London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
London, UK
Biography
Dr Magdalena Harris is an Associate Professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Her expertise lies in qualitative methods and the social sciences of hepatitis C and harm reduction. Dr Harris has been based at LSHTM since 2009, where she conducts a programme of research investigating the lived experience of care, risk, treatment and prevention among people who inject drugs in the UK. She is passionate about community engagement and building links between community and drug user organisations and social research institutions/academia.
Dr Harris is a trustee for the Hepatitis C Trust; Associate Editor for the International Journal of Drug Policy and Journal of Hepatology, Medicine and Policy; steering committee member for the London Joint Working Group on Hepatitis C and Substance Use and the European Hepatitis C Platform; and board member for the Global Congress for Qualitative Health Research.
Disclosures
- Receipt of honoraria or consultation fees: Gilead Sciences
- Participation in a company-sponsored speaker’s bureau: Gilead Sciences, AbbVie