Dr Emma Plugge MA, MB, BChir, MSc, FFPH, DPhil, FHEA
Associate Professor
Emma Plugge is Associate Professor of Public Health based in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton.
Before becoming a researcher, Emma qualified as a doctor and undertook postgraduate training in tropical medicine and in primary care, working in the UK and overseas as a clinician. She subsequently trained in public health and also completed a doctorate at the University of Oxford.
Her research now focuses on the health of marginalized groups, particularly the health of people in contact with the criminal justice system and the health of migrants. She is currently involved in a number of research studies investigating communicable and non-communicable diseases in prisons in the UK and internationally. Her work has a particular focus on the health of women and the meaningful involvement of marginalised groups in research.
She also works in the Health and Justice team at PHE/UKHSA as a Senior Research Fellow. She is the academic lead for the WorldwidE Prison Health Research and Engagement Network (WEPHREN), a network aiming to improve the quality of prison health research globally, brings together her interest and expertise in prison health research and international capacity building for public health.
Qualifications
MA, Medical Sciences and Social & Political Sciences, University of Cambridge
MB, BChir, University of Cambridge
Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, University of London
Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners
MSc in Public Health, University of London
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford
Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Oxford
Associate Professor, University of Southampton.
Senior Research Fellow & honorary consultant in public health, Health and Justice team, PHE