I am a health economist with 15 years’ experience in the economics and financing of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. I completed my PhD in health economics at LSHTM with ESRC funding, and hold an MSc Development Economics. My work focuses on economic evaluation of WASH interventions, especially measuring and valuing quality of life outcomes beyond infectious disease. For previous projects see my Google Scholar page. I co-organise the WASH Economics Conference and run the WASHeconomics.com blog. I am on the management committee of LSHTM’s Global Health Economics Centre. Before joining LSHTM, I established and grew a six-strong water team at Oxford Policy Management, leading WASH consulting projects the World Bank, DFID and UNICEF. Prior to that, I was in WaterAid’s policy team working on a variety of research and advocacy, including a period based in Timor-Leste
Affiliations
Centres
Teaching
PhD-level: I am lead supervisor of a Bloomsbury-funded PhD student and co-supervise other students. I am at capacity so cannot take on more PhD students at present.
MSc-level: I enjoy supervising MSc dissertations, and one so far has resulted in a student-led paper which is under review at a journal. I have various project ideas for students interested in WASH and/or economics, so please get in contact. At LSHTM, I have lectured since 2018 on the the various MSc modules, particularly "Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, and Health" (3434).
Research
Current projects include:
- A discrete choice experiment in Maputo, Mozambique, to value the SanQoL index (https://bit.ly/dce_ihea)
- Systematic review of economic evaluations of handwashing with soap (https://bit.ly/sree_hw)
- Benefit-cost and cost-effectiveness analyses of handwashing in Malawi and Ethiopia
- Developing a measure of hygiene-related quality of life
- A programme of work on gender, sanitation, and quality of life
Selected Publications
