Senior Programme Manager
Keira was awarded a BSc Nursing Science at University of Hull,
She also holds a Masters in Public Health Nutrition at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a PhD in Palliative Care from King’s College London
She joined the CPI team in 2022.
Keira was a church warden for a Grade 1 listed church, built in 1510, called St Mary Aldermary. She was also a paediatric nurse for six years and ran a project in rural Eswatini training community health workers in nutrition in HIV
At CPI, Keira is proud of the work we do to create the conditions for people in positions of influence to make courageous decisions.
In her leisure time, Keira enjoys singing, cycling as a form of rebellion, and making ugly, delicious cakes.
Some of her works include:
Lowther C. Caring for young people with eating disorders in the acute medical setting. Paediatr Nurs. 2005 Feb;17(1):26-9. doi: 10.7748/paed2005.02.17.1.26.c962. PMID: 15751444.
Lowther, K., Higginson, I. J., Simms, V., Gikaara, N., Ahmed, A., Ali, Z., … & Harding, R. (2014). A randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a nurse-led palliative care intervention for HIV positive patients on antiretroviral therapy: recruitment, refusal, randomisation and missing data. BMC Research Notes, 7, 1-10.
Lowther, K., Selman, L., Harding, R., & Higginson, I. J. (2014). Experience of persistent psychological symptoms and perceived stigma among people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART): a systematic review. International journal of nursing studies, 51(8), 1171-1189.
Lowther, K., Selman, L., Simms, V., Gikaara, N., Ahmed, A., Ali, Z., … & Harding, R. (2015). Nurse-led palliative care for HIV-positive patients taking antiretroviral therapy in Kenya: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet HIV, 2(8), e328-e334.
Lowther, K., Harding, R., Ahmed, A., Gikaara, N., Ali, Z., Kariuki, H., … & Selman, L. (2016). Conducting experimental research in marginalised populations: clinical and methodological implications from a mixed-methods randomised controlled trial in Kenya. AIDS care, 28(sup1), 60-63.