Our Team
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Bethany Caruso, MPH, PhD
Joint Principal Investigator
Dr. Bethany Caruso is an Assistant Professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. She is a social and behavioral scientist with over a decade of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sectoral research experience in low and middle income settings. She employs mixed methods approaches to understand how compromised WASH conditions impact physical and mental health, behavior, education, and empowerment, with a specific focus on girls and women throughout their life course. Dr. Caruso is also interested in how water and sanitation environments can impact the practices and behaviors that women perform because of their sex or are expected to perform because of their gender—including menstrual hygiene, child and infant feeding, and the safe disposal of child feces—and how these behaviors and practices may impact varied health outcomes.
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Sheela Sinharoy, MPH, PhD
Joint Principal Investigator
Dr. Sheela Sinharoy is an Assistant Professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. She has approximately 20 years of experience working on global health and development programs. Her research focuses on the nutrition of women and children, especially in relation to: agriculture, food systems, and food security; gender, empowerment, and social inclusion; water, sanitation, and hygiene; and household air pollution. Her work has a strong focus on inter-disciplinary and multi-sectoral approaches, program evaluation, and implementation science, to identify "what works" to improve program effectiveness. Methodologically, she is trained in both quantitative and qualitative methods. Dr. Sinharoy's research spans across Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific.
Previous Team Members
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Norah McKinley
Former Title: Graduate Research Intern
2022 – 2023
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Lyzberthe Chery
Former Title: Data Analysis Intern
2022 – 2023
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Derun Xia
Former Title: Data Analysis Intern
2022 – 2023
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Mary Ellen Grap, MPH
Former Title: Graduate Research Assistant
2021 – 2022
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Rinchen Doma
Former Title: Graduate Research Assistant
2021 – 2022
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Layhana Mopono
Former Title: SIRE Student
2021 – 2022
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Amelia Conrad, MDP
Former Title: Senior Public Health Program Associate
2018 – 2021
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Fernanda Kuri
Former Title: Graphic Design Intern
2021
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Ajilé Owens
Former Title: Graduate Research Assistant
2019 – 2021
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Awa Youm
Former Title: Graduate Research Assistant
2020 – 2021
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Diana Alatorre
Former Title: Graduate Research Assistant
Spring 2021
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Megan Bleakley
Former Title: Graduate Research Assistant
2020 – 2021
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Courtney Pico
Former Title: Graduate Research Assistant
2020 – 2021
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Yue Xie
Former Title: Graduate Research Assistant
2020 – 2021
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Jill Pritts
Former Title: Graduate Intern
Fall 2020
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Bianca Patel
Former Title: Graduate Practicum Student
Summer 2020
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Olivia Zarella
Former Title: Graduate Research Assistant
2018 – 2019