Dr. Evans-Lacko is an Associate Professorial Research Fellow in the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
She has a longstanding interest and expertise in pathways to care and social support for people with mental illness and the evaluation of public health interventions, especially anti-stigma interventions, to improve access to care for people with mental illness. Stigma and its impact on help-seeking and access to care is a complex problem across countries.
Thus, her research also aims to advance the development and understanding of these issues from a global perspective. Dr. Evans-Lackohas a PhD in Health Policy and Management, from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. To date she has authored or co-authored more than 110 peer reviewed publications.