London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Educational/professional background

I completed my MD at Our Lady of Fatima University in the Philippines and am a GMC-registered doctor. I worked for several years as a doctor in Chennai, most recently at the Dr Rela Institute, a leading liver transplant centre, where I also contributed to research in transplant hepatology and interventional radiology.

Research interests or career goals

My main interest is cancer outcomes, particularly how population data can improve care and inform health policy. I am also interested in real-world evidence, health economics and women's health.

Why I chose LSHTM/my programme

Working on the wards and in research, I often saw clinicians and data scientists struggle to understand each other. I wanted to learn to work confidently on both sides, and LSHTM's strength in epidemiology and public health, together with the hands-on statistics and programming in the Health Data Science programme, made it the obvious choice.

Extra information

Moving from clinical medicine into health data science, studying with a medical background, studying medicine abroad, and settling in London as an international student. I also speak Tamil and Hindi, and I am happy to talk with prospective students in those languages.