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Leila joined The King's Fund in September 2023 as a researcher in the Policy team. She is particularly interested in the social determinants of health and how working with people with lived experience during the research process can improve policy and practice.
Previously, Leila worked at IFF Research where she contributed to large-scale evaluations of health programmes and policies, for example, evaluating the process of setting up partnerships between health and welfare organisations, the potential impacts of these joined-up services for patients, and the wider health and justice systems.
Before this, Leila was part of the health and social care team at Ipsos MORI, where she worked on patient and public perception and behavioural research.
In 2020 Leila completed an MSc in cultural and social anthropology at the University of Amsterdam.