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Research expertise
I am an epidemiologist specialized in emerging infectious disease and the One Health approach. I have extensive experience in disease vector ecology and zoonotic disease epidemiology, including modeling the impact of the environment on risk factors for transmission.
My PhD work at the University of Liverpool and the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar looked at the effects of climate on the epidemiology of plague. I then studied the behavioral ecology of malaria vectors seconded by the University of Glasgow to the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania. Based in Tanzania, I later specialized in using the One Health approach to research zoonotic infections and arboviroses as training coordinator for the pan-African Afrique-One ASPIRE program. As adjunct professor at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology in Tanzania, I am still involved in research looking at the epidemiology of snakebite and dengue surveillance.
Currently, I am head of the Emerging Infectious Disease unit at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM). My current research projects include rodent borne diseases and arboviroses, mainly in African countries such as Tanzania, Cote d’Ivoire, DRC and South Africa. I am particularly interested in interdisciplinary research approaches.
Education/Academic qualification
Epidemiology, PhD, Effects of climate on the epidemiology of plague in Madagascar, University of Liverpool
1-Oct-2007 → 31-Oct-2011
Award Date: 1-Apr-2012
External positions
Adjunct Professor, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha
1-Jan-2019 → …
Affiliate researcher, University of Glasgow
1-Oct-2016 → …
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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GroundingEthics: Grounding Ethics in Research on Climate Change and Health: triangulating perspectives of the communities, researchers and ethical committees
Marchal, B., Michielsen, J., Ceballos, K., Kreppel, K., Martinez Abarca, A. L., Srinivas, P. N. & Kochupurackal Ulahannan, S.
11/11/24 → 11/11/25
Project: Research Project
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Scabies1: Understanding the increase in scabies cases in Flanders
Colombe, S., Meudec, M., Kreppel, K., Laisnez, V., Dhaeze, W., Cosaert, T., Okeson, P., Brosius, I., de Gooyer, T., Van Bortel, W., Aljadeeah, S., Visser, J. & Stefani, G.
Flemish Government - Agency for Care & Health
1/12/23 → 31/03/25
Project: Research Project
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Impact evaluation of interventions, addressing spatiotemporal transmission heterogeneity and human mobility, to control arboviruses.
Baldoquín Rodríguez, W., Kreppel, K., Vanlerberghe, V., De Baets, B., Baetens, J. & Romani, T. M. E.
1/07/23 → …
Project: PhD-project
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DI-MOB: Improving disease prevention strategies of epidemic spread by integrating socio-spatial characterization of human mobility, environmental typology and mathematical modelling in an urban system of Cuba
Vanlerberghe, V., Vanlerberghe, V., Kreppel, K., Nieto Sanchez, C., Van Damme, E., Dens, S., Eugenia Toledo, M., Perez, D., Peeters, K., Baldoquín Rodríguez, W., Monteagudo Díaz, S., Baetens, J. & Alleman, T.
Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation
1/01/23 → 31/12/26
Project: Research Project
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CABU-EICO: Verbeteren van antibiotica gebruik en infectie preventie met gedragsinterventies in dorpen in DRC en Burkina Faso
van der Sande, M., Ingelbeen, B., van Kleef, E., Meudec, M., Halidou, T., Phanzu, M., Wouters, E., Cooper, B., Baker, S., Giles-Vernick, T. & Kreppel, K.
1/05/22 → 30/04/25
Project: Research Project
Research output
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Dengue virus transmission during non-outbreak period in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: a cross-sectional survey
Mustafa, UK., Kreppel, KS. & Sauli, E., 2024, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 24, 1, 14 p., 1219.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Methodological framework for early detection of dengue outbreaks in Tanzania
Belau, M., Boenecke, J., Ströbele, J., Himmel, M., Dretvic, D., Mustafa, UK., Ahmad, AA., Kreppel, KS., May, J. & Becher, H., 2024, In: European Journal of Public Health. 34, S3, 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract in journal
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Preparedness for emerging epidemic threats: detection of Oropouche circulation in Cuba
Toledo, ME., Diaz, SM., Calderón, TM., Kreppel, K., Van Damme, E. & Vanlerberghe, V., 2024, In: Lancet Infectious Diseases. 24, 8, p. e484-e484 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Accelerating the healing of hard-to-heal wounds with food supplements: nutritional analysis in the Côte d'Ivoire
Koffi, D. Y., Konan, A. G., Koné, V. B., N'krumah, R. T., Coulibaly, I. D., Kaloga, M., Kreppel, K., Haydon, D., Utzinger, J. & Bonfoh, B., Oct-2023, In: Journal of wound care. 32, Sup10, p. cci-ccxResearch output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Digital technologies to enhance infectious disease surveillance in Tanzania: a scoping review
Mustafa, U-K., Kreppel, KS., Brinkel, J. & Sauli, E., 2023, In: Healthcare. 11, 4, 22 p., 470.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › peer-review
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