I am an interdisciplinary researcher and strategic policy and program advisor, currently working on the inclusion of social science in One Health, as core deployment member of the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (RST). I have a combined expertise in animal and human health in forced migration, protection, human rights and shelter in complex emergencies. Previously I worked with the United Nations, Netherlands Government, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and NGO’s across Asia and Eastern Africa, before conducting my PhD research at the University of Cambridge, investigating zoonoses - diseases transmissible between animals and humans - in displaced populations, with a focus on the Greater Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, leading to a series of academic papers and policy briefs for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and European University Institute (EUI). I hold a BSc and MSc from Delft University of Technology, and MSc in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Edinburgh with a thesis on animal health in humanitarian and development assistance in Somalia.