I'm a mixed-method researcher working on evaluations of complex interventions. I'm particularly interested in using realist evaluation approaches to examine the implementation and impacts of healthcare service design and quality improvement interventions.
I've been with the School since 2014-15 when I came to do the MSc Demography & Health. Prior to working at LSHTM, I designed and taught a leadership and social change course at an international women's university in Chittagong, Bangladesh and spent several years working on political campaigns for U.S.-based reproductive rights advocacy organisations.
Affiliations
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Teaching
I'm the deputy module organiser for Evaluation of Public Health Interventions (distance learning) and teach on the Health Systems and Family Planning Programmes modules. I also supervise Msc summer projects for both intensive and distance learning students.
I previously taught on Basic Epidemiology, Statistics for Epidemiology and Population Health (STEPH) and Analysing Survey and Population Data (ASPD). I've also coached PhD and MSc students on the "Write your paper based on Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data on reproductive and child health" short course at Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp.
Research
Much of my research has examined the measurement and improvement of care coverage and quality in maternal health services, particularly in Southern Asia. I received the LSHTM Health and Hygiene Seed Grant 2023 and led an exploratory study in Nepal on maternity service hygiene infrastructure and facility design. I've also been involved in two MRC-funded evaluations of efforts to improve care during pregnancy in South and Southeast Asia. I completed a part-time staff PhD on the process evaluation of an electronic decision support system to improve the quality of antenatal care in rural primary care facilities in Nepal and India.
My current work is part of the , where I use mixed-method approaches to evaluate UK public health interventions and the implementation of health and social care services.
I'm a member of the Maternal and Newborn Health Group (MNHG).
Selected Publications
