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Dr Fiona Majorin

Assistant Professor

United Kingdom

I’m a public health researcher with 10 years of experience of research in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and indoor air pollution in low and middle income settings. Experienced working on impact and process evaluations, formative research and intervention design, systematic reviews and management of evaluations. I have worked in India, Rwanda, Ivory Coast and Burundi, working in both English and French. Since the Covid19 pandemic I worked remotely with teams in Lebanon, Zimbabwe, DRC, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Somalia.

I have a BSc in biology with honours in zoology from The University of Edinburgh (2009), an MSc in Control of Infectious Diseases from LSHTM (2012) and a PhD from LSHTM (2017).

Affiliations

Department of Disease Control
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Teaching

At LSHTM, I have been involved as marker, tutor or lecturer in the following modules:

- Applying Public Health Principles in Developing Countries

- WASH and Health

- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene distance learning course

- Designing Disease Control Programmes

Research

My research interests have been focused on the impact of environmental health interventions. I am currently leading the WASH theme in the Afya consortium—a multi-disciplinary, collaborative research programme that seeks to generate evidence on public health threats in populations affected by crises. As part of this project, I'm working closely with organisations in South Sudan and Somalia, strengthening their research capacity, promoting shared learning and supporting the teams to generate evidence on handwashing practices in two extreme weather contexts.

Previously, my research focused on sanitation and child faeces management, which was the focus of my PhD. As part of my PhD, I looked at practices, determinants and health impacts of child faeces disposal. The work included a cross-sectional study in India and a Cochrane systematic review. I have also been involved in research to design and evaluate behaviour change interventions to improve latrine use and child faeces disposal in India.

I have also worked on evaluations of the impact of improved and LPG cookstoves on household air pollution in Rwanda, and on the impact of water filters on water quality.

Research Area
Behaviour change
Child health
Disease control
Environmental Health
Evaluation
Helminths
Hygiene
Impact evaluation
Sanitation
Water
Epidemiology
Randomised controlled trials
Health in humanitarian crises
Qualitative research
Systematic reviews
Disease and Health Conditions
Diarrhoeal diseases
Infectious diseases
Country
India
Rwanda
Somalia
South Sudan
Lebanon
Zimbabwe
Ethiopia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bangladesh

Selected Publications

Child feces management practices and fecal contamination: A cross-sectional study in rural Odisha, India.
Bauza, V; MAJORIN, F; Routray, P; Sclar, GD; Caruso, BA; Clasen, T;
2020
The Science of the total environment
Interventions to improve disposal of child faeces for preventing diarrhoea and soil-transmitted helminth infection.
MAJORIN, F; TORONDEL, B; Ka Seen Chan, G; Clasen, T;
2019
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
Interventions to improve sanitation for preventing diarrhoea
Bauza, V; Sclar, G; MAJORIN, F; CLASEN, T;
2019
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Determinants of disposal of child faeces in latrines in urban slums of Odisha, India: a cross-sectional study.
MAJORIN, F; Nagel, CL; TORONDEL, B; Routray, P; Rout, M; CLASEN, TF;
2019
TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
Identifying Potential Sources of Exposure Along the Child Feces Management Pathway: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Urban Slums in Odisha, India.
MAJORIN, F; TORONDEL, B; Routray, P; Rout, M; CLASEN, T;
2017
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
The impact of a rural sanitation programme on safe disposal of child faeces: a cluster randomised trial in Odisha, India.
Freeman, MC; MAJORIN, F; Boisson, S; Routray, P; TORONDEL, B; CLASEN, T;
2016
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea.
CLASEN, TF; Alexander, KT; Sinclair, D; Boisson, S; Peletz, R; Chang, HH; MAJORIN, F; CAIRNCROSS, S;
2015
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
Designing and piloting a program to provide water filters and improved cookstoves in Rwanda.
Barstow, CK; Ngabo, F; ROSA, G; MAJORIN, F; BOISSON, S; CLASEN, T; Thomas, EA;
2014
PloS one
Assessing the impact of water filters and improved cook stoves on drinking water quality and household air pollution: a randomised controlled trial in Rwanda.
ROSA, G; MAJORIN, F; BOISSON, S; Barstow, C; Johnson, M; KIRBY, M; Ngabo, F; Thomas, E; CLASEN, T;
2014
PloS one
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