Nilam Ashra-McGrath

Dr Nilam Ashra-McGrath is currently the Research Communications and Uptake Manager for COMDIS-HSD, a consortium of partner NGOs based in Bangladesh, China, Ghana, Nepal, Pakistan, Swaziland, and the UK, working on health service delivery interventions for communicable diseases.

Her role includes advising partner NGOs on aspects of open access publishing. She is a writer and qualitative researcher for the development and education sectors, with extensive experience of delivering strategic communications and writing training for development agencies and charities in the UK and overseas.

She has lived and worked in the Philippines, Republic of Maldives, Sri Lanka and the UK.