Teaching Fellow in International Public Health,
Programme Director, MSc in International Health
0113 3436948
G18, Charles Thackrah Building
Qualifications
PhD Social Anthropology
October 2000 – July 2004, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge
BA Archaeology and Anthropology: First Class Honours
October 1996 – June 1999, Girton College, University of Cambridge
Current and Previous Roles
Teaching Fellow in International Public Health
January 2009 – Present, Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, University of Leeds
Community Research Manager
October 2006 – Present, Effective Intervention, London School of Economics, UK and Guinea Bissau
Social Anthropologist
May 2005 – August 2006, Concern Worldwide, Liberia
Current Research Interests
- Promoting demand for and uptake of health services in low and middle income countries, through enhanced understanding of context and the development of innovative health education methods.
- Assessing the impact of health education through community health clubs and house to house visits, as well as improved services through community health workers, traditional birth attendants and enhanced outreach services on child mortality in Guinea Bissau.
- Developing guidelines on promoting Smoke Free Homes for use by Muslim religious teachers in the UK.
- Developing research methodologies for conducting rapid ethnographic studies into maternal and neonatal care practices.
Current and Recent Research
- Promoting demand for and uptake of health services in low and middle income countries, through enhanced understanding of context and the development of innovative health education methods.
- Assessing the impact of health education through community health clubs and house to house visits, as well as improved services through community health workers, traditional birth attendants and enhanced outreach services on child mortality in Guinea Bissau.
- Developing guidelines on promoting Smoke Free Homes for use by Muslim religious teachers in the UK.
Teaching Responsibilities
Programme Director, MSc in International Health
Teaching responsibilities include designing and delivering teaching sessions, setting and marking assignments, supervising and marking projects and dissertations. I teach on the following modules:
BSc International Health
Maternal, Reproductive and Child Health; Research Methods (Qualitative); Project A
MPH International Health
Foundations in International Health; Health Systems Research Methods (Qualitative)
MSc International Health
Health Research Methods (Qualitative)
Masters Programmes Option Modules
Health Promotion; Monitoring and Evaluation; Communicable Disease Control; Implications of Conflicts and Emergencies
PhD Supervision
I am interested in supervising students who are investigating the socio-cultural context of health behaviours in low and middle income countries. I am particularly interested in maternal and child health.