I am a clinical epidemiologist and Associate Professor at LSHTM. I am a Wellcome Trust fellow and PI on the SHEAR Zim (Significance of Hypertension in Early Adulthood Research in Zimbabwe) study. I have approximately 20 years’ experience of working in southern Africa and recently led a study examining community approaches to improving detection and monitoring of high blood pressure in Zimbabwe, funded by the UK Medical Research Council. I was an investigator on the landmark HPTN 071 (PopART) trial in Zambia and South Africa, and previously worked with Medecins Sans Frontieres for six years in several settings. I maintain clinical practice as a part-time GP in the NHS.

I am Associate Editor for the Journal of Human Hypertension and am a member of the British and Irish Hypertension Society Education Committee. I am Faculty lead on the LSHTM Grant Application Programme and a member of the International Statistics and Epidemiology Group (ISEG) at LSHTM. I co-organise the Masters module on Study Design: Writing A Study Proposal and teach on other LSHTM modules and short courses. I currently supervise two post-doctoral students and am on the advisory committee for another PhD student.

I mentor two early career researchers on the B-MEntor cross-institutional mentoring programme in the UK and in Zimbabwe. I previously served on the LSHTM Employment Model Review Programme Board and am committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in academia.