After graduating from Birmingham Medical School in 2013, I started my training in General/Acute Medicine in London. I completed my Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene in Peru (the Gorgas course) in 2016 and my MSc in Global Health Science at the University of Oxford in 2018, on an scholarship jointly awarded by the Nuffield Department of Population Health and the Medical Research Council (MRC). Following my MSc, I started Public Health specialty training and have gained experience in communicable disease control and health policy at local and national governmental level. In 2021, I was awarded a Centenary Fellowship at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases where I continue to work in the Chagas clinic with Professors David Moore and Peter Chiodini.
I am currently an MRC-funded Clinical Research Fellow. My PhD aims to understand the epidemiology of Chagas disease among Latin American migrants in London, with a view to informing an effective and equitable screening programme. I hold grants from ESCMID, HTD Charitable Fund and LSHTM for Chagas community engagement work with the UK Chagas Hub.
I am currently an MRC-funded Clinical Research Fellow. My PhD aims to understand the epidemiology of Chagas disease among Latin American migrants in London, with a view to informing an effective and equitable screening programme. I hold grants from ESCMID, HTD Charitable Fund and LSHTM for Chagas community engagement work with the UK Chagas Hub.
Affiliations
Department of Clinical Research
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
Teaching
I lecture on Chagas disease for the London School's DTM&H and MSc, and on screening at UCL.
Research
Chagas disease, neglected tropical diseases, HIV, migrant health, screening, epidemiology
Research Area
Epidemiology
Global health
Parasites
Disease and Health Conditions
Chagas disease
HIV/AIDS
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
Region
Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)
Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)
Selected Publications
A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL FEATURES OF HIV AND TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI (CHAGAS DISEASE) CO-INFECTION
2021
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
More than 100 years of neglect: a bibliometric analysis of global research on noma (cancrum oris).
2021
TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE