London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Educational/professional background

I trained in medicine and worked for three years in the NHS, where I saw first-hand how policy and funding decisions shape the care patients receive.

Research interests or career goals

 I want to work as a health policy advisor to governments and, eventually, with the World Health Organization, helping countries design and finance health systems that work for their people.

Why I chose LSHTM/my programme

LSHTM’s prestige and reputation in global health made it an easy choice. Health Policy, Planning & Financing is run jointly with the LSE, so I get to learn from two world-leading institutions and combine public health expertise with economics and policy analysis.

Extra information

Moving from a clinical background into policy, the joint LSHTM-LSE programme, studying in London as an international student, and anything else prospective students would like to ask.