Katherine Halliday BA MSc

Research Degree Student

I completed my undergraduate degree in Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge in 2007, specialising in Biological Anthropology.  My final thesis looked at the impact of chemotherapy and/or health education on reducing geohelminth infections in rural Bangladesh. After my degree I was based at MRC Keneba fieldstation in The Gambia, working as a research assistant on a clinical trial investigating the effects of daily omega-3 oil supplementation in infants on growth, gut integrity and cognitive development.  In 2008/9 I took the MSc in Control of Infectious Diseases at LSHTM.  My project looked at the epidemiology of asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection in schoolchildren in the highlands of Western Kenya, and its implications for control.  I have since worked with KEMRI-Wellcome Trust on The National Schools Malaria Survey in Kenya and I am currently helping to coordinate a cluster randomised trial looking at the effects of school-based Intermittent Screening and Treatment (IST) and enhanced literacy instruction on educational achievement and anaemia in 101 schools in Kwale District, South Coast, Kenya. 

Affiliation

Research

I am interested in school-based health interventions, with a specific focus on malaria interventions and their effects on health and educational outcomes.  My PhD research is looking at the effectiveness of IST in primary schools in Coastal Kenya, Western Kenya and Malawi.  Through using statistical and spatial analyses, I shall investigate the heterogeneity, equity and externalities of the school-based malaria intervention in the three locations.  I will also investigate whether IST in schools can be used to identify hotspots of P. falciparum infection in the community.  


Research areas

  • Helminths

Disciplines

  • Epidemiology

Disease and Health Conditions

  • Malaria
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