Prof Amaya Bustinduy
Clinical Professor of Global Paediatric
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom
Amaya trained in paediatrics and infectious diseases in the US and started working on helminthic infections, and their impact on child health in Coastal Kenya in 2009. She is foremost a field clinical epidemiologist and has investigated a broad range of disease manifestations in children and young women related to neglected tropical parasitic diseases (NTD), namely schistosomiasis and giardiasis. Other work has included profiling pro-inflammatory cytokines in schistosomiasis and drug (praziquantel) efficacy PK/PD studies in young children in Uganda and PK modelling in pregnant women with schistosomiasis in the Philippines. She is interested in community-based diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis, validating diagnostic tools at the point-of-care and its integrations with cervical cancer, STIs and HIV diagnosis and access to care. Amaya heads the Schistosomiasis Clinical Research Group at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and works as a paediatric infectious diseases consultant in the UK National Health Service. She leads on field related studies in Uganda, Malawi and Zambia.
Affiliations
Department of Clinical Research
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
Teaching
Module organiser for ' 3465- Neglected Tropical Diseases'
MSc module in the E-Slot
Lecturer DTMH, MSc CID, TMIH, Medical parasitology
Supervisor and tutor of MSc and PhD students
MSc module in the E-Slot
Lecturer DTMH, MSc CID, TMIH, Medical parasitology
Supervisor and tutor of MSc and PhD students
Research
Clinical epidemiology
Diagnostics at the point-of-care
Drug efficacy (PK/PD studies)
Tropical paediatrics and adolescent health
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Schistosomiasis
Paediatric helminthiasis
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Diagnostics at the point-of-care
Drug efficacy (PK/PD studies)
Tropical paediatrics and adolescent health
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Schistosomiasis
Paediatric helminthiasis
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Research Area
Adolescent health
Child health
Diagnostics
Drug resistance
Equity
Helminths
Parasites
Pharmacokinetics
Sexual and reproductive health
Epidemiology
Medicine
Microbiology
Nutrition
Parasitology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Disease and Health Conditions
Cervical cancer
HIV/AIDS
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Leishmaniasis
Leprosy
Lymphatic filariasis
Malnutrition
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
Schistosomiasis
Trachoma
Tropical diseases
Tuberculosis
Infectious diseases
Chronic diseases
Zoonoses
Vector borne diseases
Sexually transmitted infections
Country
Malawi
Philippines
Uganda
Zambia
Region
East Asia & Pacific (developing only)
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
Selected Publications
Impact of a Novel, Low-Cost and Sustainable Health Education Program on the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Intestinal Schistosomiasis in School Children in a Hard-to-Reach District of Madagascar.
2022
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
Female Genital Schistosomiasis and HIV-1 Incidence in Zambian Women: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
2021
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Meningococcal carriage among Hajj pilgrims, risk factors for carriage and records of vaccination: a study of pilgrims to Mecca.
2021
Tropical Medicine and International Health
Correction: Female genital schistosomiasis and HIV/AIDS: Reversing the neglect of girls and women.
2020
PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES
Intestinal Schistosomiasis and Giardiasis Co-Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Can a One Health Approach Improve Control of Each Waterborne Parasite Simultaneously?
2020
Tropical medicine and infectious disease
Could This Child Have Schistosomiasis?
When to Suspect It and What to Do About It
When to Suspect It and What to Do About It
2020
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Population Pharmacokinetics of Praziquantel in Pregnant and Lactating Filipino Women Infected with Schistosoma japonicum.
2020
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy