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Eisenberg Group - Environmental Determinants of Infectious Diseases

Kara L. Nelson, PhD, MSE

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E-mail: nelson@ce.berkeley.edu

 

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Dr. Kara Nelson is Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at U.C. Berkeley. Professor Nelson teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on water and wastewater treatment processes and ecological engineering, as well as a graduate course on the control of water-related pathogens. Dr. Nelson's research interests include natural systems for water and wastewater treatment, the detection and inactivation of pathogens in water and sludge, and appropriate technologies for improving water quality in developing countries.

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>> Re-Analysis of a Water Filtration Randomized Control Trial

This is a re-analysis of a randomized control trial (RCT) conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo of a household based water filtration device.... More >>

 

>> Microbial Risk Assessment of Treatment Reduction Guidelines

This study involves modifying a previously published household-level disease transmission model that examines the public health benefits of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions.... More >>