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Dr Jackie Knee

Assistant Professor

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Keppel
London
United Kingdom

I am an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Health Group, a multidisciplinary group of scientists and engineers focused on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) related research. I joined LSHTM in 2019 as a Marshall Sherfield Fellow. I have a background in environmental health microbiology and hold a PhD in environmental engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master of Science of Public Health from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Affiliations

Department of Disease Control
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Centres

Antimicrobial Resistance Centre

Teaching

I lecture on several modules, including Applied Communicable Disease Control, WASH & Health, and Environmental Epidemiology and support the Public Health for Development course as a tutor and seminar leader in the Applying Public Health Principles module.

Research

I lead or co-lead several projects related to my research interests, including the Environmental Pathway of Infection in Children (EPIC) project which aims to understand childhood exposure to enteric pathogens in Mozambique, Brazil, and the United Kingdom. In Mozambique, this work continues a 10-year collaboration with the National Institute of Health, and is nested within the SaniVac trial, which aims to assess the role of sanitation access on oral rotavirus vaccine immunogenicity and the rate of acquisition of enteric infections during early childhood. I am the co-PI on a study of oral cholera vaccine (OCV) in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, which aims to measure the impact and effectiveness of OCV in an endemic setting of Uvira, DRC, as well as to characterise household-level transmission patterns of Vibrio cholerae. I am the laboratory lead for several studies across sub-Saharan Africa that use tools including TaqMan Array Cards to better understand the role of exposure to enteric pathogens among children suffering from severe acute malnutrition, as well as to explore food-related pathogen exposure among children.
Research Area
Child health
Disease control
Environmental Health
Food
Global Health
Health outcomes
Hygiene
Impact evaluation
Sanitation
Water
Epidemiology
Microbiology
Molecular biology
Vaccines
Disease and Health Conditions
Diarrhoeal diseases
Malnutrition
Country
Mozambique
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Brazil

Selected Publications

Associations between Fecal Contamination of the Household Environment and Enteric Pathogen Detection in Children Living in Maputo, Mozambique
Holcomb, DA; KNEE, J; Adriano, Z; Capone, D; CUMMING, O; Kowalsky, E; Nalá, R; Viegas, E; Stewart, JR; Brown, J;
2025
Environment & Health
Hazard analysis and critical control points for foods consumed by children aged 6–24 months in Maputo, Mozambique
Manhiça, A; MACLEOD, C; Amade, M; Baduro, J; Guambe, M; Manganhe, Y; Moiane, I; Capitine, I; KNEE, J; Watson, J; Viegas, E; CUMMING, O;
2025
Center for Open Science
Hand hygiene behaviours and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) conditions in urban, low-resource communities of Maputo, Mozambique
Johns, M; SOBOLIK, JS; Silva, C; Amade, M; Dengo-Baloi, L; Mataveia, E; Braun, L; Dreibelbis, R; CUMMING, O; Viegas, E; KNEE, J;
2025
Center for Open Science
Food-related risk factors for enteric pathogen detection in children aged 6-24 months living in a low-income informal area of Nairobi, Kenya: A cross-sectional study
KNEE, J; WELLS, J; Watson, J; Grignard, L; MYERS, A; SOBOLIK, JS; MacLeod, C; German, E; Ochien'g, L; Mutisya, C; Masudi, S; Wasonga, J; Kiarie, A; Okumu, N; Grace, D; Lindahl, J; Amon-Tanoh, M; Cook, E; CUMMING, O;
2025
Center for Open Science
Associations between fecal contamination of the household environment and enteric pathogen detection in children living in Maputo, Mozambique.
Holcomb, DA; KNEE, J; Adriano, Z; Capone, D; CUMMING, O; Kowalsky, E; Nalá, R; Viegas, E; Stewart, JR; Brown, J;
2025
medRxiv
Non-sexual community transmission of mpox clade Ib in DR Congo
Bugeme, PM; Bugale, PK; Mukika, TF; O’Driscoll, M; Perez-Saez, J; Bugwaja, L; Shangula, SM; Kasi, W; Bengehya, J; Ngai, S; Carrion Martin, AI; Jackson, J; Katoto, P; Bahizire, E; Mulopo-Mukanya, N; Lessler, J; KNEE, J; Vetter, P; Lee, EC; Mukadi-Bamuleka, D; Azman, AS; Malembaka, EB;
2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
The incubation periods of Monkeypox virus clade Ib
Perez-Saez, J; Bugeme, PM; O’Driscoll, M; Bugale, PK; Mukika, TF; Bugwaja, L; Shangula, SM; Bengehya, J; Ngai, S; Carrion Martin, AI; Jackson, J; Mulopo-Mukanya, N; KNEE, J; Eckerle, I; Lee, EC; Mukadi-Bamuleka, D; Lessler, J; Azman, AS; Malembaka, EB;
2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Challenges with achieving and maintaining oral cholera vaccine coverage: insights from serial cross-sectional representative surveys in a cholera-endemic community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Koyuncu, A; Bugeme, PM; Dent, J; Hutchins, C; Xu, H; Gallandat, K; CUMMING, O; Matundanya, J; Cikomola, A; Rukakiza, D; Nkombo, M; Mufitini, JS; Bashige Rumedeka, B; Akilimali, L; Lee, EC; Welo, PO; KNEE, J; Azman, AS; Malembaka, EB;
2025
BMJ Public Health
Multicountry genomic analysis underscores regional cholera spread in Africa
Mboowa, G; Matteson, NL; Tanui, CK; Kasonde, M; Kamwiziku, GK; Akanbi, OA; Chitio, JJ E; Kagoli, M; Essomba, RG; Ayitewala, A; Ssewanyana, I; Ngo Bitoungui, VJ; Amuri, AA; Azman, AS; Babatunde, OA; Akenji, BM; Broban, A; Malembaka, EB; Ongole, F; Chukwu, CE; Ismael, N; Kapona, O; Laurindo, O; Mbala, PK; Etoundi Mballa, GA; ... Tessema, SK.
2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Enteric pathogen detection among children discharged from outpatient treatment for severe acute malnutrition and associations with subsequent relapse in South Sudan
KNEE, J; D'MELLO-GUYETT, L; Grignard, L; MYERS, A; King, S; Agong, J; Deng, L; Gose, M; Lwate Hasan, J; Lamaka, NG; Marshak, A; Save, D; Trehan, I; Ayoub, K; Stobaugh, H; CUMMING, O;
2024
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting
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