About Me
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health and a public health scientist specializing in health policy and systems research, specifically in implementation science. My research career has evolved around understanding the dynamics and complexities of retention in care and adherence to antiretroviral medication among people living with HIV, with a particular focus on adolescents living with HIV. As such, my current research focus is on developing and implementing antiretroviral treatment protocols for transitioning adolescents living with HIV from pediatric/adolescent HIV care to adult HIV care.
I am also interested in developing and implementing strategies to decolonize global health. My work in this area is related to addressing health inequities in global health, such as issues of poor integration and consideration of refugees and migrants during the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic – prevention (information and vaccination, treatment, and care).
I am an experienced qualitative and mixed methods researcher supporting many NIH grants as a qualitative or mixed methods specialist. Regarding methodological advancements in implementation sciences, I am particularly interested in developing and adopting realist-informed research methods – critical realist theorizing, realist evaluation, and realist synthesis and reviews – for evidence-based theorizing in health care and global health to unpack implementation outcomes. I have published several methodological papers in this regard.