Matthew Freeman
Professor
Faculty, Environmental Health
Jointly Appointed, Epidemiology
Jointly Appointed, Global Health
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Please see additional information here: www.FreemanResearchGroup.org and Google Scholar. He coordinates the Network for Evaluation and Implementation Sciences at Emory (NEISE)
Dr. Freeman is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Environmental Health, with joint appointments in the departments of Global Health and Epidemiology. His work is on the impact of environmental drivers of infectious disease, specifically access to water, sanitation, and hygiene in low-income settings. He is particularly interested of late in the role of foodborne transmission through informal food value chains, the impact of WASH on NTDs, and on implementation research on designing and testing WASH intervention strategies. He has led field trials in Mozambique, Mali, Kenya, India, and Laos and elsewhere assessing the impact of school-based, community-based, and multi-sectoral WASH improvements. His current work in Mozambique assesses the role of chicken-related pathogens in child health, and a separate project assessing the impact of an urban water supply improvement on child microbiome and gut health.
Dr. Freeman earned his PhD in Infectious and Tropical Diseases from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and his MPH is in Global Environmental Health from Emory. He has has co-authored over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles and commentaries. He serves as a Commissioner on the Lancet Commission of Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health and on the STH Advisory Board. He rceived the Association of Schools and Programs in Public Health Early Career Research Award. In 2018 and 2020, he received the Environmental Health Department Excellence in Teaching Award.
Those interested in PhD opportunities should review requirements and proceedures for the programs in Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, and Global Health and Development and contact the relevant ADAPs for any logistical questions and support.
Contact Information
Rollins School of Public Health ,
Atlanta , GA 30322
1518 Clifton Road, NE, Claudia Nance Rollins Bldg., 2027
Phone: (404) 712-8767
Fax: (404) 727-8744
Email: matthew.freeman@emory.edu
Areas of Interest
- Diarrheal and Enteric Diseases
- Environmental Health
- Epidemiology
- Global Health
- Implementation Science
- Infectious Disease
- Neglected Tropical Diseases
- Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Education
- PhD 2011, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- MPH 2005, Emory University
- BA 2000, Wesleyan University
Courses Taught
- GH 560: Monitor/Eval.Global PH Program
- EH 501: Intro.to Environmental Health
- GH 512: Program Cycle 2: Monitor/Eval.
Affiliations & Activities
Full publications list: Google Scholar & PubMed
Publications
- Hodges M, Belle JH, Carlton EJ, Liang S, Li H, Luo W, Freeman MC, Liu Y, Gao Y, Hess JH, Remais JV, 2014, Climate change blunts progress reducing infectious disease attributable to unsafe water and sanitation in China., Nature Climate Change, ,
- Stocks ME, Ogden S, Haddad D, Addiss DG, McGuire C*, Freeman MC , 2014, Effect of water, sanitation, and hygiene on the prevention of trachoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis, PLoS Medicine, 11, e1001605
- Gass K, Addiss DG, Freeman MC , 2014, Exploring the relationship between access to water, sanitation and hygiene and soil-transmitted helminth infection: A demonstration of two recursive partitioning tools., PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases , 8, 6
- Freeman MC, Stocks M, Cumming O, Jeandron A, Higgins JPT, Wolf J, Prüss-Ustün A, Bonjour S, Hunter PR, Fewtrell L, Curtis V., 2014, Hygiene and health: systematic review of handwashing practices worldwide and update of health effects., Tropical Medicine and International Health , 19, 8
- Strunz EC, Addiss DG, Stocks ME, Ogden S, Utzinger J, Freeman MC , 2014, Water, sanitation, hygiene, and soil-transmitted helminth infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis, PLoS Medicine, 11, e1001620
- Garn J, Greene LE, Dreibelbis R, Saboori S, Rheingans R, Freeman MC. , 2013, cluster-randomized trial assessing the impact of school water, sanitation, and hygiene improvements on pupil enrollment and gender parity in enrollment, Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, ,
- Freeman MC, Ogden S, et al. , 2013, Integration of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for the Prevention and Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Rationale for Inter-Sectoral Collaboration. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002439, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 7(9) e2439 ,
- Erhard L, DeGabriele J, Naughton, D, Freeman MC, 2013, Policy and provision of WASH in schools for children with disabilities: A case study in Malawi and Uganda. Global Public Health, Global Health, 8(9),
- Freeman MC, Clasen T, Brooker S, Akoko D, Rheingans R., 2013, The impact of a school-based hygiene, water quality, and sanitation intervention on soil-transmitted helminth reinfection: a cluster-randomized trial., American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, ,
- Freeman MC, Clasen T, Dreibelbis R, Greene LE, Saboori S, Brumback B, Muga R, Rheingans R. , 2013, The impact of a school-based water supply and treatment, hygiene, and sanitation programme on pupil diarrhoea: A cluster-randomized trial. , Epidemiology and Infection, ,
- Freeman MC, Greene L, Dreibelbis R, Saboori S, Muga R, Rheingans R, 2012, A cluster-randomized trial to assess the impact of a school-based water, sanitation, and hygiene program on pupil absenteeism, enrollment, and test scores., Tropical Medicine and International Health, 17, 380-391
- Freeman MC & Clasen T, 2011, Assessing the impact of a school-based safe water intervention on household adoption of point-of-use water treatment practices in Southern India, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 84, 370-8
- Freeman MC, Trinies V, Mak G, Boisson S, Clasen T., , Promoting Household Water Treatment Through Women’s Self Help Groups in Rural India: Assessing Impact on Drinking Water Quality and Equity., PLoS ONE, 7(9), e44068