Biography
Amy grew up in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands before attending medical school at the University of Cape Town. After graduating, Amy returned to KwaZulu-Natal to complete two years of medical internship in Durban, where she was involved in the early COVID-19 response, and later helped run a neonatal unit close to her home town. Her research examines stigma associated with infectious disease outbreaks from a public health and policy perspective. In her free time, Amy can be found happily exploring the outdoors and dipping her toes into the worlds of literature and music.