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Sophie Boisson MSc Research Fellow
Contact Details: Address:
sophie.boisson@lshtm.ac.uk North Courtyard, 3rd floor,
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Keppel Street, London WC1E 7H
+44 20 7958 8196

Background


Originally trained as a biologist, I completed my MSc in Control of Infectious Diseases at LSHTM in 2004. Prior to joining the Environmental Health Group, I have been involved in household water treatment projects in Peru, the Dominican Republic and India and worked in infectious diseases surveillance at the HPA Centre for Infections, London.



Teaching/Research


Epidemiology, waterborne diseases, household water management.



Publications


- Household-based chlorination of drinking water using sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) tablets: a randomized, controlled trial to assess microbiological effectiveness in Bangladesh. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.Clasen T, Saeed T, Boisson S, Edmondson P & Shipin O (2006).

- Household-based ceramic water filters for the treatment of drinking water in disaster response: an assessment of a pilot programme in the Dominican Republic. Water Practice & Technology [Serial online]. Available from: http://www.iwaponline.com/wpt/001/0031/0010031.pdfClasen T, Boisson S (2006).

- Household-based ceramic water filters for the prevention of diarrhoea: a randomised, controlled trial of a pilot program in Columbia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 73(4): 790-795.Clasen T., Garcia Parra G., Boisson S. & Collin S. (2005).



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