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Katherine Halliday

BA MSc PhD

Assistant Professor
Epidemiology

Room
Room 401

LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

Tel.
+44 (0)207 927 2614

I am an infectious disease epidemiologist with an interest in the epidemiology and control of malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). My particular focus is operational research in Africa, specifically the evaluation of school- and community-based health interventions, with the aim of providing robust evidence to guide policy makers. I have experience in conducting large-scale randomised trials in The Gambia, Kenya and Malawi using mixed methods to comprehensively evaluate impact.  

I have a BA in Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, where I specialised in Biological Anthropology. I have an MSc in Control of Infectious diseases and a PhD in epidemiology from LSHTM.

Affiliations

Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
Department of Disease Control

Teaching

I contribute to a number of MSc teaching modules including Analysis and Design of Research Studies, Spatial Epidemiology in Public Health and Epidemiology and Control of Malaria.

I am on the advisory committee for a PhD student: Simon Kigozi (Evaluating the effectiveness of routinely reported data for community-level malaria prediction in Uganda)   

Research

My research has primarily focused on implementation and evaluation of public health interventions through cluster randomised trials, specifically interventions targeting malaria and soil transmitted helminths (STH). I have spent much of the last seven years in Kenya first working on the National Schools Malaria Survey and then coordinating a cluster randomised trial looking at the effects of school-based Intermittent Screening and Treatment (IST) for malaria and enhanced literacy instruction on educational achievement and anaemia in 101 schools in Kwale District, South Coast, Kenya. My PhD focused on evaluating the impact of school-based IST on health and education outcomes in school children in Kenya, specifically exploring the heterogeneity in risk, impact and process of the intervention. These aspects were investigated using various methods such as: risk analyses using cross sectional data; multilevel modelling to assess impact; latent class analysis to investigate diagnostic performance of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs); Bayesian geostatistical analysis of the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of school-level P. falciparum infection and prevalence-based models to assess individual-level overdispersion of P. falciparum infection. 

I am currently coordinating the Tumikia Project, evaluating the impact of alternative (school- and commmunity-based) deworming delivery strategies on soil-transmitted helmith transmission in Kenya. I also provide trial oversight on the Learner Treatment Kit study, evaluating the impact of a school-based programme of malaria diagnosis and treatment on school attendance in southern Malawi.

Earlier research includes a month in Bangaldesh as part of a team from IEDCR conducting surveys investigating the relationship between prevalence of dengue fever and household socioeconomic status. I also worked at MRC Keneba fieldstation in The Gambia (2007-08), assisting on a clinical trial investigating the effects of daily omega-3 oil supplementation in infants on growth, gut integrity and cognitive development. 

 

 

Research Area
Child health
Helminths
Public health
Disease control
Evaluation
Impact evaluation
Randomised controlled trials
Schools
Discipline
Epidemiology
Disease and Health Conditions
Infectious disease
Malaria
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
Country
The Gambia
Kenya
Malawi
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Selected Publications

Impact of school-based malaria case management on school attendance, health and education outcomes: a cluster randomised trial in southern Malawi.
Halliday KE; Witek-McManus SS; Opondo C; Mtali A; Allen E; Bauleni A; Ndau S; Phondiwa E; Ali D; Kachigunda V
2020
BMJ Global Health
Community-level epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminths in the context of school-based deworming: Baseline results of a cluster randomised trial on the coast of Kenya.
Halliday KE; Oswald WE; Mcharo C; Beaumont E; Gichuki PM; Kepha S; Witek-McManus SS; Matendechero SH; El-Busaidy H; Muendo R
2019
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Domains of transmission and association of community, school, and household sanitation with soil-transmitted helminth infections among children in coastal Kenya.
Oswald WE; Halliday KE; Mcharo C; Witek-McManus S; Kepha S; Gichuki PM; Cano J; Diaz-Ordaz K; Allen E; Mwandawiro CS
2019
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Effects, equity, and cost of school-based and community-wide treatment strategies for soil-transmitted helminths in Kenya: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Pullan R; Halliday K; Oswald W; Mcharo C; Beaumont E; Kepha S; Witek-McManus S; Gichuki P; Allen E; Drake T
2019
Lancet
Heterogeneity in transmission parameters of hookworm infection within the baseline data from the TUMIKIA study in Kenya.
Truscott JE; Ower AK; Werkman M; Halliday K; Oswald WE; Gichuki PM; Mcharo C; Brooker S; Njenga SM; Mwandariwo C
2019
Parasites & Vectors
Assessing the feasibility of interrupting the transmission of soil-transmitted helminths through mass drug administration: The DeWorm3 cluster randomized trial protocol.
Ásbjörnsdóttir KH; Ajjampur SSR; Anderson RM; Bailey R; Gardiner I; Halliday KE; Ibikounle M; Kalua K; Kang G; Littlewood DTJ
2018
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Evaluating the sustainability, scalability, and replicability of an STH transmission interruption intervention: The DeWorm3 implementation science protocol.
Means AR; Ajjampur SSR; Bailey R; Galactionova K; Gwayi-Chore M-C; Halliday K; Ibikounle M; Juvekar S; Kalua K; Kang G
2018
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Assessment of lymphatic filariasis prior to re-starting mass drug administration campaigns in coastal Kenya.
Njenga SM; Kanyi HM; Mutungi FM; Okoyo C; Matendechero HS; Pullan RL; Halliday KE; Brooker SJ; Wamae CN; Onsongo JK
2017
Parasites & vectors
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