Hello! I am a Term Assistant Professor in Simon Fraser University's School of Public Policy. I study the role, influence, and impacts of non-state actors in global governance of health and environmental issues. My research generates knowledge that can be used to strengthen processes and models of governance. I received my PhD in Political Science, specializing in international relations and comparative politics, from the University of British Columbia in 2025.

My current research program is on pandemic governance. This includes my dissertation research examining the politics of the public-private partnership that governed the global COVID-19 response. I am also part of a CIHR-funded project studying COVID-19 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,  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, 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). Outside the academy, I have held positions with the Public Health Agency of Canada, World Health Organization, and Aga Khan University - Karachi. In 2025, I received a Meritorious Service Medal - Civilian Division from the Governor General of Canada for my work co-founding and co-directing a mental health nonprofit.