I am an epidemiologist with an interest in adolescent health, evaluation methods, and causal inference. I currently work on the MENISCUS trial to evaluate the impact of a school-based menstrual health intervention in Uganda on education and mental health. I am also undertaking a staff PhD focused on using causal inference approaches to understand mechanisms of action in complex interventions. Prior to joining LSHTM, I worked on the evaluation of mass media behaviour change campaigns and in global health communications. I obtained my MSc in Epidemiology from LSHTM and hold a BA in Human Biology with interdisciplinary honors from Stanford University.
Affiliations
Teaching
I teach on the Basic Epidemiology and Advanced Statistical Methods in Epidemiology modules and supervise students on the MSc in Epidemiology. I was previously a co-module organiser for Epidemiology in Practice.
Research
My research focuses on adolescent health, with a particular interest in the design of school-based studies. I am also interested in process evaluation methodology and am exploring the use of causal mediation analyses within cluster trials as part of my PhD work. I previously contributed to the DREAMS evaluation, looking at the impact of the interventions on attitudes towards gender norms among adolescent girls and their male peers. I am currently a member of the International Statistics and Epidemiology Group.