I am a Senior Research Associate, trained in qualitative research and expert in health systems at Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW). I am currently co-Director for Multilink study, leading a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, health economists, statisticians and social scientists in an NIHR-funded four year study that is designing and testing a system which identifies patients suffering from multimorbidity during emergency assessment in sub-Saharan African hospitals.

As trial manager, I have previously delivered an MRC-funded randomized controlled trial at University of Witwatersrand’s Centre for Health Policy, Johannesburg. This tested the effectiveness of task-shifting to clinic based lay health workers for patients with chronic diseases in multiple clinics in rural South African. I have also chaired the process evaluation working group of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD).

With my specific expertise of social science with complex interventions, I have also focused on hospital treatment as Social Science theme lead of the NIHR Global Health Group on Sepsis (ARCS) and delivered a global Delphi consultation process for developing standards for sepsis care. With Malawi policymakers and WHO Knowledge Translation Unit, I established the national knowledge translation platform for evidence-based decision making. I provide technical advice through a Ministry of Health expert groups for NCDs. My recent work has documented important health system and inpatient perspectives during the pivot to COVID-19 management in Malawi. My Post-Doc experience has seen me teaching and supervising PhD and Masters Students.

Grants

Multimorbidity-associated emergency hospital admissions: a “screen and link” strategy to improve outcomes for high-risk patients in sub-Saharan (Multilink study) – NIHR supported (201708)