I joined the Environmental Health Group and Department of Disease Control at LSHTM in December 2022. I hold an MSc in Control of Infectious Diseases from the °®ÍþÄÌapp of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a BSc in Biomedical and Molecular Diagnostics from Technological University Dublin. I commenced my Staff PhD in September 2024.
Affiliations
Department of Disease Control
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
Teaching
Infectious Diseases by Distance Learning (Certificate, Diploma and MSc):
- Tutor, Module IDM102 'Priniciples of Biology'
- Tutor, Module IDM104 'Control of Infectious Diseases'
- Learning Mentor
LSHTM Intensive MSc
- Practical Co-Lead, Module 3434 - D1 Water Sanitation and Hygiene and Health
- MSc Summer Project laboratory assistance
Research
I am working with Assistant Professor Jackie Knee and Lynn Grignard carrying out the molecular analysis (TaqMan Array Card) for several water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) related projects within the Environmental Health Group.
Research Area
Diagnostics
Molecular biology
Molecular epidemiology
Sanitation
Environmental health
Environmental hygiene
Disease and Health Conditions
Intestinal helminths
Malnutrition
Diarrhoeal diseases
Infectious diseases
E coli
Country
South Sudan
Mozambique
Senegal
Kenya
Selected Publications
2025
Center for Open Science
Enteric pathogen detection among children discharged from outpatient treatment for severe acute malnutrition and associations with subsequent relapse in South Sudan
2024
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting
2024
Malaria journal
Association of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), animal ownership and enteric pathogen exposure to relapse to acute malnutrition (AM) following recovery from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) among children 6-59 months in Mali, Somalia and South Sudan: a prospective cohort study
2024
Emergency Environmental Health Forum
Association of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), animal ownership and enteric pathogen exposure to relapse to acute malnutrition (AM) following recovery from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) among children 6-59 months in Mali, Somalia and South Sudan: a prospective cohort study
2024
Emergency Environmental Health Forum
2024
Center for Open Science
2023
Research Square Platform LLC
Enteric pathogen exposure and risk of relapse among children recovered from severe acute malnutrition in South Sudan
Emergency Environmental Health Forum