Kelly Kilburn holds a PhD in Public Policy and her work applies interdisciplinary quantitative techniques to analyze the health and economic impacts of development policies in low-income countries. She has years of experience working on evaluations of randomized health and economic interventions for vulnerable populations across sub-Saharan Africa including HIV-infected adults and families affected by HIV/AIDS. She has a primary interest is adolescent development and decision-making with particular interest in the economic and social factors affecting young people’s transitions to adulthood. Her ongoing research is focused on building evidence on the best policies and practices to support adolescent girls and young women with aims to improve health and well-being across the life course.