I am a maternal, perinatal and child health researcher with twenty years’ experience in global health. My background is as a clinician and epidemiologist. I have experience working professionally across a number of countries including UK, Malawi, Kenya, Mozambique, The Gambia, India, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Uganda and Ghana.
Affiliations
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Centres
Centre for Data and Statistical Science for Health
Centre for Maternal Adolescent Reproductive & Child Health
Teaching
I am passionate about teaching, mentoring and supporting the development of early-career researchers including the supervision of both PhD and MSc students.
I am programme co-director for MSc Public Health for Development. I co-organise the current issues in Safe Motherhood and Perinatal Health module and am a tutor on the Research Design and Analysis, Study Design and Applying Public Health Principles in Developing Countries modules.
I am programme co-director for MSc Public Health for Development. I co-organise the current issues in Safe Motherhood and Perinatal Health module and am a tutor on the Research Design and Analysis, Study Design and Applying Public Health Principles in Developing Countries modules.
Research
My research areas include
Improving measurement of birth outcomes across various data platforms including household surveys, Health Management Information Systems and Civil registration and Vital Statistics systems.
Global estimates of vulnerable newborns including stillbirths, preterm birth, low birthweight, small-for gestational age, neonatal morbidity and congenital disorders
Stillbirths: Ending preventable deaths and improving care for affected women and families
Impact of ill-health, nutritional, social, environmental and climate exposures starting in-utero and vulnerability at birth on women and children’s physical and mental health, and children’s neurocognitive developmental trajectories.
Improving measurement of birth outcomes across various data platforms including household surveys, Health Management Information Systems and Civil registration and Vital Statistics systems.
Global estimates of vulnerable newborns including stillbirths, preterm birth, low birthweight, small-for gestational age, neonatal morbidity and congenital disorders
Stillbirths: Ending preventable deaths and improving care for affected women and families
Impact of ill-health, nutritional, social, environmental and climate exposures starting in-utero and vulnerability at birth on women and children’s physical and mental health, and children’s neurocognitive developmental trajectories.
Selected Publications
Neonatal mortality risk for vulnerable newborn types in 15 countries using 125.5 million nationwide birth outcome records, 2000-2020.
2023
BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Vulnerable newborn types: Analysis of population-based registries for 165 million births in 23 countries, 2000-2021.
2023
BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
A review of key terminology and definitions used for birth defects globally.
2023
Journal of community genetics
National data linkage assessment of live births and deaths in Mexico: Estimating under-five mortality rate ratios for vulnerable newborns and trends from 2008 to 2019.
2023
Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
Health and development from preconception to 20 years of age and human capital.
2022
Lancet (London, England)
