Hemali Oza is a doctoral candidate in the Environmental Health Sciences program in the Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health at Emory University. She is also a Herz Impact Scholar and ARCS Foundation Fellow. Her research interests are in WASH interventions and their potential to improve community and household resilience to environmental shocks and stressors. Hemali has experience with microbiology methods and water quality testing, as well as scale development and meta-analyses. Her dissertation research will assess the impact of a co-design water sensitive intervention on household and community resilience among urban, coastal, and informal settlements in Suva, Fiji and Makassar, Indonesia.
Areas of Interest
- Climate and Health
- Diarrheal and Enteric Diseases
- Environmental Health
- Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Public Health 2018, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Master of Science 2019, UNC-Chapel Hill
Affiliations & Activities
Herz Global Impact Award Recipient
ARCS Foundation Fellow
Laney Graduate Fellow
Publications
- Oza, H.H.; Holmes, E.B.; Bailey, E.; Coleman, C.K.; Sobsey, M.D., 2022, Microbial reductions and physical characterization of chitosan flocs when using chitosan acetate as a cloth filter aid in water treatment., PLoSONE, 17,
- Oza, H. H., Lee, M. G., Boisson, S., Pega, F., Medlicott, K., & Clasen, T. , 2022, Occupational health outcomes among sanitation workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis., International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 240,
- Coleman, C. K., Mai, E., Miller, M., Sharma, S., Williamson, C., Oza, H., Holmes, E., Lamer, M., Ly, C., Stewart, J., Sobsey, M. D., 2021, Chitosan Coagulation Pretreatment to Enhance Ceramic Water Filtration for Household Water Treatment., International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22,
- Bailey, E. S., Beetsch, N., Wait, D. A., Oza, H. H., Ronnie, N., & Sobsey, M. D. , 2021, Methods, Protocols, Guidance and Standards for Performance Evaluation for Point-of-Use Water Treatment Technologies: History, Current Status, Future Needs and Directions., Water, 13,
- Oza, H. H., Fisher, M. B., Abebe, L., Cronk, R., McCord, R., Reuland, F., Behnke, N., Kafanikhale, H., Mofolo, I., Hoffman, I., & Bartram, J., 2020, Application of tools to monitor environmental conditions, identify exposures, and inform decision-making to improve infection prevention and control practices in Malawian maternity wards., Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 192,