About

I study why health makes people poorer, and use genetics to prove it.

As an applied microeconomist at the intersection of health, labour, and causal inference, I build empirical evidence on how conditions like obesity and mental health shape careers, incomes, and life chances. My work combines cutting-edge methods from genomic epidemiology with the tools of applied economics to answer questions that observational data alone cannot.

At a glance

• Postdoctoral Research Project, CINCH, Health Economics Research Centre, University of Duisburg-Essen

• PhD in Economics, University of York, supervised by Professor Nigel Rice & Professor Andrew Jones

• Specialisms: health economics, labour economics, Mendelian Randomisation, genetic instrumental variables

• 3 peer-reviewed publication · 2 papers under review · 4 working papers

• 6+ years university teaching · average student rating >4.5/5

• Keynote Speaker, International Obesity and Metabolism Conference, Singapore (2026)

• Best 3MT Presentation, University of York Department of Economics, 1st Place (2026)

• ASHEcon Diversity Scholarship (2024)

• Media Release:
  https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/being-obese-can-make-you-more-likely-to-be-unemployed-and-the-link-may-be-twice-what-we-thought
  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07/17/more-than-600000-britons-too-fat-to-work/
  https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/39784942/brits-too-fat-to-work-obesity-linked-joblessness/
  https://inews.co.uk/shorts/obese-people-out-of-work-weight
  https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/279194273/obesity-weighing-down-uk-workforce-study

• Currently on the academic job market for a postdoctoral/ assistant professor positions