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I have 20 years’ experience working in communities of highest TB and TB/HIV co-morbidity in southern Africa. Much of this work has focused on the health service access, uptake, and sustained care for young people and adolescents. Between 2012-2024, I was responsible for the socio-behavioural science portfolio at the Desmond Tutu TB Centre (DTTC), Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. I have since moved to the University of Sydney’s School of Public Health. My research focuses on children, adolescents, and their families, with experience using quantitative and qualitative data for formative research, to understand acceptability, feasibility, stigma, and related patient experiences – often linked to trials evaluating novel case finding strategies, diagnostics, therapeutics and preventive therapy
