Dr Kasim Allel
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Kasim, PhD, is an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) at City St George’s, University of London, specialising in health economics and quantitative methods, including epidemiology and modelling. He holds a PhD in Infectious Diseases from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, an MSc in Health Economics from University College London, and a BSc in Engineering. His research focuses on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), particularly how socioeconomic, environmental, and spatial factors shape its transmission and burden, and how epidemiological, modelling, and health economic methods can inform surveillance, interventions, and policy. Before joining City St George’s, Kasim was a Senior Researcher at the University of Oxford and previously worked as a Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. He has also served as a consultant to Ministries of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Qualifications
- PhD Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
- MSc Health Economics, University College London, United Kingdom
- MA Economics, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile
- BSc Engineering, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile
Employment
- Academic editor, PLOS Medicine, United States, September 2026 - present
- Associate professor (senior lecturer), City St George's University of London, United Kingdom, September 2026 - present
Languages
English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review), Portuguese (can read, understand spoken) and Spanish - Latin American (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review)
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- (2019). Alcohol consumption predicts incidence of depressive episodes across 10 years among older adults in 19 countries. In International Review of Neurobiology (pp. 1-38). Elsevier. ISBN 9780128175309.
Journal articles (40)
- Fernández-Guardiola, F., Codeço, C.T., Vergara, N., Vilches, J., Sandoval-Vargas, D., Undurraga, E.A.... Allel, K. (2026). Chagas-specific Death and Competing Risk of Mortality in Chile: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study, 2007–2021. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 13(8). doi:10.1093/ofid/ofag502
- Al Mohajer, M., Slusky, D., Nix, D.E., Allel, K., Shay, S. and Nicodemo, C. (2026). Neighborhood Deprivation, Antibiotic Prescribing Concordance, and 30-Day Outcomes After Emergency Department Encounters in Older Adults. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 13(7). doi:10.1093/ofid/ofag455
- Valenzuela-García, P., Allel, K., Stuardo-Tapia, L. and Balcells, M.E. (2026). Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease: A Blind Spot in Global Lung Health. ARS MEDICA Revista de Ciencias Médicas, 51(2), pp. 8-10. doi:10.11565/arsmed.v51i2.2230
- Ross, P., Acuña, M.-.P., Carcamo-Oyarce, G., Arancibia, J.M. and Allel, K. (2026). MRSA and carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii on the fall: successful infection prevention and control in Chilean ICUs. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 81(5). doi:10.1093/jac/dkag146
- Al Mohajer, M., Slusky, D., Nix, D., Allel, K., Shay, S. and Nicodemo, C. (2026). Antibiotic guideline concordance and area deprivation in the US emergency departments, 2015–2024. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 47(4), pp. 342-350. doi:10.1017/ice.2026.10410
- Ruiz-Tagle, C., Seguel, R., Villarroel, L., Bernales, M., Vargas-García, S., Pizarro, A.... Balcells, M.E. (2026). Reducing Household Tuberculosis Transmission: A Pilot Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 82(2), pp. 291-298. doi:10.1093/cid/ciaf526
- Exley, J., Boadu, P., Allel, K., Erens, B., Mays, N. and Al-Haboubi, M. (2026). Characteristics Influencing Support for the National Health Service COVID-19 App in England and Wales: Findings From a Longitudinal Survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 28, pp. e76863-e76863. doi:10.2196/76863
- Moon, K., van Bavel, B., Berrang Ford, L., Badger, K., Carter, L., Evans, B.... King, R. (2025). A research agenda advancing climate change and antimicrobial resistance as interconnected issues. Nature Climate Change, 15(12), pp. 1264-1267. doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02507-7
- Allel, K., Smith, D.R.M., Nguyen, N., Lipworth, S. and Pouwels, K.B. (2025). Advancing monitoring of antimicrobial resistance trajectories using flexible spatiotemporal modelling: a change-point analysis. Wellcome Open Research, 10, pp. 326-326. doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24078.1
- Allel, K., Garcia, P., Peters, A., Munita, J., Undurraga, E.A. and Yakob, L. (2025). Cost-effectiveness of screening, decolonisation and isolation strategies for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in hospitals: a sex-stratified mathematical modelling study. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 43, pp. 101019-101019. doi:10.1016/j.lana.2025.101019
- Allel, K., Cust, H., Mfochive, I., Szawlowski, S., Nitcheu, E., Tamgno, E.D.... Lepine, A. (2025). Cost-effectiveness of health insurance among women engaged in transactional sex and impacts on HIV transmission in Cameroon: a mathematical model. BMJ Global Health, 10(2), pp. e017870-e017870. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017870
- Sanhueza-Sanzana, C., Kendall, C., Allel, K., González, M.H.S., Almeida, R.L.F.D., Aguiar, I.W.O.... Kerr, L. (2025). Exploring the Zika virus epidemic’s association with fertility in a cohort of women of Northeastern Brazil: socioeconomic and educational gradients. Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, 28. doi:10.1590/1980-549720250044
- Allel, K., Peters, A., Haghparast-Bidgoli, H., Spencer-Sandino, M., Conejeros, J., Garcia, P.... Undurraga, E.A. (2024). Excess burden of antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections: evidence from a multicentre retrospective cohort study in Chile, 2018–2022. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 40, pp. 100943-100943. doi:10.1016/j.lana.2024.100943
- Goscé, L., Allel, K., Hamada, Y., Surkova, E., Kontsevaya, I., Wang, T.T.... Rangaka, M.X. (2024). Systematic review of the economic impact of novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis specific antigen-based skin tests for detection of TB infection compared with tuberculin skin test and interferon-gamma release assays. PLOS Global Public Health, 4(10), pp. e0003655-e0003655. doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0003655
- Rodríguez Gatta, D., Rotenberg, S., Allel, K., Reichenberger, V., Banks, L.M. and Kuper, H. (2024). Access to general health care among people with disabilities in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review of quantitative research. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 32, pp. 100701-100701. doi:10.1016/j.lana.2024.100701
- Allel, K., Hernández-Leal, M.J., Naylor, N.R., Undurraga, E.A., Abou Jaoude, G.J., Bhandari, P.... Yakob, L. (2024). Costs-effectiveness and cost components of pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions affecting antibiotic resistance outcomes in hospital patients: a systematic literature review. BMJ Global Health, 9(2), pp. e013205-e013205. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013205
- Allel, K., Cabada, M.M., Lau, C., Mills, D., Franklin, R.C., Zhu, Y.... Furuya-Kanamori, L. (2024). Causes of death among international travellers in Peru, 2017 to 2021. Journal of Travel Medicine, 31(1). doi:10.1093/jtm/taad163
- Goscé, L., Allel, K., Hamada, Y., Korobitsyn, A., Ismail, N., Bashir, S.... Rangaka, M.X. (2023). Economic evaluation of novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis specific antigen-based skin tests for detection of TB infection: A modelling study. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(12), pp. e0002573-e0002573. doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0002573
- Pitchforth, E., Gemma-Clare, A., Smith, E., Taylor, J., Rayner, T., Lichten, C.... Allel, K. (2023). What and how can we learn from complex global problems for antimicrobial resistance policy? A comparative study combining historical and foresight approaches. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 35, pp. 110-121. doi:10.1016/j.jgar.2023.08.019
- Allel, K., Stone, J., Undurraga, E.A., Day, L., Moore, C.E., Lin, L.... Yakob, L. (2023). The impact of inpatient bloodstream infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS Medicine, 20(6), pp. e1004199-e1004199. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1004199
- Allel, K., Labarca, J., Carvajal, C., Garcia, P., Cifuentes, M., Silva, F.... Undurraga, E.A. (2023). Trends and socioeconomic, demographic, and environmental factors associated with antimicrobial resistance: a longitudinal analysis in 39 hospitals in Chile 2008–2017. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 21, pp. 100484-100484. doi:10.1016/j.lana.2023.100484
- Allel, K., Day, L., Hamilton, A., Lin, L., Furuya-Kanamori, L., Moore, C.E.... Yakob, L. (2023). Global antimicrobial-resistance drivers: an ecological country-level study at the human–animal interface. The Lancet Planetary Health, 7(4), pp. e291-e303. doi:10.1016/s2542-5196(23)00026-8
- Al-Haboubi, M., Exley, J., Allel, K., Erens, B. and Mays, N. (2023). One year of digital contact tracing: Who was more likely to install the NHS COVID-19 app? Results from a tracker survey in England and Wales. DIGITAL HEALTH, 9. doi:10.1177/20552076231159449
- Tapia-Muñoz, T., Staudinger, U.M., Allel, K., Steptoe, A., Miranda-Castillo, C., Medina, J.T.... Calvo, E. (2022). Income inequality and its relationship with loneliness prevalence: A cross-sectional study among older adults in the US and 16 European countries. PLOS ONE, 17(12), pp. e0274518-e0274518. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0274518
- Griskaitis, M., Furuya-Kanamori, L., Allel, K., Stabler, R., Harris, P., Paterson, D.L.... Yakob, L. (2022). β-Lactam–Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Dynamics Following Treatment: A Dose-Response Meta-analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 75(11), pp. 1962-1970. doi:10.1093/cid/ciac293
- Allel, K., Abou Jaoude, G.J., Birungi, C., Palmer, T., Skordis, J. and Haghparast-Bidgoli, H. (2022). Technical efficiency of national HIV/AIDS spending in 78 countries between 2010 and 2018: A data envelopment analysis. PLOS Global Public Health, 2(8), pp. e0000463-e0000463. doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0000463
- Tapia-Muñoz, T., González-Santa Cruz, A., Clarke, H., Morris, W., Palmeiro-Silva, Y. and Allel, K. (2022). COVID-19 attributed mortality and ambient temperature: a global ecological study using a two-stage regression model. Pathogens and Global Health, 116(5), pp. 319-329. doi:10.1080/20477724.2021.2007336
- Soza-Ossandón, P., Rivera, D., Allel, K., González-Rocha, G., Quezada-Aguiluz, M., San Martin, I.... Moreno-Switt, A.I. (2022). Mec-Positive Staphylococcus Healthcare-Associated Infections Presenting High Transmission Risks for Antimicrobial-Resistant Strains in an Equine Hospital. Antibiotics, 11(5), pp. 621-621. doi:10.3390/antibiotics11050621
- Abou Jaoude, G.J., Garcia Baena, I., Nguhiu, P., Siroka, A., Palmer, T., Goscé, L.... Haghparast-Bidgoli, H. (2022). National tuberculosis spending efficiency and its associated factors in 121 low-income and middle-income countries, 2010–19: a data envelopment and stochastic frontier analysis. The Lancet Global Health, 10(5), pp. e649-e660. doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(22)00085-7
- Allel, K., Salustri, F., Haghparast-Bidgoli, H. and Kiadaliri, A. (2021). The contributions of public health policies and healthcare quality to gender gap and country differences in life expectancy in the UK. Population Health Metrics, 19(1). doi:10.1186/s12963-021-00271-2
- Goscé, L., Girardi, E., Allel, K., Cirillo, D.M., Barcellini, L., Stancanelli, G.... Abubakar, I. (2021). Tackling TB in migrants arriving at Europe’s southern border. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 113, pp. S28-S32. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2021.02.103
- Calvo, E., Allel, K., Staudinger, U.M., Castillo‐Carniglia, A., Medina, J.T. and Keyes, K.M. (2021). Cross‐country differences in age trends in alcohol consumption among older adults: a cross‐sectional study of individuals aged 50 years and older in 22 countries. Addiction, 116(6), pp. 1399-1412. doi:10.1111/add.15292
- Rivera, D., Allel, K., Dueñas, F., Tardone, R., Soza, P., Hamilton-West, C.... Moreno-Switt, A.I. (2021). Screening the Presence of Non-Typhoidal Salmonella in Different Animal Systems and the Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance. Animals, 11(6), pp. 1532-1532. doi:10.3390/ani11061532
- Allel, K., Abou Jaoude, G., Poupakis, S., Batura, N., Skordis, J. and Haghparast-Bidgoli, H. (2021). Exploring the Associations between Early Childhood Development Outcomes and Ecological Country-Level Factors across Low- and Middle-Income Countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(7), pp. 3340-3340. doi:10.3390/ijerph18073340
- Allel, K., León, A.S., Staudinger, U.M. and Calvo, E. (2021). Healthy retirement begins at school: educational differences in the health outcomes of early transitions into retirement. Ageing and Society, 41(1), pp. 137-157. doi:10.1017/s0144686x19000928
- Allel, K., Tapia-Muñoz, T. and Morris, W. (2020). Country-level factors associated with the early spread of COVID-19 cases at 5, 10 and 15 days since the onset. Global Public Health, 15(11), pp. 1589-1602. doi:10.1080/17441692.2020.1814835
- Allel, K., García, P., Labarca, J., Munita, J.M., Rendic, M., Grupo Colaborativo de Resistencia Bacteriana, ... Undurraga, E.A. (2020). Socioeconomic factors associated with antimicrobial resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli in Chilean hospitals (2008–2017). Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 44, pp. 1-1. doi:10.26633/rpsp.2020.30
- Undurraga, E.A., Millien, M.F., Allel, K., Etheart, M.D., Cleaton, J., Ross, Y.... Wallace, R.M. (2020). Costs and effectiveness of alternative dog vaccination strategies to improve dog population coverage in rural and urban settings during a rabies outbreak. Vaccine, 38(39), pp. 6162-6173. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.06.006
- Allel, K., Narea, M. and Undurraga, E.A. (2020). Centre-based care is a significant predictor of lower body mass index in early childhood: Longitudinal evidence from Chile. Journal of Global Health, 10(1). doi:10.7189/jogh.10.010419
- Narea, M., Arriagada, V. and Allel, K. (2020). Center-Based Care in Toddlerhood and Child Cognitive Outcomes in Chile: The Moderating Role of Family Socio-Economic Status. Early Education and Development, 31(2), pp. 218-233. doi:10.1080/10409289.2019.1626191