My primary role is as molecular biologist on a clinical trial evaluating improved intervention packages for trachoma elimination. I am also working to develop and improve diagnostic tools to identify the causative agent in cases of microbial keratitis. My other active research interests include sexually transmitted disease epidemiology, pathogen bioinformatics and diagnostic development for Neglected Tropical Diseases.

Before this, I studied Biology at Imperial College London and an MSc in Immunology of Infectious Diseases at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. My PhD thesis focussed on the distribution of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis in the Pacific, with a focus on the Solomon Islands.