I am a Research Fellow in the International Centre for Evidence in Disability, working on the PENDA programme to generate evidence on disability inclusion in development and public health. I also helped to develop ICED's MICS database and support disability-related analyses in the database.
Previously, I have worked on disability-inclusion, equitable access to vaccinations, and health policy for organizations including the World Bank, WHO, Health Canada, CEPI, and The Missing Billion Initiative. I graduated with a B.S. in Global Health from Georgetown University and recently completed my DPhil in Primary Health Care at the University of Oxford, where I studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
Previously, I have worked on disability-inclusion, equitable access to vaccinations, and health policy for organizations including the World Bank, WHO, Health Canada, CEPI, and The Missing Billion Initiative. I graduated with a B.S. in Global Health from Georgetown University and recently completed my DPhil in Primary Health Care at the University of Oxford, where I studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
Affiliations
Department of Population Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Teaching
I am part of the EDI teaching team at the University of Oxford's medical school, where I helped develop the EDI curriculum with regards to disability. I also guest lecture on the Social Epidemiology course at LSHTM.
Research
I am interested in how health systems can be improved for people with disabilities. My previous work has focused on:
1. developing a model to quantify the life expectancy gap for people with disabilities;
2. evaluating and improving disability training for health workers;
3. using large household datasets to understand disability-based inequities in health, education, and social outcomes; and
4. improving the accessibility of health facilities, transportation, and vaccination systems for people with disabilities.
I have an interest in generating evidence on health inequities for people with disabilities, as well as the use of machine learning and AI to uncover these inequities and improve access to health information for people with learning disabilites.
1. developing a model to quantify the life expectancy gap for people with disabilities;
2. evaluating and improving disability training for health workers;
3. using large household datasets to understand disability-based inequities in health, education, and social outcomes; and
4. improving the accessibility of health facilities, transportation, and vaccination systems for people with disabilities.
I have an interest in generating evidence on health inequities for people with disabilities, as well as the use of machine learning and AI to uncover these inequities and improve access to health information for people with learning disabilites.
Research Area
Healthcare for adults with disabilities
Health care policy
Health systems
Primary health care
Vaccinations
Transport
Disease and Health Conditions
Adults with disabilities
Children with disabilities
Country
India
Ghana
Canada
Rwanda
Uganda
Tanzania
Kenya
Nigeria
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
Selected Publications
Participant perceptions of disability training for health workers: a qualitative study in Ghana
2025
BMC Medical Education
Network analysis of functional disabilities and their association with mental well-being in children and adolescents: multi-country study across low- and middle-income countries.
2025
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
Adapting and pilot testing a tool to assess the accessibility of primary health facilities for people with disabilities in Luuka District, Uganda.
2024
International journal for equity in health
Women with disabilities' use of maternal care services in sub-Saharan Africa.
2024
African journal of disability
‘They are one of us’: How disability training affects health workers' attitudes and actions towards disabled people in Ghana
2024
SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
