Lydia is a Ph.D. candidate in International Studies with concentrations in Modeling and Simulation and International Cultural Studies, and holds a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology. Her research focuses on the intersections of health, equity, and migration. She has a special interest in community-based participatory modeling for equity-oriented research. She currently works as a global health and development consultant and has worked as a public health practitioner throughout the Americas, North Africa, and Southwest Asia.
Experience
2022–present
Consultant, Global Health Visions
2020–present
PhD Candidate, Graduate Research Assistant, International Studies , Old Dominion University
2020–2022
Graduate Research Assistant, Old Dominion University
2017–2022
Program Manager, Global Health, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Education
2023
Old Dominion University, PhD (ABD)
2018
Eastern Virginia Medical School, MPH
Publications
2023
The shortfalls of vulnerability indexes for public health decision-making in the face of emergent crises: the case of COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Virginia, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1042570
2022
Program Evaluation and Assessment of Vital Sign Measurement at Student-Run Free Ophthalmology Clinics, https://journalsrc.org/index.php/jsrc/article/view/332