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.
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
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.
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
2024
Open forum infectious diseases
2024
The Lancet. Infectious diseases
2024
OSF Preprints
The Effectiveness of One Dose of Oral Cholera Vaccine: Matched Case-Control Studies from Uvira, Democratic Republic Of Congo
2023
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting
2023
medRxiv
2023
Center for Open Science
2023
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Vibrio cholerae Rapid Diagnostic Test performance analysis in Uvira, DRC
2023
Emergency Environmental Health Forum
Evaluation of Vibrio cholerae diagnostic tests in
Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2022
2021
Scientific reports