Staff Profile

I am an experienced healthcare researcher with a Bachelors degree in Public Health and a masters in Digital Health and Care. My interests are in health intervention development and evaluation, especially for digital health interventions. I've conducted research independently and collaboratively with stakeholders in the United States, Kenya, Malawi, Europe and the United Kingdom, working on projects ranging from maternal and child health apps, nutrition, to connected medical devices and diagnostics. 

I am currently a researcher with the NIHR Innovation Observatory at Newcastle University, conducting health technology evidence synthesis and horizon scanning. 

Washington University Institute of Public Health, St. Louis, Missouri  

Clinical Research Intern, Child Malnutrition                            Jun 2018 to Aug 2018

• Enroll over 500 moderately malnourished children into a double-blind RCT testing the impact of ready to use food (RUSF) of higher protein quality on recovery from moderate malnutrition.
• Collected anthropometric measurements of children under age 5 to screen for malnutrition
• Performed data entry, data cleaning, and analyse preliminary study findings to present at a research symposium.  
• Final research presented here.

UC Berkeley Research Associate Program

Undergraduate Researcher, Digital Innovations in Maternal Health          2017 - 2018 

• Under faculty supervision, I independently conducted research seeking to understand user perceptions of usefulness of a maternal health and wellbeing called Text4BabyTM among pregnant women and new moms in the East-Bay area of Northern California.
• Collected questionnaire responses from 20 and interviewed 2 pregnant women and new mothers to gain a better understanding of the ways they use Text4baby and how. 

A more comprehensive portfolio of my most recent research and health innovation work can be viewed here.