Carine is a Global Mental Health researcher with a specific interest in conflict, mental health, forced displacement and social determinants of wellbeing. She has experience using mixed methods and participatory approaches to research.

Carine has a PhD in Global Mental Health in which she focused on the mental health and wellbeing of forcibly displaced populations in high-income settings using a social justice framework. She also holds an MSc in Global Mental Health and a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences with a major in Psychology.

Carine has previously worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate on a participatory action research project looking at the mental health and wellbeing of conflict affected indigenous communities in Colombia. She now works as an Assistant Professor on the CHANGE project at LSHTM. The aim of CHANGE is to develop and implement a brief psychological intervention to reduce alcohol misuse and co-occurring psychological problems in conflict-affected populations in Uganda and Ukraine through two randomised controlled trials. 

Carine is also a Co-Director of the Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre and a board member of the Mental Health and Psychosocial Research Network