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Dr Chloe Hutchins

Research Fellow

United Kingdom

I am a microbiologist with diverse laboratory experience (basic-, applied- and translational sciences), including as supervisor and curator.

I have had leading roles in project coordination, and collaboration experience with healthcare providers, public health bodies, the clinical- and food production industries, and global health partners.

I am currently a member of the Global Task Force for Cholera Control (GTFCC) Laboratory Working Group.

I completed my PhD with the Biosafety, air and water microbiology group at Public Health England (Porton Down, UK) in collaboration with the University of Southampton, investigating engineering and human behavioural factors influencing the colonisation of hospital taps with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Before joining LSHTM, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher for the Quadram Institute Bioscience (Norwich, UK) specialising in Listeria monocytogenes persistence in the food production industry, unusual clinical infections, and also developing methods for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in stool.

Affiliations

Department of Disease Control
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Teaching

Professional Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (DTM&H) - Lecturer

WASH & Health - laboratory practicals

MSc Control of Infectious Diseases supervisor (summer project supervisor and marker)

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (Distance Learning MSc)- marker

Research

My research interests are in optimising cholera field-, surveillance- and research methods, including developing a novel V. cholerae multiplex qPCR assay, working closely with Johns Hopkins University, Epicentre, the CDC and Institut Pasteur.

I am currently working on Oral Cholera Vaccine impact evaluations in Uvira, as well as in Goma and Lubumbashi in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Research Area
Microbiology
Bacteriology
Molecular biology
Surveillance
Vaccine confidence
Food hygiene
Water supply
Disease and Health Conditions
Cholera
Diarrhoeal diseases
Hospital acquired infection
Infectious diseases
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
France
Switzerland

Selected Publications

Kellingray, L; Savva, GM; Garcia-Gutierrez, E; Snell, J; Romano, S; Yara, DA; Altera, A; De Oliveira Martins, L; HUTCHINS, C; Baker, D; Hayhoe, A; Hacon, C; Elumogo, N; Narbad, A; Sayavedra, L;
2025
Microbiology spectrum
Koyuncu, A; Bugeme, PM; Dent, J; HUTCHINS, C; Xu, H; Gallandat, K; CUMMING, O; Matundanya, J; Cikomola, A; Rukakiza, D; Nkombo, M; Mufitini, JS; Bashige Rumedeka, B; Akilimali, L; Lee, EC; Welo, PO; KNEE, J; Azman, AS; Malembaka, EB;
2025
BMJ Public Health
Experience of enhanced cholera surveillance in endemic context in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2021-2024: the importance of laboratory aspects.
HUTCHINS, C; Kitoga, F; Tshiwedi, E; Bodisa Mukadi, T; Mahamba, R; Yosifova, V; Akilimali, L; Okitayemba-Welo, P; Mukadi, D; Broban, A;
2024
4th International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2024)
Gallandat, K; HUTCHINS, C; Malembaka, EB; Jeandron, A; Saidi, JM; Rumedeka, BB; Muhemeri, JB; Bompangue, D; Sewa, G; Seon, A; Durand, P-Y; Machuel, D; CUMMING, O;
2024
PLOS Water
Bugeme, PM; Xu, H; HUTCHINS, C; Dent, J; Saidi, JM; Rumedeka, BB; Itongwa, M; Mashauri, JF Z; Masembe Lulela, F; Bengehya, J; Kulondwa, J-C; Debes, AK; Ciglenecki, I; Tshiwedi, E; Kitoga, F; Bodisa-Matamu, T; Nadège, T; Kavunga-Membo, H; Lunguya, O; Welo, PO; KNEE, J; Mukadi-Bamuleka, D; Azman, AS; Malembaka, EB;
2024
Open forum infectious diseases
Malembaka, EB; Bugeme, PM; HUTCHINS, C; Xu, H; Hulse, JD; Demby, MN; Gallandat, K; Saidi, JM; Rumedeka, BB; Itongwa, M; Tshiwedi-Tsilabia, E; Kitoga, F; Bodisa-Matamu, T; Kavunga-Membo, H; Bengehya, J; Kulondwa, J-C; Debes, AK; Taty, N; Lee, EC; Lunguya, O; Lessler, J; Leung, DT; CUMMING, O; Okitayemba, PW; Mukadi-Bamuleka, D; ... Azman, AS.
2024
The Lancet. Infectious diseases
Koyuncu, A; Musole Bugeme, P; Hulse, JD; HUTCHINS, C; Xu, H; Gallandat, K; CUMMING, O; Mutundanya, J; Cikomola, A; Rukakiza, D; Nkombo, M; Mufitini, JS; Rumedeka, BB; Akilimali, L; Lee, E; Welo, PO; Knee, J; Azman, A; Malembaka, EB;
2024
OSF Preprints
The Effectiveness of One Dose of Oral Cholera Vaccine: Matched Case-Control Studies from Uvira, Democratic Republic Of Congo
Malembaka, EB; Bugeme, PM; HUTCHINS, C; Xu, H; Hulse, JD; Demby, M; Gallandat, K; Saidi, J; Rumedeka, BB; Itongwa, M; Tshiwedi, E; Kitoga, F; Debes, A; Lessler, J; CUMMING, O; Welo, P; Mukadi-Bamuleka, D; Knee, J; Azman, A;
2023
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting
Malembaka, EB; Bugeme, PM; HUTCHINS, C; Xu, H; Hulse, JD; Demby, M; Gallandat, K; Saidi, JM; Rumedeka, BB; Itongwa, M; Tshiwedi-Tsilabia, E; Kitoga, F; Bodisa-Matamu, T; Kavunga-Membo, H; Bengehya, J; Kulondwa, J-C; Debes, A; Taty, N; Lee, E; Lunguya, O; Lessler, J; Leung, D; CUMMING, O; Okitayemba, PW; Mukadi-Bamuleka, D; ... Azman, A.
2023
medRxiv
Gallandat, K; HUTCHINS, C; Malembaka, EB; Jeandron, A; Saidi, JM; Rumedeka, B; Muhemeri, JB; Bompangue, D; Sewa, G; Seon, A; Durand, P-Y; Machuel, D; CUMMING, O;
2023
Center for Open Science