Health and Health Promotion (Distinction) from Brunel University London and a BSc in Public Health (Summa Cum Laude) from Bahria University. Her academic and applied work centres on understanding how public health interventions are designed, implemented, and sustained in real‑world settings, particularly within resource‑constrained health systems.
Romaisa has led and contributed to large-scale public health research and programmes supported by organisations including Nutrition International, the Aga Khan Foundation, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination and UNICEF. Her experience includes leading qualitative implementation research on maternal nutrition, contributing to behaviour-change and health promotion strategies, supporting vaccination campaign planning and community engagement for polio eradication, and conducting independent qualitative research on the response to COVID-19, focusing on governance, leadership and digitization.
Romaisa was awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Academic Excellence Scholarship for her Master’s at Brunel University London and the Advanced Merit Scholarship for her BSc in Public Health, reflecting her strong commitment to academic excellence. She also received the Jury Award at the Annual Public Health Conference at Brunel University London for her project aimed at reducing the burden of under-five diarrhoea in rural Jamshoro using educational approaches. Romaisa is a member of the Society for Health Communication and Amnesty International.
Her research interests include implementation science, behaviour change, infectious disease prevention, and qualitative public health methods, with a strong commitment to translating research into teaching, policy-relevant evidence, and practice. Romaisa is particularly interested in supporting women in science, strengthening research capacity, and contributing to more inclusive and resilient health systems at both national and global levels.
