Katy Davis is a Postdoctoral Research Associate and social scientist. Katy's research focuses on issues of equity relating to disasters and health, with particular attention to protracted crises and 'creeping' disasters, including antimicrobial resistance, climate change, conflict and displacement. She currently works within the GEAR up consortium, a Fleming Fund regional grant that supports the mainstreaming of an intersectional equity lens into antimicrobial resistance surveillance and interventions.

 

Katy has an MSc in Global Health and Development from University College London and a PhD from the University of Leeds on climate change and health. She has experience using qualitative and participatory research methods and has worked across a range of disciplines to deliver impactful, policy-focused research projects, including contributing to social science themes within large multi-country research partnerships. She is the co-recipient of a Tackling Infections: Skills & Mobility Accelerator grant which will support a partnership between GEAR up and the World Health Organisation antimicrobial resistance division.

Katy has a commitment to carrying out research that has social justice, equity and participation as an explicit part of the agenda.