I am a health economist and infectious disease modeller. I undertook my undergraduate studies at University of Cambridge in mathematics and natural sciences, focussing on genetics. After work for the medical aid agency Merlin, I studied for an MSc in Public Health (Health Economics) at LSHTM. I have subsequently worked as a health economist for more than ten years, initially on UK projects and more recently concentrating on global health.

During six years at the National Guideline Centre at the Royal College of Physicians, I worked on clinical guidelines for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), helping to set UK health policy on areas including cardiac and liver disease, pancreatitis, hearing loss and prison healthcare. I conducted economic modelling leading to new recommendations on questions such as statins and hearing aid availability.

I have also work at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, where I co-wrote a report on global health policy prioritisation and conducted clinical trial data analysis. Most recently I led the health economic work for the TB-Speed programme, investigating strategies to increase diagnosis of tuberculosis in children.