Education:
PhD Health Economics, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK - 2018 - 2023
Titled: “Economic Shocks and Risky Sexual Behaviours”,
Awarded the Bloomsbury Scholarship to study for a PhD at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Birkbeck University,
University of Nottingham, UK - 2013 – 2014
MSc. Economics and Development Economics
University of York, UK - 2010 – 2013
BSc. Economics
Professional experience:
London School of Economics, Department of Health Policy - September 2026 - present
LSE Fellow
Duke University, Sanford School of Public Policy, USA - September 2024 - 2026
Research Scientist
University College London (UCL), UK - July 2022 - September 2024
Research Fellow (post-doc):
ITAD, UK - March 2022 - July 2024
Consultant econometrician GCRF
Family Planning Metrics Evaluator
Macquarie University Sydney, Australia (remote) - May 2022 - September 2022
Consultant
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - September 2018 - September 2022
Research Fellow, Seminar Leader, Assignment Marker (2018 – 2022)
Research Fellow (2021)
Research Assistant (2020)
Economic Development Initiatives (EDI) Ltd, UK / Bukoba & Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - August 2016 – September 2018
Research Officer (formerly Assistant Research Officer)
King’s College London, UK - March 2015 – August 2016
Research Assistant – King’s Health Economics
Funding Awards:
Early Career Catalyst Award in Population Health - £3600 - To develop fellowship applications in Uganda surrounding financial inclusion and women's economic empowerment.
Trent Memorial Fund, Duke University - $7,500 - To investigate the impact of USAID funding cuts on HIV service delivery and prevention amongst key populations in Africa.
Other Training and Responsibilities:
2019-2021 – RD PHP Work-in-Progress organiser and student representative: As a research degree student (RD) Work-in-Progress seminar series organiser and student representative for our faculty (PHP), I was responsible for:
· Arranging seminars for RD students to share work in a safe space where no questions are stupid questions,
· Finding speakers and preparing them for their presentations,
· Fostering collaboration and mentoring for students new to LSHTM.
November 2015 - Advanced Decision Modelling for Health Economics” at the University of Glasgow: Completed
October 2017 - National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Extramural Research: Protecting Human Research Participants course: Completed
Journal Referee: Journal of Development Studies, Health Policy and Planning.
Proficiencies and languages:
Software skills – Stata (proficient), R (intermediate), Python (beginner), ODK (proficient), Office package (proficient), LaTeX (intermediate), SQL (intermediate), Git (basic), QGIS (intermediate).
Languages – English (native), French (Basic A2).
Countries of direct work experience:
Tanzania, Senegal, Cameroon, Uganda, UK, Philippines, Malaysia, India, Zimbabwe.