Research Interests

Health disparities, childhood diarrheal disease, urban and peri-urban environmental health, collective action around water and sanitation, rotavirus vaccination, ETEC and Shigella vaccination, translating research into health and development policy, dimensions of poverty

Geographic areas of interest: Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Kenya, India

Education

2016 Ph.D. School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida

2008 M.S. School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Anthropology, University of Florida

2001 B.S. Biology, Shepherd University

Academic and Research Positions

2017 – Current: Research Consultant, Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity Consortium

Project: SafeStart – Randomized control trial studying the impact of a suite of weaning food hygiene interventions.

2019: Research Consultant, World Bank Water Global Practice

Project: Applying the Poverty Risk Model Assessment to water, sanitation and hygiene in Angola

2018: Research Consultant, World Bank Water Global Practice

Project: Global review of Chemical Contaminants in Drinking Water

2017-2019: Research Consultant, PATH Vaccine Solutions

Project: Rotavirus vaccine impact and cost-effectiveness accounting for heterogeneity across populations in Chad and Nigeria.

2017-2018: Research Consultant, PATH Enteric Vaccines Initiative

Project: Global and sub-national burden of ETEC and Shigella diarrhea and cost-effectiveness of ETEC and Shigella vaccinations

2017-2018: Research Consultant, World Bank Water Global Practice

Project: Global review of Chemical Contaminants in Drinking Water

2017: Post-doctoral Researcher, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

Projects: Estimating Global Burden, Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Rotavirus, ETEC and Shigella Vaccines

2011-2016: Research Coordinator, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Projects: Effects of Geographic and Socioeconomic Disparities on Estimated Rotavirus Vaccination Impacts in India and Nigeria, Estimating Inequities in Sanitation-related Disease Burden and Estimating the Potential Impacts of Pro-poor Targeting.

2014-2015: Research Manager, Great Lakes University Kisumu, Kenya

Awards

2015 Recipient, Jeffery A. Gabor Employee Recognition Award, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

2015 Recipient, College of Public Health and Health Professions Employee of the Year, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL