Publications:
H. Cust, A. Lépine, C. Treibich, T. Powell-Jackson, R. Rosalba, C. T. Ndour (2023) "Trading HIV for Sheep: An estimation of the sexual behaviours response of female sex workers to Tabaski in Senegal." Health Economics. International Health Economics Association Student Paper Prize: 1st Place
R. Njuguna, H. Cust, (joint first author) S. Szawlowski, E. Nitcheu, E. D. Tamgno, J. Noo, I. Mfochive, S. Billong, U. Tamoufe, A. Lépine. Does the risk premium differ between women engaged in commercial and transactional sex? Evidence from urban Cameroon. (2025) Health Economics.
H. Cust, H. Jones, T. Powell-Jackson, A. Lépine, R. Radice (2021) "Economic shocks and risky sexual behaviours in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of the literature." Journal of Development Effectiveness.
H. Cust, A. Lépine, C. Treibich (2023) "What drives HIV in Africa? Addressing economic gender inequalities to close the HIV gender gap". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance.
A. Lépine, H.Cust, A. Ndjore, C. Treibich, L. Foubert, M. Passey, S. Binder. Estimating the prevalence of child labour in the cocoa industry via indirect elicitation methods: A mixed-methods study. (2024) Journal of Population Economics.
A. Kasim, H. Cust, I. Mfochive, S. Szawlowski, E. Nitcheu, E. D. Tamgno, S. Moyoum, J. Noo, S. BIllong, U. Tamoufe, A. Lépine. (2025). Cost-effectiveness of health insurance among women engaged in transactional sex and impacts on HIV transmission in Cameroon: a mathematical model. BMJ Global Health 10, no. 2.
W. Toh, C. Treibich, S. Szawlowski, H. Cust, E. H. Mbaye, K. Gueye, C. T. Ndour, A. Lépine. (2025). Condom use prevalence during the COVID-19 pandemic among female sex workers in Dakar, Senegal: a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis. Health Policy and Planning
A. Lépine, H.Cust, et al. The effect of protecting women against economic shocks to fight HIV in Cameroon, Africa: the POWER randomized controlled trial (2024) PLOS Medicine.
H. Jones, R. Anderson, H. Cust, et al. HIV incidence among women engaging in sex work in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2023) The Lancet Global Health.
J. Choumert-Nkolo, H. Cust, C. Taylor. (2019) "Using Paradata to Collect Better Survey Data: Evidence from a Household Survey in Tanzania." Journal of Development Studies.
J. Shaw, P. McCrone, H. Cust et al. (2017) "Critical time Intervention for Severely mentally ill Prisoners (CrISP): a randomised controlled trial." Health Services and Delivery Research, No. 5.8.
F. Cust, H. Combes, H. Priest, H. Cust (2020) "Inter-professional education in a child mental health-care context: children’s nursing and clinical psychology students learning together." Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice.
R. Torrance, Q. Akli, R. Ahmed, H. Cust, B. Cislaghi. (2024) The influence of social norms on sexual and intimate partner violence in Somalia: a systematic literature review. Aggression and Violent Behaviour.
Under review:
H. Cust, A. Lépine, T. Powell-Jackson, (2023) Weather shocks and transactional sex in Africa. PhD working paper (under review).
H. Jones, J. Hargreaves, H. Cust. How have trends in knowledge of HIV status changed over time among female sex workers in sub-Saharan Africa? A systematic review of the literature between 2009 and 2019 (under review)
M. Mohanan, V. S. Rajan, K. M. Swanson, H. Cust, H. Thirumurthy Improving Public Delivery of Health and Nutrition Services with Social Accountability: Evidence from India. (under review - REStat)
A. Lépine, X. Zhou, H. Cust, C. Treibich and The POWER Team. Learning but Not Paying: The Effect of Free Health Insurance on Willingness to Pay (under review - Health Economics)
X. Zhou, J. Fang, J. Xu, Z. Wang, X. Guo, Y. Zhang, Y. Jiang, Y. Xu, H. Cust, A. Correa The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on smoking addiction in adolescent: A scoping review (under review)
Working papers:
J. Choumert-Nkolo, M. Mallet, C. Taylor, H. Cust. (2017) "Randomising Respondent Selection using Surveybe." EDI Working paper.
H. Cust, M.Mohanan, M. Vera-Hernandez, et al. Parental Mental Health and Childhood Vaccinations in India: A SEHAT study. (2025)
H. Cust, T. Powell-Jackson, A. Lépine. The Role of Health Expenses on Condomless Sex Among Female Sex Workers in Urban Senegal (2025)
Conferences and Presentations:
SEHAT Workshop (Hosted IIMB Bangalore) 2025: Parental Mental Health and Childhood Vaccinations in India: A SEHAT study
ASHECON 2025: Parental Mental Health and Childhood Vaccinations in India: A SEHAT study.
IHEA Congress 2025 (upcoming):
The Role of Health Expenses on Condomless Sex Among Female Sex Workers in Urban Senegal
Learning but Not Paying: The Effect of Free Health Insurance on Willingness to Pay
IHEA Congress 2023:
Paper prize presentation: Trading HIV for Sheep: An estimation of the sexual behaviours response of female sex workers to Tabaski in Senegal
Poster presentation: Weather Shocks and Transactional Sex in Africa.
Nordic Development Economics Conference 2023: Weather Shocks and Transactional Sex in Africa
Nordic Development Economics Conference 2022: Trading HIV for Sheep: An estimation of the sexual behaviours response of female sex workers to Tabaski in Senegal
EUHEA Conference 2022:
Trading HIV for Sheep: An estimation of the sexual behaviours response of female sex workers to Tabaski in Senegal.
Economic shocks and risky sexual behaviours in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the literature.
Weather Shocks and Transactional Sex in Africa.
IHEA Congress 2021 (virtual): Presentations as part of the organised session - New Approach to HIV Prevention: Protecting Women from Economic Shock to Fight HIV in Africa:
Economic shocks and risky sexual behaviours in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of the literature.
The effect of anticipated and unanticipated economic shocks on condom behaviours of female sex workers in Senegal.
LSHTM virtual poster day (2021). PhD poster presentation titled "Economic Shocks and Risky Sexual Behaviours".
LSHTM Faculty Research Degree work-in-progress (2018 - 2019): Organised and presented my work numerous times for feedback from students and faculty.
Prizes:
1st Prize: International Health Economics Association 2022 Annual Student Paper Prize in Health Economics
Research funding:
Early Career Catalyst Award in Population Health UCL Institute of Global Health - £3,600
Trent Memorial Fund, Duek University - $7,500