Dr Jo Middleton FRGS, FHEA, MFPH [RCP UK]

Experience

• 2024–present
  Chair, Wildhealth C.I.C.
• 2025–present
  Visiting Professor of Public Health, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Department of Health Policy and Health Organization)
• 2026–present
  Lecturer in Population Health Sciences, University College London (Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care)
• 2021–present
  Senior Research Fellow; Module Convenor, University of Sussex, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine (Ecology and Evolution)
• 2016–present
  Research Fellow; PhD Supervisor, University of Sussex, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine (Brighton and Sussex Medical School)

Education

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  Brighton and Sussex Medical School, PhD By Publication. Thesis title - From parasites to planetary health: interdisciplinary research bridging medical acarology, public health, and conservation biology

Publications

• 2025
  Loganathan, Middleton, Heath, et al. Brief interventions for travel advice., InnovAiT.
• 2025
  Cooper, Middleton, Cooper. Cold-water, sulphur, and ‘the itch’: James Henry’s principles for conducting controlled trials (1843). , Irish J Med Sci.
• 2024
  Yirgu, Middleton, Cassell, et al. Quality of life among adults with scabies: a community-based cross-sectional study in north-western Ethiopia., PLOS NTDs 18:e0012429.
• 2024
  Hounsome, *Yirgu, Middleton, et al. Cost-effectiveness of mass drug administration for control of scabies in Ethiopia: a decision-analytic model. , Front Health Serv 4:1279762.
• 2024
  Middleton et al. Tick hazard in the South Downs National Park (UK): species, distribution, key locations for future interventions, site density, habitats. , PeerJ Life Environ 12:e17483.
• 2024
  Stockdale, Middleton, Aina, et al. Mobilising Papua New Guinea’s conservation humanities: research landscape, capacity building needs, future directions, Conserv Soc 22:86-89.
• 2023
  Middleton et al. Health service needs and perspectives of a rainforest conserving community in Papua New Guinea’s Ramu lowlands: a combined clinical and rapid anthropological assessment with parallel treatment of urgent cases, BMJ Open 13:e075946.
• 2023
  Richardson… Middleton. Scabies outbreak management in refugee/migrant camps across Europe 2014-17: a retrospective qualitative interview study of healthcare staff experiences and perspectives., BMJ Open 13:e075103.
• 2023
  Middleton et al. [Book chapter] Scabies Management in Institutions., In: Chosidow and Fisher eds. Scabies. Vienna: Springer Nature, 433–458.
• 2023
  UK Health Security Agency Scabies Guidance Working Group [inc. Middleton]. UKHSA guidance on the management of scabies cases and outbreaks in long-term care facilities and other closed settings. , UKHSA
• 2023
  Yirgu, Middleton, Fekadu, et al. No secondary impact of ivermectin mass drug administration for onchocerciasis elimination on the prevalence of scabies in northern-western Ethiopia, Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 118:110–117.
• 2023
  Yirgu, Middleton, Fekadu, et al. Scabies in Amhara region, Northern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study of prevalence, determinants, clinical presentation, and community knowledge, BMJ Open 13:e075038.
• 2023
  Bertini, Bogen-Johnson… Middleton, et al. Care Workers and Managers’ Experiences of Implementing Infection Control Guidance in an Epidemic Context: A Qualitative Study in the South East of England, during the COVID-19 Prevaccination Era. , Health Soc Care Community: 4127871.
• 2022
  Middleton. Can ivermectin mass drug administrations to control scabies also reduce skin and soft tissue infections? Hospitalizations and primary care presentations lower after a large-scale trial in Fiji. , Lancet Reg Health – West Pac 22:100454.
• 2022
  Kiss, Blyuss… Middleton, et al. How can risk of COVID-19 transmission be minimised in domiciliary care for older people: development, parameterisation and initial results of a simple mathematical model. , Epidemiol Infect 150: E13.
• 2022
  Middleton et al. Influenza vaccine among care home staff in England: a service evaluation. , Preprint: OSF
• 2021
  [Alphabetical by surname] Alvarez-Moreno, Cassell… Middleton, et al. Long-term consequences of the misuse of ivermectin data. , Lancet Infect Dis 21:1624–1626.
• 2021
  Middle authors alphabetical by surname] Walker, Head, Middleton, Cassell. Ivermectin in the management of a scabies outbreak in a long-term care facility. , B J Dermatol.
• 2021
  Middleton et al. Mapping evidence on integrated conservation and health projects worldwide., Lancet Planet 5:6
• 2021
  Bertini, *Bogen-Johnston, Middleton, et al. COVID-19 management in social care in England: a systematic review of changing policies and newspaper reported staff perspectives. , Preprint: medRxiv
• 2020
  Middleton et al. Rationale, experience and ethical considerations underpinning integrated actions to further global goals for health and land biodiversity in Papua New Guinea., Sustain Sci 15:1653-1664.
• 2020
  Middle authors alphabetical by surname] Alcamo & Thompson… Middleton, et al. Analysing Interactions among the Sustainable Development Goals: Findings and emerging issues from local and global studies. , Sustain Sci 15:6.
• 2020
  Middleton et al. Health service needs and perspectives of remote forest communities in Papua New Guinea: study protocol for combined clinical and rapid anthropological assessments with parallel treatment of urgent cases. , BMJ Open 10: e041784
• 2019
  Veidis, Myers… Clinicians for Planetary Health Working Group [inc. Middleton]. A call for clinicians to act on planetary health. , Lancet 10185:2021
• 2019
  Morrison, Middleton, Lanza, et al. Do we know how scabies outbreaks in residential and nursing care homes for the elderly should be managed? A systematic review of interventions using a novel approach to assess evidence quality. , Epidemiol Infect 147:e250.
• 2019
  Middleton et al. Ivermectin for the control of scabies outbreaks in the UK., Lancet 10214:2068-2069.
• 2019
  Walker, Middleton, Cassell. Scabies outbreaks in care homes for the elderly – Authors' reply. , Lancet Infect Dis 19:1.
• 2018
  Kinyanjui, Middleton, Guttell, et al. Scabies in Residential Care Homes: Modelling, inference and interventions for well-connected population sub-units. , PLOS Comp Biol 14:3.
• 2018
  Cassell, Middleton et al. Scabies outbreaks in ten care homes for elderly people: a prospective study of clinical features, epidemiology, and treatment outcomes. , Lancet Infect Dis 18:8.
• 2018
  Stone, Myers… and Planetary Health Education Brainstorm Group [inc. Middleton). , Lancet Planet 2:5.
• 2018
  Middleton et al. Authors reply to ‘Scabies control: the forgotten role of personal hygiene’. , Lancet Infect Dis 18:10.
• 2016
  Lanza, Middleton, Head, et al. Can outbreak research be achieved in a population with impaired capacity? Findings from a study of a scabies outbreak in residential care., Lancet 386:S48.
• 2016
  Middleton, Cooper, Rott. Can interventions that aim to decrease Lyme disease hazard at non-domestic sites be effective without negatively affecting ecosystem health? A systematic review protocol. , Environ Evid 5:23.

Professional Memberships

• Fellow, Royal Geographical Society
• Member, Brighton and Sussex Medico-Chirurgical Society
• Member, Faculty of Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (MFPH)