I have over 15 years experience implementing research projects on reproductive and maternal health in the United States and sub-Saharan Africa. I have also gained teaching experience in research methods and general public health topics, and received predoctoral training support in Population Science.
Professional Experience
Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, USA
2023-present
Senior Research Scientist
FHI 360, Durham, NC, USA
2019-2023
Associate Scientist, Product Development and Introduction division
Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH), University of California, San Francisco, Oakland, CA, USA
2015-2018
Project Director
Clinton Health Access Initiative, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2013-2015
Program Manager, Family Planning
VSI: Venture Strategies Innovations, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania/Anaheim, CA, USA
2011-2013
Program Manager, Research
2009-2011
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
USAID Bureau of Global Health, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, Washington, D.C., USA
Summer 2009
Global Health Fellow, Service Delivery Improvement division
Bixby Center for Population, Health, and Sustainability, University of California, Berkeley – School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA, USA/Mekele, Ethiopia
2008-2009
Graduate Student Researcher
Teaching Experience
MHCH 713/713L: Research Methods in Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Co-Instructor, Spring 2022
- Teaching Assistant, Spring 2021 (virtual)
SPHG 713: Understanding Public Health Issues, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Teaching Assistant, Fall 2020 (virtual)
Training Experience
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
2019-2023
Predoctoral trainee, Population Science
Alice F. Cartwright, PhD, MPH 