Mel is a qualitative researcher at the UCL Institute of Health Informatics, working on inequalities in digital health. Before joining IHI, Mel worked in health policy, covering medicine safety and social care. Mel holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Roehampton, and carried out ethnographic research on gender and agriculture in rural Ethiopia as part of an AHRC and GCRF funded multidisciplinary projects. She also holds an MSc in Anthropology and Development from UCL, and BSc in Pathology from the University of Manchester. Mel’s research interests include health inequalities, health policy and international development.
Yi is a researcher in health economics at the UCL Institute of Health Informatics, analysing the cost-effectiveness of healthcare utilisation for patients with long COVID. Yi is finishing her PhD in Economics from City, University of London. Her research focused on policy evaluation, particularly how policies affect physical and mental well-being. She has completed an MA in Economics from New York University and another from the Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests are health economics, policy evaluation and development economics.
Alex is a gastroenterology registrar currently on out of programme as a clinical research training fellow completing a PhD supervised by Prof Laurence Lovat and Dr Ami Banerjee. His research interests lie in harnessing health data to see if it can predict the development of gastrointestinal cancers and its pre-cancerous states. He is also interested in improving health service pathways and outcomes, especially in light of the challenges faced in the COVID-19 pandemic.