Miss Julie Watson
Assistant Professor
LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom
My research focuses on the epidemiology of water, sanitation and hygiene related diseases and the design and evaluation of behaviour change interventions to reduce their transmission.
Currently, I am based in Kenya as a Visiting Scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). In this role I manage a multi-country study to identify food system-related risks for enteric infection in young children in low-income urban areas of Kenya and Mozambique, and design locally appropriate interventions to reduce these risks. I am also the Principal Investigator for two large trials evaluating the effects of a novel handwashing intervention - Surprise Soaps - among refugee and internally displaced children in Sudan and Somalia.
I serve as a technical advisor for the Hygiene Hub and support the design of research tools for various external WASH projects.
Currently, I am based in Kenya as a Visiting Scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). In this role I manage a multi-country study to identify food system-related risks for enteric infection in young children in low-income urban areas of Kenya and Mozambique, and design locally appropriate interventions to reduce these risks. I am also the Principal Investigator for two large trials evaluating the effects of a novel handwashing intervention - Surprise Soaps - among refugee and internally displaced children in Sudan and Somalia.
I serve as a technical advisor for the Hygiene Hub and support the design of research tools for various external WASH projects.
Affiliations
Department of Disease Control
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
Teaching
I am a distance learning tutor and examiner for the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene MSc module at LSHTM. I also supervise a number of PhD and MSc students undertaking their studies at LSHTM
Research
Research Area
Behaviour change
Child health
Disease control
Environmental Health
Evaluation
Evidence use
Health outcomes
Hygiene
Impact evaluation
Public health
Sanitation
Social and structural determinants of health
Systematic reviews
Water
Epidemiology
Implementation science
Qualitative research
Mixed methods research
Health education and promotion
Disease and Health Conditions
Diarrhoeal diseases
Hospital acquired infection
Malnutrition
Country
Congo
Iraq
Kenya
Mozambique
Myanmar
Region
Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
Selected Publications
Child's play: Harnessing play and curiosity motives to improve child handwashing in a humanitarian setting.
2018
International journal of hygiene and environmental health
Data set from a proof-of-concept trial of an intervention designed to improve food hygiene behaviours among caregivers of young children living in low-income areas of Nairobi, Kenya
2023
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Dataset for: Results of a cluster-randomised controlled equivalence trial of the Surprise Soap hand washing intervention among older children living in a refugee settlement in Sudan
2023
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Effect of a novel hygiene intervention on older children's handwashing in a humanitarian setting in Kahda district, Somalia: A cluster-randomised controlled equivalence trial.
2023
International journal of hygiene and environmental health