I am broadly interested in epidemiology, ecology and health economics. My research investigates the importance of different drivers (social and ecological) and intervention strategies on infectious disease transmission.

I completed my PhD in the Quantitative Methods in Ecology and Evolution Centre for Doctoral Training, under the supervision of Dr Ben Lambert and Prof Thomas Churcher. My PhD involved modelling entomological measures of malaria risk given a changing planet (i.e. temperature). Prior to this, I gained First class honours in Biology BSc from Imperial College London, spent many years beach lifeguarding at home in Devon and abroad, before working as an ecologist at a specialist consultancy for a number of years.

Malaria

I am currently a research associate in the malaria modelling group. Recent work has focused on predicting the epidemiological impacts of novel dual active ingredient insecticide treated nets and developing a novel mathematical model to estimate the effects of temperature on the extrinsic incubation period. I am also interested in socioeconomic determinants of malaria transmission.

HIV

Under the supervision of Prof Timothy Hallett and Dr Jessica McGillen, at the HIV Modelling Consortium, we investigated the impact of failing to consider constraints to allocative and technical efficiency (in our case hypothetical) on the advice given by modellers. More recently, I have been investigating how best to incorporate equity considerations into transmission modelling studies, and maintain an honorary position in this group, with a specific focus on health inequality.

For a full list of publications please see (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=X0RRgYkAAAAJ&hl=en)