Emily joined the LSHTM in September 2019. She currently works as a researcher within the Child Protection Research Group on the Safe Schools Study in Zimbabwe. Her work focuses on child protection, inequities, and disability using a mixed-methods and multidisciplinary approach, drawing from geography, development studies and social epidemiology. Prior to joining the LSHTM, Emily worked in project implementation and management overseas, including working for an NGO that provides health services for children with cleft in Ethiopia.
Her main research interests include behaviour change, child protection, and improving health, addressing inequities and promoting intervention-inclusion for children with disabilities.
Her main research interests include behaviour change, child protection, and improving health, addressing inequities and promoting intervention-inclusion for children with disabilities.
Affiliations
Department of Population Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Teaching
Emily teaches on the Global Disability and Mental Health module and is a personal tutor for the Msc in Public Health.
Research
Emily currently works on the Safe Schools Study, a mixed-methods study evaluating the effectiveness of a school-based child protection intervention in Zimbabwe. She supports both the quantitative and qualitative components of the study, working closely with the study leads and partners.
Emily is also undertaking a staff PhD, linked to the Safe Schools Study, which will aim to examine the experiences, responses to and prevention of violence against children with disabilities.
Emily is also undertaking a staff PhD, linked to the Safe Schools Study, which will aim to examine the experiences, responses to and prevention of violence against children with disabilities.
Research Area
Child health
Complex interventions
Behaviour change
Health inequalities
Systematic reviews
Violence against women and girls
Social epidemiology
Qualitative research
Disease and Health Conditions
Children with disabilities
Selected Publications
How do children define violence and maltreatment in childhood? A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies from sub-Saharan Africa
2024
Development of an Intervention to Prevent Violence in Catholic Primary Schools in Zimbabwe: Innovation from within the Church
2023
Christian journal for global health
What do we know about how children and adolescents conceptualise violence? A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies from sub-Saharan Africa
PLoS ONE