My research is interdisciplinary and draws on theory and methods from anthropology, human behavioural ecology and demography. I am motivated by research that promotes the wellbeing of girls and women, have expertise in qualitative and quantitative data collection, and a strong open science ethos. I aim for my research to be non-extractive and co-produced with collaborators and communities in study countries. Increasingly, I am keen to explore the impact of disasters such as flooding on women's autonomy and empowerment, and whether support networks help in navigating these disasters.

I completed my PhD at LSHTM in 2021, in the Department of Population Health, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. I have previously studied Archaeology & Anthropology (BA, University College London) after which I worked at the Population Council in Pakistan for two years. This encouraged me to pursue an MSc in Demography & Health at LSHTM; followed by a specialisation in demography and population studies at the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD). 

Since 2020, I have worked as Research Fellow at LSHTM, particularly on two projects: "The Evolutionary Demography of Religion" project and the "DREAMS Intervention Evaluation".  I am a member of the Evolutionary Demography Group and Population Studies Group in the Department of Population Health.