Professor Sheena Asthana
Professor of Health Policy and Director of the Centre for Health Technology
Expertise
Health policy; social justice; international social policy; sustainability; and globalisation and health.
Biography
Professor Sheena Asthana is Director of the Centre for Health Technology and the co-Director of the Centre for Coastal Communities, the first of its kind in the UK. Sheena’s research interests include the role of digital health technologies in supporting the shift towards prevention and health inequalities, with a particular focus on levelling up the coastal divide in health outcomes. Recent publications include Asthana, S., Agarwal, S. and Gibson, A. (2026). The Challenges Facing Britain’s Coastal Communities: a neglected divide. Policy Press.