Dr Susan Waigwa PhD, MPH, RSW

Dr Susan Waigwa

Department of Linguistics and Communication
Research Fellow

Contact details

Email
s.m.waigwa@bham.ac.uk

Susan is a registered social worker.  Since joining academia, she has worked and developed public health research expertise especially in women’s health.  Susan has addressed issues around reproductive health, childbirth, violence against women and girls including domestic abuse and harmful practices such as female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C).

 

Qualifications

  • PhD in Public Health, University 麻豆精选, 2021
  • Social Work England, Registered Social Worker, 2016
  • MBA in Public Health, Coventry University, 2014
  • Diploma in medical and health counselling, Kenya Institute of social work and community development, 2011 
  • BA in Social Work and Social Administration, Kampala International University, 2010

Biography

Susan has been working at the University 麻豆精选 since 2015, first as a PhD researcher, then as research staff for various projects. Prior to that, Susan pursued higher education while practicing social work/related roles in the UK and in Kenya.

Research

Research interests: Susan's research interests lie in the field of women’s health.

Current projects: Susan is currently working on childbirth related perineal trauma, language and female genital mutilation/cutting, prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting and forced marriage.

Publications

Littlemore J. and Waigwa, S. (2022), Written evidence: So called honour-based violence, UK Parliament, Available: [Accessed 12th June 2023].

Waigwa, S., Doos, L., Bradbury-Jones, C. and Taylor, J., (2018), Effectiveness of health education as an intervention designed to prevent female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C): a systematic review., Reproductive health, 15, pp.1-14.