EMBATALK: Estimating Malaria Burden Associated with Travel
A survey study stationed at key entry points to rural Northwestern Kenya, assessing malaria burden among travelers into and out of the region to estimate whether local cases are imported or endemic.
ONCE BITTEN: Malaria Transmission Events
A longitudinal cohort study leveraging parasite and human genetic signatures to observe individual human to mosquito transmission events.
WATER IN THE DESERT: Water Use Practices in Pastoralist Communities
A qualitative study in an arid region of Northwestern Kenya, collecting information on water gathering, storage, and usage patterns in a rural, semi-nomadic community.
BASS CONNECTIONS: Designing a Device to Monitor Rural Irrigation Schemes
An engineering project, aimed at developing a low-cost, sustainable device to monitor water stagnant water and prevent mosquito breeding in hand-dug irrigation channels in a semi-arid region of Kenya.
PNEUMONIA ETIOLOGY: Other culprits besides SARS-CoV2?
A clinical study characterizing virus etiology among patients presenting to a local hospital with pneumonia as part of a larger novel virus surveillance pilot study.
NAMASTE: Defining Malaria among Nomadic Groups
A pre-post study, quantifying malaria prevalence in nomadic groups in Northwestern Kenya before and after seasons of travel to understand how movement and intermixing impacts malaria infection.
