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Caribbean Centre for Health Systems Research  | Trinidad and Tobago

Promoting Health Policy and Systems Research and addressing pressing policy and system issues faced by decision-makers in the Caribbean.

Overview

Learn more about about the Caribbean Centre for Health Systems Research team and how PEERSS supports their work.

Team members

Meet the experts that make up the PEERSS team in Trinidad and Tobago.

Research

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Partner team overview

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The Caribbean Centre for Health Systems Research (CCHRSD) is a Research Centre located at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. The Centre was established in 2018 to promote Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) and address pressing policy and system issues faced by decision-makers in the Caribbean.

    Caribbean Centre for Health Systems Research mission vision values

    Since joining PEERSS in 2020, CCHRSD has engaged several social sector Ministries in Trinidad and Tobago, especially those working in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) space, to build their capacity to develop evidence-informed policies and include stakeholders and citizens in decision-making processes.

    In the future, activities to support evidence-informed policymaking will include: 

    Finding ways to adapt, pilot, and refine mechanisms utilized in the health sector to support evidence-informed policymaking in the social sector.

    Co-creating rapid syntheses with social sector Ministries to address priority areas for which evidence is needed to inform policymaking.

    Conducting, in collaboration with social sector Ministries, Stakeholder Dialogues that tackle inter-sectoral issues in Trinidad and Tobago.

    Conducting a citizens’ panel at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) level.

    Meet the experts from Trinidad and Tobago.

    Prof. Donald Simeon

    Name
    Prof. Donald Simeon
    Role
    Co-Team Lead, Researcher/ Biostatistician
    Areas of Expertise
    Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Nutrition, public health
    Country
    Trinidad and Tobago

    Ms. Shelly-Anne Hunte

    Name
    Ms. Shelly-Anne Hunte
    Role
    Co-Team Lead, Research Fellow
    Areas of Expertise
    Epidemiology, Evidence synthesis
    Country
    Trinidad and Tobago

    Mr. Michael Pierre

    Name
    Mr. Michael Pierre
    Role
    Research Assistant
    Areas of Expertise
    Statistics, Monitoring and evaluation
    Country
    Trinidad and Tobago

    Ms. Kershelle Barker

    Name
    Ms. Kershelle Barker
    Role
    Junior Fellow
    Areas of Expertise
    Public Health, Evidence synthesis
    Country
    Trinidad and Tobago

    Mr. Akil Williams

    Name
    Mr. Akil Williams
    Role
    Junior Fellow
    Areas of Expertise
    Epidemiology, biostatistics
    Country
    Trinidad and Tobago

    Have a question about the research from Trinidad and Tobago?

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    trinidadandtobago@peerss.org

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