Sheilla recently completed her Master’s in Global Health at the Duke Global Health Institute, where she was a Roothbert Fund Fellow and wrote a thesis examining R&D pipeline investment in child health products for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. At Duke, she contributed to cross-country research at the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health (CPIGH), the Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy, and most recently the Duke Global Health Innovation Center through the ALIGN project. Before joining Duke, she trained and practiced as a clinician in both public and private healthcare settings. She is fluent in English and Swahili and has professional working proficiency in French. Outside of work, she enjoys golfing, reading, and spending time with a good book and a cup of coffee.