I am a part-time Clinical Research Fellow (Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases), seconded to ALERT, in Addis Ababa - Ethiopia as leprosy specialist.

My duties include organizing and conducting clinical research especially in leprosy, cutaneous leishmania and other skin NTDs. I look after leprosy patients as their clinician at ALERT hospital. I am part of the Leprosy Expert Advisory Group which works with the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia.

My PhD at LSHTM, under Professor Diana Lockwood, was based on a clinical trial looking at treatments for leprosy reactions. I continue to work on this field by being part of the ENLIST group which specifically looks at Erythema Nodosum Leprosum.

A Diploma in Clinical Dermatology has opened further doors and I am now a co-PI on a new study on stigmatizing skin diseases funded by the UK NIHR RIGHT: Skin Health Africa Research Programme (SHARP) with Steve Walker as the pricipal investigator.

I am a member of the international techincal committee for ILEP and actively involved in the NNN Skin NTD cross-cutting group.