I joined the Department of Global Health and Development in 2019. My background is in the NGO and humanitarian sector where I've worked since 2009 conducting social science research to inform clinical and health programming and evaluations in HIV/AIDS and gender based violence across different sub-Saharan African and Pacific settings. Most recently I spent several years based in East Africa with Médecins Sans Frontières/Epicentre.
At LSHTM I work as a social scientist for the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST), a partnership between the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and LSHTM focusing on outbreak response, research and capacity strengthening to prevent and control epidemics. I have previously worked on the which aims to generate evidence on community-led vaccine deployment strategies in humanitarian contexts in partnership with IFRC and the National Societies of Ethiopia and Nigeria. I have also worked across the social science components of two Ebola vaccine trials: and . My research on these projects focused on preparedness for future outbreaks, including understanding gaps in preparedness through gender and health system lenses, and development of our transnational platform for social science and community engagement in vaccine trials. These projects covered Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, DRC and Mali.
My recent staff PhD focused on health service responses and help-seeking for violence against women during outbreaks in Sierra Leone.
Department of Global Health and Development
Faculty of Public Health and Policy
I teach on the Health Systems and Principles of Social Research modules.
Research Area
Health systems
Public health
Vaccines
Outbreaks
Gender-based violence
Global health
Health services research
Implementation science
Qualitative research
Violence against women and girls
Sexual health
Country
Sierra Leone
Kenya
Malawi
Solomon Islands
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
2025
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH
2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
2024
Health promotion international
2024
Global public health
2024
Global public health
2021
AIDS care
2020
Social Science in Humanitarian Action (SSHAP)
2020
The Social Science in Humanitarian Action
2020
9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science
2020
4th International Conference on the Social Sciences and Humanities in HIV