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Dr Isabel Potani

Research Fellow

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 1843

Email

ip73@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

Dr Isabel Potani is a global health and nutrition researcher with expertise in evidence synthesis, research methodology, and translating evidence into policy and practice. Her research interests include evidence synthesis methods, maternal and child health and nutrition, and the equitable use of digital and artificial intelligence (AI) tools in research, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

Her methodological expertise spans systematic, scoping and rapid reviews, meta-analysis, critical appraisal and certainty-of-evidence assessment, alongside quantitative, qualitative and implementation research. She has led and contributed to World Health Organization (WHO)-commissioned systematic reviews that informed global guidelines on the prevention and management of child wasting.

At the University of St ÌÇÐÄlogo, her current work focuses on evidence synthesis in public and global health, with broader interests in advancing rigorous and efficient synthesis methods and their application to global health policy and practice.

Selected publications

• Open access
  Potani, I., Tausanovitch, Z., Heymsfield, G., Ritz, C., Cazes, C., James, P. T., Briend, A., Coulibaly, I. N., Khaki, J. J., Manda, G., Potani, O., Berkley, J. A., Bailey, J. & Kangas, S. T., Jan 2026, In: Maternal and Child Nutrition. 22, 1, p. 1-13 13 p., e70152.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• GBD 2023 Diarrhoeal Disease and Enteric Infectious Diseases Collaborators, 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Kissell, M. C., Afsana, K., Askari, S., Byadya, R., Chowdhury, R., Christian, P., de Pee, S., Huybregts, L., Jehan, F., Lama, T. P., Lee, A. C., Mukendi, E. T., Osman, N., Potani, I., Rogers, L., Sethi, V. & Mwangi, M. N., 4 May 2026, In: Nutrients. 18, 9, p. 1-22 22 p., 1471.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Bandsma, R. H. J., Chisti, M. J., Voskuijl, W. P., Ngari, M. M., Mupere, E., Njagi, I., Thitiri, J., Potani, I., Mbale, E., Chasweka, D., Makwinja, C., Eneya, C., Bourdon, C., Mohammad Sayeem Bin Shahid, A. S., Shaima, S. N., Salahuddin Mamun, G. M., Lancioni, C. L., Maronga, C., Lwanga, C. & Atuhairwe, M. & 10 others, Tickell, K. D., Tigoi, C., Mburu, M., Ngao, N., Dmitrienko, A., Afroze, F., Shahrin, L., Ahmed, T., Walson, J. L. & Berkley, J. A., Sept 2026, In: EClinicalMedicine. 99, p. 1-13 13 p., 104110.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Xia, L., Wu, H., Saleem, A. F., Mupere, E., Lancioni, C., Diallo, H., Potani, I., Ali, S. A., Voskuijl, W., Chisti, M. J., Shahid, A. S. M. S. B., Timbwa, M., Mwaringa, S., Tigoi, C., Ngari, M., Singa, B., Tickell, K. D., Njunge, J., Bandsma, R. & Ahmed, T. & 4 others, Berkley, J., Walson, J. L., Gong, Y. & Routledge, M. N., Jul 2025, In: BMJ Global Health. 10, 7, p. 1-9 9 p., e017375.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Kerr, J. A., Patton, G. C., Cini, K. I. & GBD 2021 Adolescent BMI Collaborators, 8 Mar 2025, In: The Lancet. 405, 10481, p. 785-812 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  Vresk, L., Flanagan, M., Daniel, A. I., Potani, I., Bourdon, C., Spiegel-Feld, C., Thind, M. K., Farooqui, A., Ling, C., Miraglia, E., Hu, G., Wen, B., Zlotkin, S., James, P., McGrath, M. & Bandsma, R. H. J., Jan 2025, In: Nutrition Reviews. 83, 1, p. 112-145 34 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Open access
  Voskuijl, W. P., Chasweka, D., Lawrence, S., Brals, D., Kamiza, S., Bandsma, R., Berkley, J. A., Mbale, E., Attipa, C., Eneya, C., Huwa, C., Khoswe, S., Moxon, C., Potani, I., Waller, J. L., Diaz, M. H., Walson, J., Ordi, J. & Denno, D. M., 4 Aug 2025, In: Journal of Global Health. 15, p. 1-17 17 p., 04210.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Nacis, J. S., Kamande, P., Toni, A. T., Mudibo, E., Musyimi, R., Popluechai, S., Dailey-Chwalibóg, T., Voskuijl, W., Dable-Tupas, G., Shahid, A. S. M. S. B., Bascos, N. A., Afroze, F., Chisti, M. J., Singa, B., Ngari, M., Tigoi, C., Mhango, G., Freitag, H., Potani, I. & Mukisa, J. & 11 others, Kirolos, A., Mutasa, K., Ouédraogo, L. O., Prentice, A. M., Girma, T., Prendergast, A. J., Njunge, J., Kelly, P., Berkley, J. A., Tickell, K. D. & Gonzales, G. B., Jun 2024, In: Nature Biotechnology. 42, 6, p. 988-991 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Open access
  Ling, C. M., Sheferaw, T. F., Denno, D. M., Chasweka, D., Kamiza, S. B., Ordi, J., Moxon, C. A., Kats, K., Khoswe, S., Mbale, E., Ziwoya, F., Tembo, A., Attipa, C., Potani, I., Kim, P. K., Berkley, J. A., Walson, J. L., Voskuijl, W. P. & Bandsma, R. H. J., Sept 2024, In: Global pediatrics. 9, p. 1-10 10 p., 100199.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review