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Dr Claudia Abreu Lopes is a Research Lead at the United Nations University’s Global Health Institute. Her work sits at the intersection of global health governance, digital health, and gender equality, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. She brings over two decades of academic and applied research experience, having held positions at the University of Coimbra, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the University of Cambridge (POLIS). She has also worked in the non-profit and innovation sectors, including roles at Girl Effect and Africa’s Voices Foundation, leading projects that leverage digital data to design and evaluate public health and social development interventions. She holds a PhD in Social Research Methods from the London School of Economics and Political Science.