Farah Khalid

Farah is a PhD student in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, funded by the Medical Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership between Lancaster University and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and supervised by Dr Emanuele Giorgi.

Farah holds an MSc in Health Data Science with Distinction from Lancaster University and an MSc in Statistics from the University of Karachi, Pakistan. She has extensive research experience in global health. Prior to starting her PhD, Farah held various academic and consultancy roles, including at Aga Khan University and as a statistical consultant for the World Health Organization.

Her current research focuses on the application of geostatistical methods to improve survey design and disease risk mapping for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), with a particular focus on schistosomiasis. Farah is passionate about strengthening statistical capacity in low-resource settings and contributes to cutting-edge work in quantitative research methods.