Experience

Experience

Roles since 2015, most recent first.

  1. 2026–present

    Epidemiologist

    World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt

    Polio, routine immunisation and VPD surveillance analysis for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

  2. 2025–2026

    Lead, Epidemiology & Data Science

    AHADI, Nairobi, Kenya

    Led the analysis for subnational tailoring of malaria interventions in seven Global Fund applicant countries, and co-led the SNT Code Library.

    Case study

  3. 2023–2025

    Epidemiologist & Data Scientist

    World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo

    Built the automated weekly polio surveillance bulletin for the 47 Member States of the African Region.

    Case study

  4. 2023

    Postdoctoral Fellow in Epidemiology & Data Science

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

    Estimated drought- and food-insecurity-related mortality in Somalia and the Horn of Africa.

    Case study

  5. 2023

    Epidemiologist

    World Health Organization, Global Malaria Programme, Geneva (remote)

    Report: World Malaria Report 2023

  6. 2020–2023

    Doctoral Researcher in Epidemiology

    Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

    Case study Paper: Grip strength at age 46, BMC Public Health 2022

  7. 2020

    Epidemiologist (COVID-19 Response)

    Benadir Regional Administration, Mogadishu Municipality, Somalia (remote)

    Report: COVID-19 in Mogadishu

  8. 2017–2020

    Research Assistant (Epidemiology)

    Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

    Case study Paper: Machine learning reporting review, BMJ Open 2020

  9. 2015–2017

    Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Instructor (Consultant)

    Specialist occupational rehabilitation service, UK

Education