Mikaela is a Health Policy Associate at LSE Health. She holds an MSc in Global Health Policy from the LSE and an A.B. in Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology from Harvard University. Mikaela has previously worked in oncology clinical trial management in the US and in public health initiatives across South America and in Tanzania.

Her research interests include intervention and policy evaluations, public health programming, and health system strengthening particularly in low- and middle-income countries.