Prasanthi Attwood

About Prasanthi Attwood

Research Fellow

Prasanthi is an injury epidemiologist focusing on monitoring and evaluation of child road safety projects in 6 countries through the Botnar Foundation and working with longitudinal data to analyse gender differences and injuries amongst a large cohort of adolescents from Vietnam, Peru, Ethiopia and India.

Prasanthi obtained her medical degree from Cambridge University (UK), and then spent over a decade working within the field of injury prevention at Johns Hopkins (Baltimore, US). With a young family and move back to the UK, she wanted to be part of a dynamic and innovative team slightly closer to home and was therefore thrilled to have the opportunity to join the George Institute, UK, helping to further develop the injury research portfolio.

Publications

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Social, physical and economic drivers of unintentional injuries among children under-5 in low-resource communities in Jinja City, Uganda: a photovoice exploration

Injury Prevention Date published:

Knowledge, mobility and the built environment: assessing risk factors for road traffic incidents during children’s school journeys in urban Blantyre, Malawi - an observational study

Injury Prevention Date published:

Leveraging Stakeholder Engagement for Adolescent School Journeys in Malawi: An Exploration of Road Safety and Air Pollution Interventions

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Date published:

Parents’ and Teachers’ Perceptions of Risks Associated with Children’s Walks to School in Blantyre, Malawi

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Date published:

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