CV

Global mental health researcher with over ten years of experience conducting research at the intersection of global mental health and development economics. Skilled in running clinical trials, data analysis, developing low-cost interventions, and project management.

Scientific appointments

• 2022 – present: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, USA. 
• 2017 – 2022: Researcher at the University of Oxford, UK. 
• 2017 – 2018: Research Consultant at Young Lives, UK (part-time).
• 2014 – 2018: Economics Editor at La Grieta, remote (part-time). 
• 2013 – 2016: Research Analyst at The Brookings Institution, USA. 

Other positions

• 2022 – present: Visiting Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK. 
• 2020 – present: Honorary Researcher in the MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa. 
• 2017 – present: Affiliate at the Mind & Behaviour Research Group at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, UK. 
• 2022: Visiting Fellow at the Alan J. Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health at the University of Cape Town, invited by Professor Crick Lund. 
• 2020 – 2022: Excellence Fellow Rafael del Pino Foundation, Spain. 
• 2019. Observer at the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. 

Education

• 2018 – 2022: DPhil (PhD) in Psychiatry at the University of Oxford.
  • Thesis: “Depression and risk-taking among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries.” Supervisors: Prof. Alan Stein and Prof. Stefan Dercon.
• 2016 – 2017: MSc in Economics for Development at the University of Oxford.
  • Thesis: “Subjective poverty over time: on reference points and income shocks in rural Ethiopia.” Supervisor: Prof. Stefan Dercon.
• 2010 – 2011: Fully funded scholarship to spend the third year of my BSc at the University of California, Berkeley.
• 2008 – 2012: BSc in Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

Editorial Activities

Editorial Roles

• Associate Editorial Board Member at Behaviour Research and Therapy.
• Editorial Board Member at The British Journal of Psychiatry. 

Reviewer

• BMJ Open
• BMJ Mental Health
• Behaviour Research and Therapy
• The British Journal of Psychiatry 
• Invited Grant Reviewer for USAID 
• Evidence-Based Mental Health
• JMIR
• Justice Quarterly
• Journal of the Economics of Ageing
• Journal of Happiness Studies

Grants

Current grants

• 2022 – 2026: National Institute of Mental Health (R01). Improving Outcomes in Depression in Primary Care in a Low Resource Setting. [Role: Co-investigator].  
• 2023 – 2025:  NHS Research Capability Fund. Step changes in improving the scalability of psychological interventions: Using Artificial Intelligence to improve the efficiency and reach of therapist training. [Role: Co-investigator].  

previous grants

• 2018 – 2022: Medical Research Council/Newton Fund. Digital delivery of Behavioural Activation to overcome depression among adolescents in South Africa. 
• 2018 – 2022: Wellspring Philanthropic Fund. Applying Behavioural Activation in Low-Income Contexts.
• 2019 – 2020: Africa-Oxford travel grant (AfOx). 
• 2018 – 2020: Research Training Support Grant. 
• 2017 – 2018: Wellcome Trust ISSF. Behavioural Activation for Adolescents in Uganda.