Dr Chloe Hutchins

Research Fellow

United Kingdom

I am a microbiologist with diverse laboratory experience (basic-, applied- and translational sciences), including as supervisor and curator.

I have had leading roles in project coordination, and collaboration experience with healthcare providers, public health bodies, the clinical- and food production industries, and global health partners.

I am currently a member of the Global Task Force for Cholera Control (GTFCC) Laboratory Working Group.

I completed my PhD with the Biosafety, air and water microbiology group at Public Health England (Porton Down, UK) in collaboration with the University of Southampton, investigating engineering and human behavioural factors influencing the colonisation of hospital taps with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Before joining LSHTM, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher for the Quadram Institute Bioscience (Norwich, UK) specialising in Listeria monocytogenes persistence in the food production industry, unusual clinical infections, and also developing methods for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in stool.

Affiliations

Department of Disease Control

Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Teaching

Professional Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (DTM&H) - Lecturer

WASH & Health - laboratory practicals

MSc Control of Infectious Diseases supervisor (summer project supervisor and marker)

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (Distance Learning MSc)- marker

Research

My research interests are in optimising cholera field-, surveillance- and research methods, including developing a novel V. cholerae multiplex qPCR assay, working closely with Johns Hopkins University, Epicentre, the CDC and Institut Pasteur.

I am currently working on Oral Cholera Vaccine impact evaluations in Uvira, as well as in Goma and Lubumbashi in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Research Area

Microbiology

Bacteriology

Molecular biology

Surveillance

Vaccine confidence

Food hygiene

Water supply

Disease and Health Conditions

Cholera

Diarrhoeal diseases

Hospital acquired infection

Infectious diseases

Country

Democratic Republic of the Congo

France

United States of America

Selected Publications

Effectiveness of one dose of killed oral cholera vaccine in an endemic community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A matched case-control study

Malembaka, EB; Bugeme, PM; HUTCHINS, C; Xu, H; Hulse, JD; Demby, MN; Gallandat, K; Saidi, JM; Rumedeka, BB; Itongwa, M; Tshiwedi-Tsilabia, E; Kitoga, F; Bodisa-Matamu, T; Kavunga-Membo, H; Bengehya, J; Kulondwa, J-C; Debes, AK; Taty, N; Lee, EC; Lunguya, O; Lessler, J; Leung, DT; CUMMING, O; Okitayemba, PW; Mukadi-Bamuleka, D; ... Azman, AS.

2023

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Process evaluation of an urban piped water supply infrastructure improvement programme in a cholera hotspot

Gallandat, K; HUTCHINS, C; Malembaka, EB; Jeandron, A; Saidi, JM; Rumedeka, B; Muhemeri, JB; Bompangue, D; Sewa, G; Seon, A; Durand, P-Y; Machuel, D; CUMMING, O;

2023

Center for Open Science

Cholera deaths during outbreaks in Uvira, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 10-35 months after mass vaccination

Bugeme, PM; Xu, H; HUTCHINS, C; Hulse, JD; Saidi, JM; Rumedeka, BB; Itongwa, M; Mashauri, JF Z; Lulela, FM; Bengehya, J; Kulondwa, J-C; Debes, AK; Ciglenecki, I; Tshiwedi, E; Kitoga, F; Bodisa-Matamu, T; Nadège, T; Kavunga-Membo, H; Lunguya, O; Welo, PO; KNEE, J; Mukadi-Bamuleka, D; Azman, AS; Malembaka, EB;

2023

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Vibrio cholerae Rapid Diagnostic Test performance analysis in Uvira, DRC

HUTCHINS, C; Xu, H; Bugeme, P; Bulabula-Penge, J; Debes, A; Dente Hulse, J; Itongwa, M; Edidi-Atani, F; Mambu-Mbika, F; Kinesha, B; Kitoga, F; Bwenge Malembaka, E; Masembe, F; Mohamed, A; Mukadi, D; Tsiwedi, E; Kavunga-Membo, H; Welo, P; Zigashane, J; Azman, A; KNEE, J;

2023

Emergency Environmental Health Forum

Evaluation of Vibrio cholerae diagnostic tests in
Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo

HUTCHINS, C; Xu, H; Bugeme, PM; Bodisa, T; Bulabula-Penge, J; Debes, A; Hulse, JD; Edidi-Atani, F; Mambu-Mbika, F; Kinesha, B; Kitoga, F; Malembaka, EB; Mohamed, A; Tsiwedi, E; Welo, PO; Azman, A; KNEE, J;

2022

Genomic analysis of a rare recurrent Listeria monocytogenes prosthetic joint infection indicates a protected niche within biofilm on prosthetic materials.

HUTCHINS, C; Sayavedra, L; Diaz, M; Gupta, P; Tissingh, E; Elumogo, C; Nolan, J; Charles, I; Elumogo, N; Narbad, A;

2021

Scientific reports

An optimised protocol for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in stool

Li, T; Garcia-Gutierrez, E; Scadden, J; Davies, J; HUTCHINS, C; Aydin, A; Romano, S; Sayavedra, L; O’Grady, J; Narbad, A;

2021

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

An optimised protocol for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in stool

Li, T; Garcia-Gutierrez, E; Scadden, J; Davies, J; HUTCHINS, C; Aydin, A; Romano, S; Sayavedra, L; O’Grady, J; Narbad, A;

2021