I am an Associate Professor and Lead Faculty for Global Health Equity and Social Medicine at the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda. I work at the intersection of global public health, social medicine, health professions education, and anthropology, with a particular interest in the social, political, institutional, and environmental determinants of population health and health inequalities.

My current research focuses on health equity, physical activity and nutrition transitions, chronic disease, health systems and care, and climate-related health vulnerability. I work primarily in Rwanda and Madagascar, and have also conducted research in the Pacific Islands. Methodologically, I have particular expertise in qualitative and ethnographic research and increasingly work in interdisciplinary collaborations that combine social science approaches with epidemiological, physiological, and other quantitative methods.

I was trained as a social anthropologist at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where my doctoral research examined slavery, social exclusion, kinship, and identity in Madagascar. This anthropological background continues to shape my approach to public and global health, particularly my interest in how historical processes, social institutions, culture, and political economy influence health, behaviour, and access to care. Over time, this research programme has broadened to encompass medical education, population health, health systems, chronic disease, and environmental and climate-related health challenges.

At UGHE, I lead and contribute to interdisciplinary teaching in Global Health Equity, Medical Anthropology and Social Medicine, Health Policy and Political Economy, and Qualitative Research Methods, primarily within medical and global health programmes. I have also held academic leadership responsibilities in departmental management, curriculum development, academic governance, and research. My work is strongly collaborative, bringing social science into dialogue with medicine, public health, epidemiology, evolutionary anthropology, and other disciplines.