I am an epidemiologist and my research involves quantitative and qualitative methods to develop and evaluate sexual and reproductive health interventions in a range of different settings. I completed my MSc in 2005 and PhD in 2019, both in Epidemiology at LSHTM. I am a co-Programme Director for the MSc Epidemiology (intensive) and a co-organiser for the Family Planning Programmes module. I currently teach on the Extended Epidemiology, Family Planning Programmes, Analysis of Survey and Population Data modules, am a personal tutor for students on the MSc Epidemiology and am a PhD student supervisor.
Affiliations
Centres
Teaching
CURRENT
- MSc Epidemiology Programme Director, exam board member, programme committee member, personal tutor, dissertation supervisor
- MSc Reproductive and Sexual Health Research, exam board member, programme committee member
- Primary supervisor for one Research Degree student
- Teaching organisation: Family Planning Programmes module organiser
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (awarded June 2015)
- LSHTM Module teaching and marking: Extended Epidemiology, Family Planning Programmes, Analysis of Survey and Population Data
- MSc dissertation and exam marking: MSc Epidemiology
PAST
- MSc Reproductive and Sexual Health Research, programme committee member, dissertation supervisor, personal tutor
- MSc SRHPP exam board committee member, programme committee member, dissertation supervisor, personal tutor
- LSHTM module teaching: Adolescent Health in Low and Middle income Countries Short Course, Basic Epidemiology, Introductory Course in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Design & Analysis of Epidemiological Studies, Study Design
- Exam marking: Basic Epidemiology; Foundations in Reproductive Health; MSc Reproductive and Sexual Health research
- MSc dissertation marking: MSc Reproductive and Sexual Health Research
- Module final assessment marking: Design & Analysis of Epidemiological Studies; Study design
- Teaching organisation: Adolescent Health in Low and Middle income Countries Short Course (2016)
Research
My general research interests are around developing and evaluating interventions to improve sexual and reproductive health. My experience in research to develop interventions draws upon behavioural science, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. In evaluating interventions, I have been involved in individually and cluster randomised controlled trials, feasibility studies and process evaluations using mixed methods. More recently, I have been developing and implementing online reproductive health surveys in England.