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Ms Giorgia Gon

Associate Professor

United Kingdom

Her work integrates epidemiology, behavioural science, and implementation research, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. She has focused on improving the health of mothers and newborns with projects targeting infection prevention and control (IPC) in the healthcare environment, and more recently climate change adaptations. She holds a PhD and MSc in Epidemiology from LSHTM, and BA in Human Sciences from Oxford University.

 

She is a Guest Scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. She has collaborated with several organisations including WHO WASH and IPC units, UNODC, OECD, Africa CDC, and WaterAid.

 

She is currently working on unpacking the mechanisms of social norms change across three randomised cluster trials funded by the RGHI global fellowship scheme.

Affiliations

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Centres

Centre for Evaluation
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre
Antimicrobial Resistance Centre
Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health

Teaching

Dr Gon co-organises the MSc module “Basic Epidemiology” and contributes to teaching across several postgraduate programmes. She also plays a key role in research training and mentorship, supporting PhD students and early-career researchers.

Selected Publications

Impact of a multicomponent training intervention (Clean FrontLine) on microbiological cleanliness in Cambodian referral hospitals: a multicentre, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial.
GON, G; Ma, S; AIKEN, AM; Dancer, SJ; GRAHAM, WJ; Nash, S; Nov, V; Mao, S; Sarpong, B; PEPPER, M; Vong, S; Tang, V; THOMPSON, J; Por, I;
2025
The Lancet. Microbe
Social norms research in low resource settings: Opportunities ahead.
GON, G; AUNGER, R; Bukuluki, P; Cislaghi, B; Mamidi, P;
2025
Current opinion in psychology
Intervention co-design to reduce the impact of heat exposure on pregnant and postpartum women and newborns in Burkina Faso.
Kadio, K; Congo, M; Sana, A; FILIPPI, V; Roos, N; Scorgie, F; KOVATS, S; Nakstad, B; GON, G; Chersich, M; Hess, JJ; Kouanda, S;
2025
Health policy and planning
Reducing extreme heat impacts on health in pregnant women and infants: a community based intervention in Kilifi, Kenya.
Lusambili, A; Scorgie, F; Oguna, M; Chersich, M; Luchters, S; GON, G; FILIPPI, V; KOVATS, S; McCawley, K; Hess, J; Nakstad, B;
2025
Health policy and planning
Workload in antenatal care before and after implementation of an electronic decision support system: an observed time-motion study of healthcare providers in Nepal.
RADOVICH, E; Das, S; Karki, S; BOTTOMLEY, C; MCCARTHY, OL; Shrestha, A; PENN-KEKANA, L; Shakya, R; Karmacharya, BM; Shrestha, A; Campbell, OM R; GON, G;
2025
BMC medical informatics and decision making
The influence of heat exposure on birth and neonatal outcomes in Mombasa, Kenya: A pooled time series analysis.
BRIMICOMBE, C; JACKSON, D; Mungatia, A; Sulaiman, Z; Monthaler, T; Wieser, K; Otto, IM; HIGH Horizons study group,;
2025
The journal of climate change and health
Environmental cleaning barriers and mitigation measures identified through two initiatives in four countries, 2018-2023: a commentary.
Patrick, M; Kilpatrick, C; Storr, J; GON, G; Huynh, T; Thang, PM; Adeniyi, D; Ogunsola, F; Manzi, F; Por, I; Sarpong, B; Sedekia, Y; Sokvy, M; Tang, V; Vong, S; GRAHAM, W;
2024
Antimicrobial resistance and infection control
Research priorities to strengthen environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities: the CLEAN Group Consensus.
GON, G; Dramowski, A; Hornsey, E; GRAHAM, W; Fardousi, N; AIKEN, A; Allegranzi, B; Anderson, D; Bartram, J; Bhattacharya, S; Brogan, J; Caluwaerts, A; Padoveze, MC; Damani, N; Dancer, S; Deeves, M; Denny, L; Feasey, N; Hall, L; Hopman, J; Chettry, LK; Kiernan, M; Kilpatrick, C; Mehtar, S; Moe, C; ... Yakubu, H.
2024
Antimicrobial resistance and infection control
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