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Ms Clara Burgert

Research Student - MPhil/PhD - Infectious & Tropical Diseases

United Kingdom

Clara R. Burgert-Brucker, MPH is an epidemiologist specialized in survey implementation, data quality assurance, data collection, quantitative analysis, spatial analysis, and capacity building. At LSHTM she is a resaerch degree student studying trachoma spatial risk factors. Concurrently, She serves primarily as Senior Epidemiologist for USAID’s Act to End NTDs | East program, a global flagship initiative to help endemic countries fight neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). In that role, she supports population-based disease specific surveys including those utilizing electronic data collection platforms. In her role, Ms. Burgert-Brucker serves on the epidemiological support team for Tropical Data, a global initiative helping countries to collect high-quality, standardized prevalence data on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by supporting health ministries from the start to the end of the survey process. Previously she oversaw the collection, validation, and use of spatial data for USAID’s Demographic and Health Surveys Program. She is fluent in English and French and has extensive experience working in West and Eastern Africa.

Affiliations

Department of Clinical Research
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Research

Ms. Burgert-Brucker's research aims are to understand the spatial structure of trachoma survey data and as appropriate create high-resolution risk maps of active trachoma prevalence (as measured by trachomatous inflammation—follicular (TF) in children aged 1–9 years) using geospatial modelling methods.
Research Area
Global Health
Epidemiology
GIS/Spatial analysis
Disease and Health Conditions
Lymphatic filariasis
Trachoma
Country
Tanzania
Uganda
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Selected Publications

The DHS Program's Modeled Surfaces Spatial Datasets.
Burgert-Brucker, CR; Dontamsetti, T; Gething, PW;
2018
STUDIES IN FAMILY PLANNING
Geographically linking population and facility surveys: methodological considerations.
Skiles, MP; BURGERT, CR; Curtis, SL; Spencer, J;
2013
Population health metrics
Mapping populations at risk: improving spatial demographic data for infectious disease modeling and metric derivation.
Tatem, AJ; Adamo, S; Bharti, N; BURGERT, CR; Castro, M; Dorelien, A; Fink, G; Linard, C; John, M; Montana, L; Montgomery, MR; Nelson, A; Noor, AM; Pindolia, D; Yetman, G; Balk, D;
2012
Population health metrics
Tropical Data: supporting health ministries worldwide to conduct high-quality trachoma surveys.
HARDING-ESCH, EM; Bakhtiari, A; Boyd, S; Burgert-Brucker, C; BUTCHER, R; Dejene, M; HARTE, A; Hooper, PJ; Jimenez, C; Taylor, EM; Millar, T; Mpyet, C; Ngondi, JM; Rotondo, LA; Solomon, AW;
2024
International health
Comparing different lymphatic filariasis patient estimate approaches and results in Ethiopia
Mengistu, B; Kebede, F; Negash, BK; Miheret, A; Beyene, BK; Abetew, S; Tedla, BG; Oucha, AK; Alene, S; Backers, S; BURGERT, C; Toubali, E; Brady, M; McPherson, S;
2024
Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
Tropical Data: Approach and Methodology as Applied to Trachoma Prevalence Surveys.
HARDING-ESCH, EM; Burgert-Brucker, CR; Jimenez, C; Bakhtiari, A; Willis, R; Bejiga, MD; Mpyet, C; Ngondi, J; Boyd, S; Abdala, M; Abdou, A; Adamu, Y; Alemayehu, A; Alemayehu, W; Al-Khatib, T; Apadinuwe, S-C; Awaca, N; Awoussi, MS; Baayendag, G; Badiane, MD; BAILEY, RL; Batcho, W; Bay, Z; Bella, A; Beido, N; ... Solomon, AW.
2023
Ophthalmic epidemiology
Twenty-Three Population-Based Trachoma Prevalence Surveys in the Central and Northern Regions of Benin, 2018-2022.
Issifou, AA B; Dare, A; Badou, GA; HARDING-ESCH, EM; Solomon, AW; Bakhtiari, A; Boyd, S; Jimenez, C; HARTE, A; Burgert-Brucker, CR; Sintondji, FR; Dossa, NI; M'Po, NT N; Batcho, W;
2023
Ophthalmic epidemiology
Baseline, Impact and Surveillance Trachoma Prevalence Surveys in Burundi, 2018-2021.
Bucumi, V; Muhimpundu, E; Bio Issifou, AA; Akweyu, S; Burn, N; Willems, J; Niyongabo, J; Elvis, A; Koizan, G; HARTE, A; Boyd, S; Willis, R; Bakhtiari, A; Jimenez, C; Burgert-Brucker, C; Kollmann, KM; Solomon, AW; HARDING-ESCH, EM; Gashikanyi, RM;
2023
Ophthalmic epidemiology
The Prevalence of Trachomatous Trichiasis in People Aged 15 Years and Over in Six Evaluation Units of Gaoual, Labé, Dalaba and Beyla Districts, Guinea.
Bah, MM; Sakho, F; Goepogui, A; Nieba, LC; Cisse, A; Courtright, P; HARTE, AJ; Burgert-Brucker, C; Jimenez, C; Lama, PL; Sagno, M; Bakhtiari, A; Boyd, S; Solomon, AW; Kelly, M; James, F; Tenkiano, MS D; HARDING-ESCH, EM; Dicko, BM;
2023
Ophthalmic epidemiology
Community-level trachoma ecological associations and the use of geospatial analysis methods: A systematic review.
Burgert-Brucker, CR; Adams, MW; Mingkwan, P; Flueckiger, R; Ngondi, JM; Solomon, AW; HARDING-ESCH, EM;
2022
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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