Faculty, Staff, and Post-docs
Emily Ogutu Awino, MPH
Public Health Program Associate: Emily was a Foege Fellow in the Rollins School of Public Health. She has worked with the group for over a decade leading studies in Kenya on WASH and nutrition and currently works on the Vaccine Exemplars project.
Erika Canda, MPH
Public Health Program Associate: Erika interests include WinS, emergency preparedness and response, and climate change. She earned an MPH in Global Environmental Health and a WASH Certificate at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University.
Lilly O’Brien, MPH
Public Health Program Associate: Lilly is public health professional with a strong background in environmental health and sciences, with a passion for promoting safe water, sanitation, and hygiene worldwide. She earned an MPH in Global Environmental Health and a WASH Certificate at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University.
Hemali Oza, PhD, MS
Postdoctoral Fellow: Hemali is FIRST Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Environmental Health. She is interested in how to quantify climate resilience and how resilience intersects with WaSH, nutrition, and agriculture.
Jedidiah Snyder, MPH
Lead Public Health Program Associate: Jedidiah is an environmental engineer and public health professional with a passion for international development – particularly programs focused on water, sanitation and hygiene.
Courtney Victor, PhD, MPH
Postdoctoral Fellow: Courtney is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Health, focusing on improving environmental exposure assessment in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH) research. She employs various methods, such as lab analysis and disease modeling, to enhance understanding and mitigation of health risks linked to environmental factors.
PhD Students/Candidates
Rina Das, MBBS, MPH
PhD Student: Rina is pursuing a PhD in Environmental Health Sciences. She is interested in enteric infectious diseases, WASH research, gut microbiome, maternal & child nutrition, and clinical trials.
Devi Prasad, MPH
PhD Student: Devi is pursuing a PhD in Global Health with a focus on improving public health outcomes. Her research interests include enhancing service delivery of interventions and applying implementation science frameworks to optimize impact.
Graduate Students
Naziza Naeer Bhuiyan
MPH Student: Naziza is pursuing an MPH in Global Epidemiology with certificates in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and Data Science at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. Her research interests include the intersection of WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) and MCH.