I am an Associate Professor in Anthropology and Public Health in the Department of Global Health and Development. I have 15 years of experience researching the interactions between service providers, patients and their carers in health systems (primarily) in East and Southern Africa. I work in formal health systems and have worked extensively in medicine markets in Uganda alongside colleagues from Makerere University.

My expertise lies in the use of traditional anthropological methods and social theory across a range of public health areas (HIV/AIDS, malaria and health systems). This has developed into a critical concern with governance: whose rules matter and dominate in a particular setting, which forms of rule breaking matter (most) and what drives them. Alongside anthropology, I draw on anti-corruption theory and am interested in how public health can learn from developments in theory and practice within international development. My research has been funded by MRC, FCDO, the Wellcome Trust and NIHR.

I am the co-lead of the Anthroplogical Approaches to Global Health in the Department of Global Health and Development.

I am a member of the Health Systems Global Thematic Working Group on Action on Accountability and Anti-corruption for SDGs (TWG AAA), I am also a member of the Global Network for Anti-corruption, transparency and accountability in health. I sit on the Policy and Practice committee of the Royal Anthropological Institute.