Zachary Ramsay
Research Fellow, SCUSome quote
Dr. Zachary Ramsay is a medical doctor and epidemiologist at the Sickle Cell Unit, where he began in 2017 as a clinical trial physician and investigator. His published research has contributed important insights into neuropathic pain and Universal Healthcare for sickle cell disease patients. In 2021, he received the Annual Research Award from the Foundation for Women & Girls with Blood Disorders (FWGBD) to examine the impact of menstrual cycles and female hormones on pain in women with sickle cell disease. Following this, he was awarded a Chevening Scholarship to study Health Informatics at King's College London in 2022. His ongoing work focuses on predictive modelling of sickle cell disease pain and mixed methods research.
In 2021, he began working as a Lecturer teaching in undergraduate and graduate Epidemiology courses. During this period, he was also awarded the Annual Research Award from the Foundation for Women & Girls with Blood Disorders (FWGBD) to assess the relationship between menstrual cycles, female hormones and pain among women with sickle cell disease. Subsequently, he was awarded a Chevening scholarship to study a MSc in Health Informatics at King's College London. This will include learning important skills in machine learning, artificial intelligence, bioinformatics (interpretation and data quality in genome analysis), spatial epidemiology and prediction modelling. His future PhD work will employ these skills to model and predict sickle cell pain.
Selected Publications
Ramsay Z, Gabbadon CH, Asnani M. Numb chin syndrome in sickle cell disease: a case series of Jamaican patients. Ann Hematol. 2021 Jan 22. doi:10.1007/s00277-021-04423-0. PMID: 33479847.
Rankine-Mullings AE, Serjeant G, Ramsay Z, Hanchard NA, Asnani M. The additional genetic diagnosis of homozygous sickle cell disease in a patient with Waardenburg-Shah syndrome: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2019 Jan 13;13(1):10. doi: 10.1186/s13256-018-1953-z. PMID: 30636638; PMCID:PMC6330566.
Ramsay Z, Bartlett RE, Clarke CA, Asnani MR, Knight-Madden JM, Gordon-Strachan GM. How Free Is Free Health Care? An Assessment of Universal Health Coverage Among Jamaicans with Sickle Cell Disease. Health Equity. 2021;5(1):210-217. Published 2021 Apr 21. doi:10.1089/heq.2021.0002.
Bartlett R, Ramsay Z, Ali A, Grant J, Rankine-Mullings A, Gordon-Strachan G, Asnani M. Health-related quality of life and neuropathic pain in sickle cell disease in Jamaica. Disability and Health Journal. 2021:101107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2021.101107.
Ramsay Z, Bartlett R, Ali A, Grant J, Gordon-Strachan G, Asnani M. Sickle Cell Disease and Pain: Is it all Vaso-occlusive Crises? Clin J Pain. 2021 May 19. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000949. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34008506.
Research & Teaching Interests
Epidemiology; Health informatics; Sickle cell disease pain; Menstrual, reproductive and pain outcomes among women with sickle cell disease; Neuropathic pain; Hydroxyurea and stroke in children with sickle cell disease; Universal healthcare
Training Programmes
Msc Epidemiology (post Graduate)
Understanding Research (under-graduate)
Contact
Telephone
(876) 927-2471
zachary.ramsay@uwimona.edu.jm
