Bass Connections
Funded by the Bass Connections Program at Duke.
This program supports faculty to build interdisciplinary and vertically integrated teams, composed of undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs and faculty. Past projects have explored topics such as:
- Zoonotic disease dynamics
- Health effects of cookstoves and indoor pollution
- Double burden of infectious and non-infectious diseases
Selected Publications
- Herrera, J., N. Wickenkamp, M. Turpin, F. Baudino, P. Tortosa, S.M. Goodman, V. Soarimalala, T.N. Ranaivoson, C.L. Nunn (2020). Effects of land use, habitat characteristics, and small mammal community composition on Leptospira prevalence in northeast Madagascar. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 14:e0008946.
- Samson, D.R., M. Manus, A. Krystal, E. Fakir, J.J. Yu and C.L. Nunn (2017). Segmented sleep in a non-electric, small-scale agricultural society in Madagascar. American Journal of Human Biology 29: 10.1002/ajhb.22979.
- Manus, M.B., J.J. Yu, L.P. Park, O. Mueller, S.C. Windsor, J.E. Horvath, and C.L. Nunn (2017). Environmental influences on the skin microbiome of humans and cattle in rural Madagascar. Evolution, Medicine and Public Health, doi.org/10.1093/emph/eox013.
- Manus, M.B., G. Bloomfield, A.S. Leonard, L.N. Guidera, D.R. Samson, and C.L. Nunn (2018). High prevalence of hypertension in an agricultural village in Madagascar. PLoS One E 13(8): e0201616.
- Herrera, J., R. Jean Yves, N.A.F Ravelomanantsoa, M. Metz, C. France, A. Owens, M. Pender, C.L. Nunn, and R.A. Kramer (2021). Food insecurity related to agricultural practices and household characteristics in rural communities of northeast Madagascar. Food Security 13: 1393-1405.
