I am a PhD Student in the Environmental Health Group at LSHTM. My research examines the relationships between climate, water insecurity, coping strategies, and physical and psychosocial health. My PhD research is supported by the Economic and Social Research Council's UBEL Doctoral Training Partnership. 

Before starting my PhD, I worked in the same research group coordinating the Behaviour Change Laboratory (BC Lab) research project in collaboration with the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ). This project explored how hand hygiene enabling technologies support hand hygiene practices in peri-urban communites in Zambia. I was the trial coordinator for the BC Lab trial, a large multi-arm randomised-controlled trial evaluating the isolated and combined effects of hardware provision and hygiene promotion on handwashing with soap behaviour in informal settlements in peri-urban Lusaka. I also support the the Guardian Waiting Shelter (GWS) project, in collaboration with the WASHTED Centre in Malawi, which aims to explore patient guardian IPC practices in healthcare settings and strenghthen the role and function of Guardian Waiting Shelters in Malawi's health system. 

I hold a MSc in Control of Infectious Diseases from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of Exeter. I came to research from a healthcare management background. Through the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme, I spent three years in operational and strategic roles, including the NHS response to COVID-19. As part of this programme, I completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Leadership, awarded by the University of Birmingham.