My current research interests centre on the relationship between the urban environment and health inequities and on the role of urban planning systems (formal and informal) in mediating this relationship in fast growing towns and cities. Particular interests include:

• The environmental and health problems faced by populations in small and intermediate urban centres
• The urban health impacts of disasters and climate change in low-income settings
• The development of an integrated urban  planning and public health agenda tailored to the urban, environmental and epidemiological transitions occurring in the global South

Awards

DPU60 Doctoral Award, 2016, given by the Development Planning Unit to one PhD student each year in honour of the department’s 60^th anniversary in 2014. 

Chadwick Trust Travelling Fellow, 2017, given by University College London in honour of Sir Edwin Chadwick, one of the most influential urban sanitary reformers in mid-nineteenth century Britain. The fellowship recognises postgraduate students committed to public health.

Jeroen Ensink Fellow, 2016-2017, given by University College London in memory of Dr. Jeroen Ensink, Senior Lecturer in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The fellowship recognises postgraduate students committed to water and sanitation.