Rosemary Pierce-Messick
Rosemary is a behavioural scientist working primarily in public health and healthcare and is a specialist in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. She leads qualitative and participatory research and behaviour change design across contexts and topics, ultimately aiming to help understand deep drivers of human behaviour and help facilitate impactful change. Some projects she has run include facilitating the adoption of modern methods of family planning in Northern Nigeria, improving pain management during surgical abortions through the NHS, and supporting HIV prevention among women in the USA.
She is also passionate about research ethics and ensuring research carried out around the world is not only high quality, but is also ethically sound. This includes leading training on research and behavioural science, and promoting ethical research practice through thought leadership.
She holds an MSc in Cognitive and Decision Sciences from University College London (UCL) and an MSc in Reproductive and Sexual Health Research from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).