Jamilah trained as a medical doctor in Global Health and Tropical Medicine, holds a teaching degree, and a master’s in International Health.
After her post-graduate training in the Netherlands, she worked with different international organizations in low-resource settings, including Nigeria, Mali, Thailand, and Greece. In these roles she combined clinical work with project development and coordination, research, advocacy, and teaching.
Jamilah is particularly passionate about the sexual and reproductive health and rights of refugees and asylum seekers as well as mental health in humanitarian contexts.
Jamilah was awarded the NWO Mozaiek grant and joined Athena in February 2022. Her PhD comprises of participatory action research focusing on the sexual and reproductive health of refugee women in Greece.
