Hello! I am a Term Assistant Professor in Simon Fraser University's School of Public Policy. I study how non-state actors shape health governance and policy processes at the global level and in Canada. Often, my work explores topics at the intersection of health and environmental issues.  My research program aims to generate knowledge that can be used to strengthen practices and models of governance, including with respect to improving equity in governing processes and health outcomes. I received my PhD in Political Science from the University of British Columbia in 2025. 

I am available for media commentary on global health emergencies, pandemic governance, and global and national health policy.

My latest research program is on pandemic governance. This includes my dissertation research examining governance of the public-private partnership that led the global COVID-19 response. I am also part of a CIHR-funded project studying governance of COVID-19 testing and regulation of public space policy in four Canadian provinces. 

My research has been published as a co-edited book (with Peter Dauvergne), Global Environmental Politics in a Turbulent Era, and in peer-reviewed journals spanning multidisciplinary audiences such as SSM - Health Systems, Globalization and Health, Social Science & Medicine, The Extractive Industries and Society, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, The Lancet Global Health, The Journal of Environment & Development,  The Lancet Planetary Health, Canadian Journal of Public Health, BMC Public Health, Health and Human Rights Journal, Health Policy Open, and the Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 

Previously, I completed a Master of Public Health from the University of Toronto (2018) and a Bachelor of Health Sciences with Honours from the University of Calgary (2014). I also previously held positions with the Public Health Agency of Canada, Aga Khan University - Karachi, World Health Organization, and a mental health nonprofit.