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Dr. Rachel Forse, PhD, is a global health researcher and implementation scientist specializing in tuberculosis (TB), health equity, and social protection in low- and middle-income countries. Her work integrates systems thinking, participatory research, and operational leadership to improve care for people affected by poverty-related diseases.

• Social Protection: Co-designing and evaluating psycho-socioeconomic support interventions that reduce the costs of care and improve clinical outcomes.

• Implementation Science: Leading hybrid trials and multi-component complex interventions to improve access, adherence, and quality of care.

• Health Systems Strengthening and Economic Evaluation: Applying costing and evaluation methods to understand the financial and systemic implications of providing healthcare services and support programs.

• Clinical Trial Management: Overseeing the design, implementation, and monitoring of pragmatic and regulatory trials, including randomized controlled trials evaluating new drugs for TB.

Dr. Forse brings over a decade of experience managing large-scale health service delivery programs and supporting the growth of local NGOs across Asia and Africa. She has helped to establish and scale several start-up organizations focused on community-based care and health systems innovation. As Program and Operations Director at  and an affiliated researcher at the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, she leads research and implementation efforts that bridge science and practice. She is an experienced mixed-methods researcher with expertise in stakeholder-engaged qualitative research, economic evaluation, process evaluation, and implementation science. She currently serves as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on multiple studies and projects, including the , the ASPECT trial, and the in Vietnam. Her work aims to improve the lives of people affected by socially determined diseases through evidence-based, community-led interventions.

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Dr. Forse serves as a Secretariat and Steering Committee member for the Health and Social Protection Action Research and Knowledge Sharing (SPARKS) network, which has members in 22 countries. She is a consultant for the Stop TB Partnership's Global Fund technical support pool.