I am currently working with the Andhra Pradesh Children and Parents Study (APCAPS) cohort, primarily on a MRC-funded study to explore the causes, consequences, and experience of multimorbidity in peri-urban India.
I completed my ESRC-funded Demography PhD in the Department of Population Health of LSHTM in 2020. I used mixed-methods and primary and secondary data to assess the potential impact of family structure change for social support to, and health of, older Indians. Prior to my PhD I completed the Demography and Health MSc at LSHTM, and the BSc in Biomedical Science at King's College London.
I completed my ESRC-funded Demography PhD in the Department of Population Health of LSHTM in 2020. I used mixed-methods and primary and secondary data to assess the potential impact of family structure change for social support to, and health of, older Indians. Prior to my PhD I completed the Demography and Health MSc at LSHTM, and the BSc in Biomedical Science at King's College London.
Affiliations
Department of Medical Statistics
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Teaching
I teach on the Research Design and Analaysis, Basic Epidemiology, Analysing Survey and Population Data, and Demographic Methods modules. I am co-organiser of the "Thinking Like a Health Data Scientist" module of the Health Data Science MSc. I am currently supervising two research degree students and on the advisory committee to one research degree student.
Research
I am a mixed-methods researcher with interest in undertaking theory-guided behaviour change intervention and evaluation research to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for people with long-term health conditions, and their support providers.
I am a member of the Evolutionary Demography Group, the multi-institutional Age, Care, and the Caring Crisis Working Group and LSHTM's India Interest Group.
I am a member of the Evolutionary Demography Group, the multi-institutional Age, Care, and the Caring Crisis Working Group and LSHTM's India Interest Group.
Selected Publications
Evaluating novel methods of enhancing the impact of financial incentives on household nutrition in developing nations - authors' reply.
2024
The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia
Multimorbidity and its behavioural risk
factors in Japanese community-dwelling
older people: A cross-sectional analysis in
the Nagasaki Islands Study (NaIS)
factors in Japanese community-dwelling
older people: A cross-sectional analysis in
the Nagasaki Islands Study (NaIS)
2023
IUNS 22nd International Congress of Nutrition
Impact of a financial incentive scheme on purchase of fruits and vegetables from unorganised retailers in rural India: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.
2023
The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia
Changing family structures and their implications for support and health of the older population in India, with a focus on Tamil Nadu
2021
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Childhood Socioeconomic Position and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Adulthood: Systematic Review of Evidence From Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
2021
American journal of preventive medicine