As a political scientist, I examine the politics of global health and the ways in which policies, interventions, and conflict impact health outcomes and healthcare delivery in low- and middle-income countries. Through both quantitative work, including large-N studies, machine learning methods with big data, and survey research incorporating experimental design in rural Western Kenya, to qualitative work such as focus groups in multiple target languages and key informant interviews both in person and via zoom, my research highlights the interconnectedness of politics, health, and gender and shows that changes to healthcare access produce life-altering results.
I am currently a Postdoctoral Scholar in Political Science and Global Health Studies in the Department of Political Science and an affiliate of the Global Poverty Research Lab in the Department of Economics at Northwestern University. Prior to my current appointment, I was a Junior Visiting Scholar at Nuffield College at the University of Oxford (2022-2023) and Global Health Institute Doctoral Scholar (2019-2021) and Kenan Institute for Ethics Graduate Fellow (2018-2019) at Duke University where I obtained a joint PhD in Political Science and Public Policy. I am the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships such as the James B. Duke Fellowship, Joel L. Fleishman Civil Society Fellowship, Center for the Study of Philanthropy and Voluntarism Fellowship, Aleane Webb Dissertation Research Fellowship, two Duke Bass Connections Student Research Awards, Duke Graduate School Dissertation Research Travel Award, Duke Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies Travel Award, multiple departmental research and travel grants, the Graduate Research Award and the Graduate Travel Award from Duke Center for International and Global Studies, and five Summer Research Fellowships from Duke’s Graduate School. At Northwestern, I have received a Graduate Research Award and Postdoctoral Conference Travel Award as well as APSA’s Conference Travel Awards.
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