I am a postdoctoral researcher working on topics around health and development at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg. Here, I am part of a vibrant and multi-disciplinary research consortium on Social Health Protection in Pakistan.

My research focuses on the interplay between good health and economic development, specifically the barriers that keep individuals from taking good health decisions and how a health system can support these. I am particularly passionate about addressing new questions that arise as population-wide health insurance schemes are expanding in LMICs as well as the possibilities that lie in increasingly digitized health systems.

I completed my doctoral studies in development economics in the Research Training Group 'Globalization and Developement' based at the University of Hannover and University of Göttingen.

New papers available:
The effect of SMS reminders on health screening uptake: A randomized experiment in Indonesia in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, with M Marcus, A Reuter, S Vollmer

 Un/met: a mixed-methods study on primary healthcare needs of the poorest population in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan in International Journal for Equity in Health, with M Shaukat, A Imping, F Khalid, S Ullah, F Ahmad, Z Kibria, A Landmann, Z Khan, M De Allegri 

New working paper available:
Measuring Medical and Cost Uncertainty in Health Care Seeking: Instrument Design and Validation in BGPE Discussion Papers, with A Imping, A Landmann