I am an independent public health consultant with more than 20 years of professional experience in community and public health in humanitarian crises and developing country-settings, including as a community health worker, medical doctor, and most recently as the Head of Valid Measures, the specialised metrics, analytics and technology unit of Valid International. I have expertise in spatial epidemiology, geo-statistics, cartography and statistical programming. In my role as head of Valid Measures, I led the design, development and implementation of innovative surveys and assessments on health and nutrition and bespoke analytical approaches that leverage the advantages of Bayesian statistics and resampling techniques. I am a founding member of Katilingban, a collective of public health and nutrition experts and practitioners. I am currently a consulting research data scientist for EcoHealth Alliance to support its computational analytics work in support of pandemic preparedness and One Health research and a Senior Research and Teaching Associate at the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford.
Education
Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University | Boston, MA
Master of Public Health International Health Concentration | Sept 2004 - June 2005
Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University | Boston, MA
Certificate in Humanitarian Studies | Sept 2004 - June 2005
University of the Philippines College of Medicine | Manila, Philippines
Doctor of Medicine | June 1994 - June 2001
University of the Philippines College of Medicine | Manila, Philippines
Bachelor of Science in Basic Medical Sciences | June 1994 - June 1998
Experience
Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford
Senior Research and Teaching Associate | October 2023 - present
Teaching Fellow | July 2020 - October 2023
EcoHealth Alliance
Consulting Research Data Scientist | December 2020 - present
Katilingban
Founding Member | July 2020 - present
Valid International
Head of Measures | January 2017 - March 2020
Survey and Assessments Specialist | January 2015 - December 2016
Technical Advisor | September 2009 - December 2014
