Anja is a mixed methods researcher focusing on the epidemiology of violence against women and children, child marriage, sexual health, and social norms. Her work centres how contexts effects and shapes health outcomes and inequalities in young people.
Anja is a PhD Candidate at Birkbeck, and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her doctoral research focuses on examining geospatial variations in intimate partner violence using quantitative and GIS methodologies.
Prior to DSPI, Anja was a Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she still works closely with the Child Protection Research Group. Anja has over a decade of experience working closely with young people on issues such as mental health, substance use, sexual health, and violence prevention as a social worker, programme evaluator, and researcher.
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