ShareAction

Interim Manager, Investor Standards – Health

Senior Research & Campaign Officer – Healthy Markets Initiative

PATH

●Co-led the preparation and publication of a policy brief, "Climate-Proofing Health Care: Strategies for Resilience", to identify strategies to support healthcare system adaptation in Asia and the Pacific Region.
●Authored a blog post, titled "A Planet in Peril: Unravelling the Catastrophic Health Harms of Climate Change", to articulate the severe health impacts of climate change.
●Collaborated with PATH and the Asian Development Bank Institute on both projects, demonstrating strong teamwork and partnership skills.

Consultant 

Brook

●Informed organizational safeguarding procedures by proposing and preparing a report on suicide prevention for Brook’s Head of Mental health and Well-being. 
●Contributed to the improvement of Brook’s public-facing trainings on HIV by synthesizing the latest research and updating existing resources for Brook’s Head of Resource Development.
●Led on community-based HIV Point of Care Testing for LGBTQIA groups, drug and alcohol users, rough sleepers, asylum seekers, and people of colour.
●Promoted safer sex and healthy relationships through outreach and education in diverse settings, including in alternative schools for disengaged youth, care and foster homes for refugee children, online dating applications, and various social media platforms (Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube livestreams).
●Deepened service engagement with local condom distribution schemes through close collaboration and troubleshooting with pharmacies, schools, and NGOs in Barnet.
●Offered 1-1 targeted support for vulnerable youth, including for clients at risk of child sexual exploitation, vulnerable adults with problematic gambling behaviour, and young people with severe mental health issues and additional learning needs.
●Delivered capacity-building to Barnet-based professionals on wide-ranging topics, from managing disclosures of sexual violence, HIV prevention, to teaching sexual education and healthy relationships to young people.
●Represented Brook at various inter-agency advisory meetings and on occasion oversaw safeguarding referrals for vulnerable youth in Barnet.
●Managed a team of five staff members and coordinated outreach activities at the three-day Reading Festival 2023.
●Recommended the commissioning of specialized sexual health services for asylum seekers in Barnet to local NGO and NHS partners. This recommendation was based on interviews with 50 asylum seekers and half a dozen subject matter experts in Barnet.

Health Promotion Specialist

SOURCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION

● Reviewed research grant applications ahead of the Ohio-based Psychedemia 2022 conference.
● Reviewed research grant applications for five psychedelic science conferences in 2023 on a rolling basis, including Psychedelic Science, Breaking Convention, and Insight 2023.

Grant Reviewer

Centro Takiwasi

● Led an qualitative research project on Ayahuasca-assisted drug treatment in the Peruvian Amazon.
● Awarded a travel fellowship grant to present a 15-minute oral presentation of a peer-reviewed abstract at the Toronto-based Global Summit on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Medicine in May 2022.
●Drove the publication of a peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, serving as the lead author.

Researcher

Health Policy Watch

●Published over 100 articles covering diverse global health policy topics on a weekly basis, ranging from tobacco control, front-of-package labelling, to the harms triggered by prohibitive drug policies.
● Successfully pitched exclusive analysis pieces to the editor-in-chief, often drawing on interviews with high-profile global health researchers and policy experts.
● Delivered training sessions for new interns around article production, reaching out to potential sources and maintaining strong relationships, twitter outreach, and data mining.

Reporter

Geneva Solutions

● Published ~ thirty solutions-oriented articles, covering topics from cross-cultural mental health, the evidence-policy gap in public health, to women’s access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene services.
● Supported the production of the weekly health newsletter, and on occasion wrote the newsletter on behalf of the editor-in-chief.

Socios En Salud

● Designed and implemented a gender equity strategy for the CASITA Project, a community-based early childhood development intervention. Our strategy boosted paternal participation by 80% in just three months.
● Conducted focus groups, adapted questionnaires, carried out quantitative analysis of participant attendance, and a literature review on paternal engagement in family health.
● Delivered training sessions in data management, proactive data use, and productivity to staff at Socios en Salud. 
● Contributed to therapeutic accompaniment of young mothers with mental health issues, under the supervision of the head psychologist.
● Promoted gender mainstreaming at the institutional level, mainly through interactive presentations to management.

Project Lead

●As a Public Health Specialist with over five years in the NGO sector, I’ve worked in health promotion, community engagement, campaigning, mixed-method research, journalism, and consulting.
● At ShareAction, I work at the intersection of public health, corporate accountability, and responsible investment—using research, campaigns, and strategic comms to drive change.
●Notable achievements include publishing a peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (2024), co-authoring a policy brief on climate-proofing healthcare systems with PATH and ADBI, and designing a gender equity strategy that increased paternal participation in a community health project in marginalized districts in Lima by 80% in three months.

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