Sally has a disciplinary background of geography and development studies and a PhD in Gender, Health and Development. She is a social scientist with over 25 years’ experience of collaborative research projects focusing on health systems strengthening in different contexts (particularly in contexts of fragility and in informal urban settlements) in Africa and Asia, including in Liberia.  Sally is also part of the COUNTDOWN consortium which focuses on health systems strengthening and NTDs and PI of ARISE – The GCRF Accountability for Informal Urban Equity Hub.