Welcome

Welcome

I am a Health Economist working as a Research Scientist at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy and an Honorary Research Fellow at UCL in the Institute of Global Health. I start a new position as Health Policy Fellow at the London School of Economics (LSE) in September.  My research focuses on the intersection of health, climate and development economics. I focus on health behaviours surrounding HIV risk for populations vulnerable to engaging in commercial and transactional sex as well as provider and patient behaviours more broadly. I also work on antimicrobial resistance and maternal mental health in low- and middle-income countries. 

My current project is the first to highlight the impact of the USAID cuts and PEPFAR reductions on HIV services for key populations in Uganda and Zimbabwe accepted at The Lancet Global Health. The accepted version can be downloaded here.

My primary PhD explored risky sexual behaviours to cope with economic shocks in Senegal and across sub-Saharan Africa. The primary paper from my PhD won 1st prize in the IHEA Student Paper Awards for the conference in 2022.