Current projects in the lab:
Evaluating robust standardizable methods for wastewater surveillance of
pathogens and antibiotic resistance – funded by CDC
The role of concentrated animal feeding operations in the spread of antibiotic resistance in California’s Central Valley – funded by Hellman fund
Evaluating scalable strategies for delivering inline chlorination in India – funded by Givewell (PI Michael Kremer)
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: A new tool to monitor soil-transmitted helminth infections in endemic communities – funded by NIH
Changing the landscape of Soil Transmitted Helminth Infections in India Using a One Health Approach – funded by NIH (PI Prof. Sitara SR Ajjampur)
Strategies for scaling up a novel passive chlorination device (Venturi) to increase global access to safe water in Kenya – funded by Open Philanthropy and Global Innovation Fund
A global analysis of community sanitation coverage and antibiotic resistance in the human gut – funded by LSHTM/Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Identifying pathogen profiles and transmission pathways for children under two years old in rural Kenya – funded by USAID/PRO-WASH
Representative COVID19 Testing in Rural Kenya – funded by Unorthodox Philanthropy and Open Philanthropy
Impact of a 5-year community-wide chlorination intervention on child survival – Funded by Givewell and SAS
Effect of climate change on household drinking water access in sub-Saharan Africa