I am a PhD candidate in Health Policy and Health Economics at the LSE. My PhD focuses on factors influencing people with dementia’s adherence to treatments and medication preferences. My aim is to understand decision-making mechanisms related to anti-dementia medication initiation, treatment choices, and access to care. Factors such as cultural background, socioeconomic status, personal beliefs, and ethnicity will be explored in-depth and will help assessing treatment uptake patterns among different populations in the UK.

Alongside my PhD, I am working as a Researcher at the Care Policy Evaluation Centre (CPEC) at the LSE. I am involved in several projects around stigma and dementia in the UK, paid live-in carers, and differences in access to healthcare services across different populations in the UK. In the past, I have contributed to the World Alzheimer Report 2024 with Prof. Evans-Lacko by running a global survey on stigma and dementia, conducting statistical descriptive analysis, and summarising the main findings. Additionally, I co-authored articles submitted to peer reviewed journals on sex and gender differences in dementia care quality and the benefits of increased physical activity as a preventative measure for dementia.

I hold a BSc with Honours degree in Anthropology from Brunel University London and an MSc degree in Global Health Policy from the LSE.