Collaborators
Robert Bednarczyk, PhD
Emory University: Dr. Bednarczyk’s research focus is on adolescent and adult vaccination, particularly in addressing issues of vaccine hesitancy around HPV vaccination.
Joe Brown, PhD, PE
University of North Carolina: Dr. Brown has broad interests in water and sanitation technologies, environmental health microbiology and the role of infrastructure in protecting public health and well-being.
Bethany Caruso, PhD, MPH
Emory University: Dr. Caruso’s work includes application of qualitative methods, measurement development, hierarchical modeling approaches, theory-based intervention design, and impact and process evaluation.
Thomas Clasen, JD, PhD
Emory University: Dr. Clasen leads a group of researchers whose work consists mainly of health impact evaluations of water, sanitation and household air pollution interventions in low-income countries.
Joseph Eisenberg, PhD, MPH
University of Michigan: Dr. Eisenberg studies infectious disease epidemiology with a focus on waterborne and vectorborne diseases. His broad research interests, global and domestic, integrate theoretical work in developing disease transmission models and empirical work in designing and conducting epidemiology studies.
Joshua Garn, PhD
University of Nevada, Reno: Dr. Garn’s research is in understanding and quantifying the impacts of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions on infectious disease and educational outcomes, such as diarrhea, the gut microbiome, soil-transmitted helminths, trachoma, stunting, school absence, school enrollment, and cognitive development.
Abebe Gebremariam Gobezayehu, MD
Emory Ethiopia: Dr. Abebe served as country director of the Emory Ethiopia Office, and in his current faculty role, he supports the research efforts of the School of Nursing.
Ameeta Kalokhe, MD, MSc
Emory University: Dr. Kalokhe’s research focuses on the intersections of HIV, violence, and mental health, with particular emphasis on intimate partner and community violence and trauma-informed care. Her work develops and evaluates patient- and community-centered interventions to improve HIV care and health outcomes in the United States and India.
Jeremy Keenan, MD, MPH
University of California, San Francisco: Dr. Keenan is the Director of International Programs at the Proctor Foundation. He is part of the Proctor teams conducting randomized trials investigating trachoma elimination strategies in Ethiopia.
Pinar Keskinocak, PhD
Georgia Institute of Technology: Dr. Keskinocak's research focuses on the applications of operations research and management science with societal impact, particularly health and humanitarian applications, supply chain management, and logistics/transportation.
Kostas T. Konstantinidis, PhD
Georgia Institute of Technology: Dr. Konstantinidis research interests are at the interface of genomics and computational biology in the context of microbial ecology with the overarching goal to broaden understanding of the genetic and metabolic potential of the microbial world.
Karen Levy, PhD, MPH
University of Washington: Dr. Levy’s group carries out research on the ecology and epidemiology of enteric diseases. They use environmental microbiology and environmental epidemiology methods to study water quality, food safety, and the impact of climate and land use change on the transmission of diarrheal diseases.
Ben Lopman, PhD, MSc
Emory University: Dr. Lopman’s research focuses on vaccines for enteric and respiratory pathogens, particularly diarrheal diseases caused by rotavirus and norovirus. His team conducts field studies and uses statistical analysis together with dynamic mathematical modeling to address policy-relevant public health questions.
Kenneth Maes, PhD
Oregon State University: Dr. Maes is an applied anthropologist, who participates in a broad coalition of allies focused on achieving health equity, especially through enhancing the working conditions of community health workers.
João Luis Manuel, MPH
CIOB: Dr. João Luis Manuel is the director of Beira Operations Research Center (CIOB) — a center of Mozambique’s National Institute of Public Health — and a partner on the ground in Beira, Mozambique.
Hermógenes Neves Mucache, MSc, DVM
Eduardo Mondlane University: Based in Maputo, Mozambique Muchache is a consultant, veterinarian, and assistant lecturer at the Parasitology Section of Veterinary Faculty. He has expertise in parasitic protozoal diseases of domestic animals.
Richard Muga, MD
Uzima University: Prof. (Dr) Richard Muga is a visionary pioneer and a leading authority in the field of Paediatrics and Child Health in Kenya. He is best described as a talented doctor with an unflinching resolve to better the lives of those most in need.
Alex Mwaki
Safe Water & AIDS Project (SWAP): Alex is the Director of SWAP. He works on safe water system including products design and development, implementation through pilot testing and scaling up through multi interventions such as direct community strategy, partnership with other stakeholders, schools and clinics models.
Rassul Nala, MPH
Mozambique National Health Institute: Rassul is a Veterinarian with an MPH in Tropical Health. She works with the Mozambican National Institute of Health in the areas of Parasitology and Vulnerable Populations and teaches Public Health and Nutrition at the University Level.
Dima Nazzal, PhD
Georgia Institute of Technology: Dr. Nazzal’s research focuses on modeling, design, and control of discrete event logistics systems, including healthcare delivery systems, manufacturing systems, and distribution systems.
Florence Santos, MS
CARE: Florence Santos is Executive Director of Evidence and Insight at CARE. Her work focuses on measuring social and systems change to strengthen the impact of humanitarian and development programs.
Lance Waller, PhD
Emory University: Dr. Waller’s research involves the development and application of statistical methods for spatially referenced data including applications in environmental justice, neurology, epidemiology, disease surveillance, conservation biology, and disease ecology.
Jeff Walters, PhD, MS
University of Washington Tacoma: Dr. Walters’ research focuses on applying systems thinking and complexity science to challenges in sustainable and equitable development. His work emphasizes practical approaches to improving global infrastructure and water systems, with particular attention to sustainability, engineering, and social justice.