I obtained my primary medical degree from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and completed my postgraduate training in internal medicine and clinical specialist training in HIV Medicine and Sexual Health in London. I undertook a Distance-Based Learning Masters in Epidemiology at LSHTM while working as a clinical lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe Medical School. Following completion of clinical specialist and doctoral research training, I have worked at LSHTM- my research based mainly in Southern Africa and Pakistan.

I am an epidemiologist and my research interests include adolescent health, HIV and sexual and reproductive health (SRH), and multimorbidity. I develop and evaluate public health interventions including individual and cluster randomised trials.

I was based in Harare, Zimbabwe for 20 years, where I established an interdisciplinary research programme (The Health Research Unit Zimbabwe (THRU ZIM:https://www.thruzim.org/)), embedded within the Biomedical Research and Training Institute (BRTI)- my host institution.