“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and *do the other things*, not because they are easy but because they are hard.” -JFK
*scaling safe water, wastewater surveillance, strain tracking, etc.*
Current projects in the lab:
Multi-component chlorination intervention to reduce neonatal infections in rural health facilities: the CLEAN (ChLorine to reduce Enteric and Antibiotic resistant infections in Neonates) Trial – funded by NIH and GIF, in collaboration with KEMRI
Adapting the TuriTap chlorine doser to manual handpumps – in collaboration with Mangrove Water, funded by Givewell
Evaluating the impact of inline chlorination across two states in Nigeria – funded by Givewell
Evaluating the taste detection and acceptability thresholds of chlorinated water in Nigeria, India, and Honduras – funded by Givewell and PRO
The role of concentrated animal feeding operations in the spread of antibiotic resistance in California’s Central Valley – funded by Hellman fund
Effect of drinking water treatment on bacterial strain sharing among Kenyan children – funded by NIH
Tracking antibiotic resistant bacteria between humans, animals and the environment in urban Kenya with long-read metagenomics – funded by NSF
SoilSeq- designing and evaluating a bioinformatics module for high school students – funded by NSF
Soil Epidemiology: environmental sampling to monitor soil-transmitted helminth infections in endemic communities – funded by NIH