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Research topic:
Choice within abortion care pathways in England and Wales
Katy is a PhD candidate in Population Studies and Demography. Her doctoral research uses mixed methods to examine choice within abortion care pathways in England and Wales.
Katy has ten years of professional experience conducting research and translating evidence into programmes and policy. She has worked at MSI Reproductive Choices (formerly Marie Stopes International), the Public Health England Behavioural Insights team, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She has consulted for the World Health Organization and Itad. Her research assesses social and structural determinants of healthcare-seeking behaviour, experience and access, with a focus on sexual, reproductive and maternal health.
Katy has a BA in Geography and International Development from the University of Sussex, an MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing from the LSE and LSHTM, and an MSc in Social Research Methods from the LSE. Her doctoral research is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council 1+3 PhD Studentship
Supervisors: Professor Ernestina Coast; Dr Tiziana Leone