Cathy has over 20 years of experience as a social and behavioral scientist and university scholar. Her research, scholarship and teaching focuses on gender-based violence, labour exploitation and health. She has substantial expertise in intervention development research and evaluation and multi-country studies on human trafficking and child labour, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
Cathy holds a simultaneous post as a Professor with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)’s Gender Violence and Health Centre, where she has produced policy and service-focused evidence from multiple corners of the world, including Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Ethiopia, the United Kingdom and multiple European countries.
Cathy is the author of the World Health Organization's WHO Recommendations for Interviewing Trafficked Women, International Organization for Migration (IOM) and LSHTM's Caring for Trafficked Persons: Guidance for Health Providers and other international resource materials for law enforcement, service providers and health professionals.
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Education
PhD
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
MSc
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
MA
Middlebury College
BA
University of California, Los Angeles