Health services and public health research relating to women, maternal and child health; health inequalities; the use of technology in healthcare; evidence synthesis and quantitative research methods.

Abi has an undergraduate degree in Applied Physiology and Pharmacology from the University of the West of England, Bristol. In 2010, she completed a Master's degree in Health Services and Public Health Research at the University of Aberdeen. She later obtained a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Aberdeen, funded by the Medical Research Council. Her PhD project involved designing and conducting a large population-based cross-sectional survey to examine the epidemiology of chronic pelvic pain in women. She worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen where she was involved in multiple research projects and was also responsible for managing data access procedures for research based on the Aberdeen Maternity and Neonatal Databank (AMND). Abi became part of Warwick Medical School in March 2017 as a Research Fellow. She is a member of National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration West Midlands, Warwick Evidence and the NIHR School for Public Health Research. She co-leads the Inequalities theme, patient and public involvement and engagement theme, and equality, diversity, and inclusion in the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Reproductive Health. Abi leads the Student-Selected Component 2 Block, which focuses on scientific enquiry within the MBChB program. She also co-leads the Health Improvement and Management for Public Health Module for the Master of Public Health course.