Shaping the National TB Action Plan
I conducted a qualitative study on behalf of EP:IC Consultancy and the UKHSA looking at migrant and voluntary sector attitudes towards TB screenings. The reports I wrote were used by Sir Chris Whitty to shape and inform the forthcoming National TB Action Plan. A key set of recommendations were around ensuring meaningful involvement of people with lived experience of migration and TB, and have encouraged the establishment of a Lived Experience Advisory Group around the National Action Plan. I worked closely with a number of organisations, including TB Alert.
Changing what counts as knowledge in academia
I founded the anti-racist health inequalities journal, Stolen Tools. The journal was dedicated to centring the voices of racialised minorities within health inequalities research. It accepted empirical work, poems, art, campaigning articles, reviews and more. People apply saying who they are, what they want to say and were then paired with mentors to develop their ideas. We countered the exploitation of academic publishing.
I am currently co-editing a Lancet series on human trafficking and health, where coordinate meaningful engagement. Through a Freedom Fund grant, we working with people with lived experience as co-writers, editors, advisors and more.
Improving mental health practitioners work with sanctuary seekers
This project created a guide for mental health professionals (psychologists and psychiatrists) working with Afghan sanctuary seekers. It did so by collating and synthesising pre-existing knowledge in the academic literature and Afghan organisations, and hosting a stakeholder consensus meeting on creating a guide. It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and included the Afghan Charities Paiwand, the Afghan Academy and the Association of Afghan Health Professionals on its advisory board and employed a lived experience researcher. You can access the guide here. A training was developed from the guide, and used in NHS Trusts in England and Wales.
Supporting Violence-Affected Youth
As an Embedded Participatory Research Consultant with the Lambeth Peer Action Collective, I worked alongside young people in Brixton to deliver a major youth engagement project on violence and social change. Together, we piloted and refined creative research methods, including body mapping, neighbourhood drawing, and collaborative illustration. Peer researchers used these tools to facilitate workshops, conduct interviews, and lead outreach in local schools and youth groups, ultimately engaging over 300 young people across Lambeth. The project culminated in a research report and youth-authored manifesto for change.
