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Dr Lucy Tusting

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United Kingdom

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+44 (0)207 927 2133
Lucy is an epidemiologist with a background in the control of infectious diseases. She is an educator on the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine’s distance learning MSc programme. She was Associate Professor in the Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine from 2018 to 2024 where she held a research fellowship from the UK's Medical Research Council. She was previously based at the University of Oxford and was a Visiting Scientist at Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania. She has a master’s degree and doctorate from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Affiliations

Department of Disease Control
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Centres

Malaria Centre

Research

Research Area
Epidemiology
GIS/Spatial analysis
Medical entomology
Urbanisation
Child health
Statistical methods
Systematic reviews
Health policy
Vector control
Environmental health
Disease and Health Conditions
Malaria
Vector borne diseases
Infectious diseases
Malnutrition
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)

Selected Publications

Cooking outdoors or with cleaner fuels does not increase malarial risk in children under 5 years: a cross-sectional study of 17 sub-Saharan African countries.
Woolley, KE; Bartington, SE; Pope, FD; Greenfield, SM; TUSTING, LS; Price, MJ; Thomas, GN;
2022
Malaria journal
Malaria transmission and prevalence in rice-growing versus non-rice-growing villages in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
CHAN, K; TUSTING, LS; BOTTOMLEY, C; Saito, K; Djouaka, R; LINES, J;
2022
The Lancet Planetary Health
House design and risk of malaria, acute respiratory infection and gastrointestinal illness in Uganda: A cohort study.
Musiime, AK; Krezanoski, PJ; Smith, DL; Kilama, M; Conrad, MD; Otto, G; Kyagamba, P; Asiimwe, J; Rek, J; Nankabirwa, JI; Arinaitwe, E; Akol, AM; Kamya, MR; STAEDKE, SG; DRAKELEY, C; Bousema, T; Lindsay, SW; Dorsey, G; TUSTING, LS;
2022
PLOS Global Public Health
Sand, gravel, and UN Sustainable Development Goals: Conflicts, synergies, and pathways forward
Bendixen, M; Iversen, LL; Best, J; Franks, DM; Hackney, CR; Latrubesse, EM; TUSTING, LS;
2021
One Earth
Assessing the health benefits of development interventions.
TUSTING, LS; CAIRNCROSS, S; Ludolph, R; Velayudhan, R; Wilson, AL; Lindsay, SW;
2021
BMJ Global Health
Prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections of children in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-18: a geospatial analysis.
SARTORIUS, B; Cano, J; SIMPSON, H; TUSTING, LS; Marczak, LB; Miller-Petrie, MK; Kinvi, B; Zoure, H; Mwinzi, P; Hay, SI; Rebollo, M; PULLAN, RL;
2021
The Lancet. Global health
Old age is associated with decreased wealth in rural villages in Mtwara, Tanzania: findings from a cross-sectional survey.
Mshamu, S; Peerawaranun, P; Kahabuka, C; Deen, J; TUSTING, L; Lindsay, SW; Knudsen, J; Mukaka, M; Von Seidlein, L;
2020
TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
The COVID-19 pandemic should not derail global vector control efforts.
Seelig, F; Bezerra, H; CAMERON, M; Hii, J; Hiscox, A; Irish, S; JONES, RT; Lang, T; Lindsay, SW; LOWE, R; Nyoni, TM; Power, GM; Quintero, J; Stewart-Ibarra, AM; TUSTING, LS; TYTHERIDGE, S; LOGAN, JG;
2020
PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES
The Role of the Private Sector in Supporting Malaria Control in Resource Development Settings.
JONES, RT; TUSTING, LS; Smith, HM P; Segbaya, S; Macdonald, MB; Bangs, MJ; LOGAN, JG;
2020
J Infect Dis
Recommendations for building out mosquito-transmitted diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: the DELIVER mnemonic.
Lindsay, SW; Davies, M; Alabaster, G; Altamirano, H; Jatta, E; Jawara, M; Carrasco-Tenezaca, M; Von Seidlein, L; Shenton, FC; TUSTING, LS; Wilson, AL; Knudsen, J;
2020
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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