Research Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine
Greater Boston Area
Research Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine
Greater Boston Area
PhD scientist and trained veterinarian with broad experience in study design, protocol development and statistical analysis of clinical human subjects research. Direct experience working in resource-limited settings and in BSL-2 infectious disease laboratories.
Infectious diseases, epidemiology, statistical analysis
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
March 2009 — Present (10 months)
Department of Public Health and Family Medicine
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2004 — February 2009 (4 years 6 months)
Project: "Prevalence and clinical presentation of respiratory cryptosporidiosis in children with diarrhea attending Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda”
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
Course: "Infectious Disease Epidemiology"
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
May 2003 — August 2003 (4 months)
On of 25 veterinary students selected internationally to participate in the annual program.
PhD , Infectious Disease Epidemiology , 2004 — 2009
Thesis title: "Epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis and related infections in sensitive human populations"
Interdisciplinary Certificate in Water: Systems, Science and Society , 2009
BVSc , Veterinary Medicine , 1998 — 2003
BScVet , Parasitology , 2001 — 2001
Thesis title: “Studies relating to type 1 and type 2 Cryptosporidium parvum”
Global health, neglected tropical diseases, zoonotic diseases, emerging infections, water and sanitation in developing countries
Tufts Initiative for the Forecasting and Modeling of Infectious Diseases (InForMID), American Public Health Association (member)
Zucker Center Award, Natalie V. Zucker Research Center for Women Scholars, 2009; Postgraduate Research Traveling Scholarship, University of Sydney, 2004-2006; First Class Honors, BVSc, University of Sydney, 2003; First Class Honors, BScVet, University of Sydney, 2001; Graham Edgar Scholarship, University of Sydney, 2001; Research Scholarship, Australian-American Association, 2001