My broad research interests lie in the evaluation of public health interventions. Most evaluations in which I took a central role addressed maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH), took place in West African countries and used randomised controlled designs with embedded qualitative research.
I like to take a collaborative approach with my in-country research partners. Between 2002 and 2018, I spent extensive periods of time in countries where my research activities were taking place, and enjoyed working and living there. I joined LSHTM in 2011, after a post doctorate position at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Over the past ten years, I have developed a growing interest in the mental health field. I trained as a counsellor and psychotherapist, and I am currently looking to build collaborations in Global Mental Health research. In my practice as a psychotherapist, I have an integrative approach to psychotherapy, and have developed experience and curiosity for depression, anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), addictions, eating disorders, grief, and lately the integration of psychedelic experiences. I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
I hold postgraduate degrees in Public Health & Epidemiology (PhD; Pierre & Marie Curie University, Paris, France), Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy (PGDip; University of East London, UK), Applied Psychology Research (MA; University of East London, UK), and Pharmacy (University of Rouen, France). I undertook my PhD based at the Institute of Research & Development (IRD) in Dakar, Senegal, from 2003 to 2009, and used mixed-methods research to look at problematics emerging from the scaling up of Artemisinin-based combination therapies for treating uncomplicated malaria in the Southwest region of the country.
Affiliations
Centres
Teaching
I lecture, facilitate small group practical, supervise MSc students and mark assessments for face-to-face and Distance Learning (DL) programmes in epidemiology: Basic Epidemiology (2024 forwards); Statistical Methods for Epidemiology (from 2020 to 2023); DL Statistics for Epidemiology (2012 forwards); DL Project Report (2016 forwards). I co-organised Statistical Methods for Epidemiology between 2020 and 2023, and I currently co-organise Basic Epidemiology.
Research
At LSHTM, since 2011, I have contributed to the design, implementation, statistical analyses and reporting of several evaluations of public health interventions. Evaluations in which I took a central role include:
- Antenatal corticosteroids for women with a high probability of birth in the late preterm period in hospitals, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria and Kenya (individual randomised trial, 2022 to date; BMGF funding)
- Attractive Targeted Sugar Bait (ATSB) stations to reduce malaria burden in Mali (repeated cross-sectional and cohort cluster randomised trial, 2018 to 2024; BMGF funding)
- MTV Shuga multi-media campaign to reduce HIV related stigma and promote HIV knowledge, prevention, screening & treatment in C么te d'Ivoire & South Africa (cross-sectional household surveys, 2018 to 2022; UNITAID funding)
- The "Alive & Thrive" Initiative: Interpersonal communication and community mobilisation to promote optimal breastfeeding practices in Burkina Faso (repeated cross-sectional cluster randomised trial, 2015 to 2017; BMGF funding)
- The "Integrated e-Diagnosis Approach": Electronic algorithms to support health care workers' adherence to guidelines for childhood illnesses management at primary health facilities in Burkina Faso (stepped-wedge randomised trial, 2014 to 2017; BMG funding)
- "Can mass media reduce child mortality?": Development Media International (DMI) mass radio campaign to promote family behaviours and improve child survival in Burkina Faso (repeated cross-sectional cluster randomised trial, 2011 to 2016; Wellcome Trust funding)
Selected Publications
