William Oswald
MHS PhD
Assistant Professor
I am an infectious disease epidemiologist interested in the roles of sanitation, hygiene, and water for the control of neglected tropical diseases. I am currently working on the TUMIKIA Project to evaluate the impact of alternative deworming delivery and treatment strategies on soil-transmitted helminth infection in Kenya. I am also the global data systems lead for DeWorm3.
I have a Bachelor’s degree in history from Kenyon College and a Master of Health Science degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. I completed my PhD in Epidemiology at Emory University.
Affiliations
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
Department of Disease Control
Research
Research Area
Child health
Helminths
Hygiene
Public health
Sanitation
Water
Behaviour change
Disease control
Environmental Health
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Global Health
Impact evaluation
Implementation research
Qualitative methods
Spatial analysis
Modelling
Discipline
Epidemiology
GIS/Spatial analysis
Disease and Health Conditions
Trachoma
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
Tropical diseases
Soil-transmitted helminths
Country
Benin
Bolivia
Ethiopia
India
Kenya
Malawi
Peru
Region
Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)
Selected Publications
Fecal Contamination of Drinking Water Was Associated with Diarrheal Pathogen Carriage among Children Younger than 5 Years in Three Peruvian Rural Communities.
2020
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Active trachoma and community use of sanitation, Ethiopia.
2017
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Prediction of Low Community Sanitation Coverage Using Environmental and Sociodemographic Factors in Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
2016
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
Provision of private, piped water and sewerage connections and directly observed handwashing of mothers in a peri-urban community of Lima, Peru.
2014
Tropical medicine & international health
Development of indicators for measuring outcomes of water safety plans.
2013
Journal of water, sanitation, and hygiene for development
Direct observation of hygiene in a Peruvian shantytown: not enough handwashing and too little water.
2008
Tropical medicine & international health
Fecal contamination of drinking water within peri-urban households, Lima, Peru.
2007
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene