Francis, Mark Rohit
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8428-4298 Description of research
Mark is a PhD candidate in Epidemiology (2015 – present) at the Tampere University, Finland and his dissertation utilizes primary and secondary data to estimate routine childhood vaccination coverage and examine the parental characteristics associated with incomplete or delayed vaccination in India. Prior to beginning his doctoral studies, Mark was awarded a Wellcome Trust Master’s Fellowship in Public Health & Tropical Medicine (2012 – 15) which supported master’s studies in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and a yearlong community intervention trial to determine the effectiveness and feasibility of membrane filtration for safe drinking water provision in rural southern India conducted at the Christian Medical College, Vellore. Mark has worked in various capacities through his nearly decade long research career and is excited to use novel analytical methods and tools to improve the delivery and uptake of large-scale public health interventions such as maternal and childhood vaccination worldwide.Publications (30)
Influenza vaccination hesitancy and its determinants among elderly in China: A national cross-sectional study
2022
Influenza vaccination uptake and its determinants during the 2019-2020 and early 2020-2021 flu seasons among migrants in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional survey
2022
Willingness and uptake of the COVID-19 testing and vaccination in urban China during the low-risk period: a cross-sectional study
2022