MLSFH Team

MLSFH: A Global Collaboration

The Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH) is a long-term collaboration between the University of Pennsylvania (Penn, USA), the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS, Malawi) and Compelling Works (CW, Malawi).

The MLSFH has been directed since 2007 by Hans-Peter Kohler, and Susan Watkins initiated the project in 1997 via the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project (MDICP).

Partner-institutions of the MLSFH include Stony Brook University, the Perelman School of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Princeton University, University of Lausanne, University of Glasgow, and John Hopkins University. Invest in Knowledge (IKI) was the MLSFH implementation partner in Malawi for many years.

The MLSFH research team is global and multidisciplinary, with long-term collaborators on all continents and across the social, health and biomedial sciences.

Penn and other graduate and undergraduate students regularly join MLSFH fieldwork and conduct dissertation research using the MLSFH, and alumni of the MLSFH hold leading academic, policy and research positions around the world, and often continue to collaborate with the MLSFH.

The MLSFH embraces an open and collaborative spirit to which it owes its longevity and success. The MLSFH is keen on growing its network of collaborators, and add additional strengths and expertise to its team. Interested scholars can connect with the MLSFH at @MLSFHresearch, and reach out at info@MLSFHresearch.org.

 MLSFH Leadership

 MLSFH Team

Current Key Investigators, Collaborators and Post-Docs

Ph.D. Students

 MLSFH Alumni

Members of the MLSFH Study Team who have made important contributions to the design and/or implementation of the MLSFH during 1998--2022 include:

Jimi Adams, Thomas Anderson, Nicole Angotti, Victoria Baranov, Simona Bignami-Van Assche, Crystal Biruk, Etienne Breton, Jennifer Browning, Kevin Burke, Ben Capistrant, Ruben Castro, Sophia Chae, Davie Chagunda, Li-Wei Chao, Kondwani Chavula, Ben Chilima, Abdul Chilongo, Agnes Chimbiri, Wyson Chimesya, Angela Chimwaza, Brian Chin, Jesman Chintsanya, Davie Chitenje, Shelley Clark, Elisabetta De Cao, Kim Deslandes, Kim Dionne, Henry Doctor, Theresa Fedor, Peter Fleming, David Frankenfield, Emily Freeman, Margaret Frye, Patrick Gerland, Monica Grant, Michael Harhay, Stéphane Helleringer, Hastings Honde, Ning Hsieh, Asma Hyder, Heide Jackson, Humphreys Kabota, Amy Kaler, Linda Kalilani-Phiri, Jonathan Kandodo, Doreen Kanyika, Sydney Lungu, Denview Malagasi, Chris Manyamba, Winford Masanjala, Blessings Mbwerazino, Tara McKay, James Mkandawire, Oleosi Ntshebe, Francis Obare, Collin Payne, Joel Phiri, Luciane Piccolo, Michelle Poulin, George Reniers, Julio Romero Prieto, Gifton Saizi, Raül Santaeulàlia-Llopis, Enid Schatz, Kristen Smith, Beth Soldo, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Emmanuel Souza, Sarah Spell, Nikkil Sudharsanan, Ann Swidler, Frank Taulo, Rebbeca Tesfai, Rebecca Thornton, Jenny Trinitapoli, Susan Watkins, Alexander Weinreb, Sara Yeatman, Eliya Zulu, and others.