I am a postdoctoral researcher and malaria transmission dynamics modeller, with a particular interest in mosquito and human behaviour and how this influences the impact of vector control interventions. Whilst my current work primarily involves computational epidemiology, I regularly visit field sites and am interested in how fieldwork can improve transmission modelling and vs vsa. 

In my role, I provide field entomological surveillance study design and analytical support to the AnoSTEP Afrika project. This is a large Wellcome-funded consortium that aims to identify the role of the invasive malaria mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, in contributing to malaria transmission in east Africa. I work with Professors Heather Ferguson and Fredros Okumu.

Outside of my research, I am a co-organiser for SBOVHM's Disease Ecology seminars and am currently serving as a co-editor for the Frontiers in Veterinary Science special collection: "Animal Infectious Disease Preparedness Under Constraint: Surveillance, Response, and Control in Remote and Resource-Limited Settings". 

Prior to starting at Glasgow, I completed my PhD at Imperial College London, within the Centre for Global of Infectious Disease Analysis, supervised by Prof. Tom Churcher (Imperial), Drs Ellie Sherrard-Smith (LSTM), Joe Challenger (Imperial) and Hannah Slater (PATH). My research focussed on the mosquito-killing drug, ivermectin, and using transmission dynamics models to predict its epidemiological impact in different entomological contexts. This work included entomological fieldwork in the Bijagos archipelago, Guinea-Bissau, and working closely with field teams leading recent ivermectin cluster-randomised controlled trials in Africa. My scholarship at Imperial included an MRes year, where I worked on dengue virus genomic epidemiology and Yellow Fever virus seroepidemiology in Brazil. I also hold an MSc (Control of Infectious Diseases) from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and BSc (Biology with Research Abroad) from Imperial. 

I have a broad interest in malaria vector ecology and epidemiology. I am especially interested in bridging fieldwork with modelling to gain a deeper understanding of the local epidemiological and ecological context, and using this information to improve the impact of control interventions and surveillance efforts. 

Current research interests include:

• Ecology and biology of African malaria vectors and the invasive vector, Anopheles stephensi
• Developing entomological surveillance methods in resource-limited settings
• Using transmission dynamics models to compare the epidemiological impact of different modes of vector control implementation 
• Malaria social science and anthropology and how this can influence the impact of vector control interventions
• Cluster-randomised controlled trials; study design, statistical power and restrospective analysis

Research groups

• Infectious Disease Ecology

Prior publications