Doctoral Students

How to apply to the HGSE doctoral program.

I have many opportunities for collaborative work with doctoral students. Here are projects I have conducted with HGSE graduate students in the past two years:

The impact of childhood vaccinations on cognitive development in South Africa. In collaboration with the Harvard School of Public Health.

Education and vulnerability: The role of schools in protecting young women and girls from HIV in southern Africa. With UNAIDS.

Who Drops Out of Free Primary Education? A Prospective Longitudinal Study In Mtwara, Tanzania. With the Tanzanian Partnership for Child Development.

Assessing the impact of School Health and Nutrition Programmes on Educational achievement in Iloilo, the Philippines. With Save the Children (US)

The impact of multiple micronutrient supplementation on educational achievement in Bangladesh. With Save the Children (US)

Assessing the validity of simplified cognitive tests for the monitoring of school health programs in Bolivia. With Save the Children (US)

Developing measures of reading ability and classroom behaviour for use in multi-country evaluations.

Developing the empirical and conceptual basis of life skills education. With the Partnership for Child Development.

The impact of school quality on pregnancy and drop-out among girls in Western Kenya. With UC Berkeley and Harvard Economics Dept.

The impact of malaria prevention on concentration and educational achievement in Western Kenya. With University of Nairobi and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.