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Current Employment
Project Leader, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Education
• PhD, 2017, Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Tufts University
• MS, 2013, Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Tufts University
• BS, 2009, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Research Interests
• Water, Sanitation and Hygiene interventions for primary prevention of Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Modeling and surveillance of environmental diseases
• Digital health tools in primary health care
• Health management information systems and electronic medical records
Leadership and Service
- Member, OpenMRS Technical Community, 2018 – Present.
- Member, Quality of Care Network, Sierra Leone, 2018 – 2019.
- Member, Technical Working Group for the development of a national eHealth Strategy – Sierra Leone, 2018 – 2019.
- Student Lead, Innovation Against Infection Grant, Tufts University, 2015 – 2017.
- Volunteer, Uganda Village Project, Iganga, Uganda, 2011.
- Member, Engineers without Borders, Boston Professional Chapter, 2009 – 2011.
Honors and Awards
- Graduate Student Research Competition Award, Tufts University, 2017.
- Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service Award, Tufts University, 2016.
- Graduate Student Poster Competition First Place Award, Tufts University, 2016.
- Outstanding Graduate Student Contribution to Undergraduate Learning Award, Tufts University, 2012.
- Selected Professions Fellowship, American Association of University Women, 2011.
- President’s Award for Major Capstone Engineering Design Project, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2009.
- Engineering Design Competition Special Judge’s Award, Institute for Energy & the Environment, New Mexico State University, 2009.
- Undergraduate Research Award, Forum on Education Abroad, 2008.
Teaching Experience
- Statistics Beyond the Basics. Graduate workshop. Tufts University. Teaching Fellow (2016 – 2017).
- Issues in Global Health. Undergraduate course, Tufts University, School of Arts and Sciences. Teaching Assistant (2015).
- Analysis of Temporal Data. Graduate workshop. Christian Medical College. Teaching Fellow (2013).
- Environmental Engineering Processes. Undergraduate laboratory course, Tufts University, School of Engineering. Teaching Assistant (2012 – 2013).
- Environmental Chemistry. Undergraduate laboratory course, Tufts University, School of Engineering. Teaching Assistant (2011 – 2012).
Professional Experience
- Project Leader. Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland. January 2020 – Present.
- Adjunct Assistant Professor. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University. October 2019 – Present.
- Impact Advisor. Partners In Health, Boston, MA. May 2019 – January 2020.
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Director. Partners In Health, Neno, Malawi. June 2019 – January 2020.
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Manager. Partners In Health, Kono, Sierra Leone. August 2017 – May 2019.
- Research Assistant. Initiative for the Forecasting and Modeling of Infectious Diseases, Tufts University, Medford, MA. September 2014 – February 2017.
- Technical Consultant. World Health Organization, Bonn, Germany. June 2016 – September 2016.
- Project Coordinator. School of Engineering, Tufts University. Medford, MA. September 2013 – May 2014.
- Environmental Engineer. Woodard & Curran, Inc. Andover, MA. June 2009 – June 2011.
Editorial Activities
Peer-reviewer for multiple public health and environmental journals (2016 – Present)
- Journal of Public Health Policy
- PLoS NTDs
- PLoS One
- BMC Public Health
- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Publications
- Kulinkina AV, Sodipo MO, Schultes OL, Osei BG, Agyapong EA, Egorov AI, Naumova EN, Kosinski KC (2020). Rural Ghanaian households are more likely to use alternative unimproved water sources when water from boreholes has undesirable organoleptic characteristics. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 227, 113514.
- Kulinkina AV, Sarkar R, Mohan VR, Walz Y, Kaliappan SP, Ajjampur SSR, Ward H, Naumova EN, Kang G (2020). Prediction of hookworm prevalence in southern India using environmental parameters derived from Landsat 8 remotely sensed data. International Journal for Parasitology 50(1):47–
- Farnham A, Kulinkina AV, Utzinger J, Winkler, MS (2020). Using district health information to monitor sustainable development. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 98(1): 69–
- Brdarić D, Kulinkina AV, Šapina M, Kramarić K, Cvetković B, Egorov AI (2020). Exposure assessment survey in schools – pilot project in Osijek, Croatia. Journal of Environmental Health 82(7): 14–21.
- Martel R, Gyamfi BO, Kulinkina AV, Naumova EN, Abdulai AA, Tybor D, Kosinski KC (2019). Urogenital schistosomiasis knowledge among primary and junior high school students in the Eastern Region of Ghana: A cross-sectional study. PLOS One 14(6): e0218080.
- Wrable M, Kulinkina AV, Liss A, Koch M, Cruz M, Biritwum NK, Ofosu A, Gute DM, Kosinski KC, Naumova EN (2019). The use of remotely sensed environmental parameters for spatial and temporal schistosomiasis prediction across climate zones in Ghana. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 191(Suppl 2): 301.
- Kulinkina AV, Kosinski KC, Adjei MN, Dickson O, Osei BG, Biritwum NK, Bosompem KM; Naumova EN (2019). Contextualizing Schistosoma haematobium transmission in Ghana: assessment of diagnostic techniques and individual and community water-related risk factors. Acta Tropica 194: 195–203.
- Kulinkina AV, Walz Y, Koch M, Biritwum NK, Utzinger J, Naumova EN (2018). Improving spatial prediction of Schistosoma haematobium prevalence in southern Ghana through new remote sensors and local water access profiles. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 12(6): e0006517.
- Kulinkina AV, Plummer JD, Chui KKH, Kosinski KC, Adomako-Adjei T, Egorov AI, Naumova EN (2017). Physicochemical parameters affecting the perception of borehole water quality in Ghana. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 220: 990–997.
- Hanninen O, Canha N, Kulinkina AV, Dume I, Deliu A, Mataj E, Lusati A, Krzyzanowski M, Egorov AI (2017). Analysis of CO2 monitoring data demonstrates poor ventilation rates in Albanian schools during the cold season. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health
- Kulinkina AV, Kosinski KC, Plummer JD, Durant JL, Bosompem KM, Adjei MN, Griffiths JK, Gute DM, Naumova EN (2017). Indicators of improved water access in the context of schistosomiasis transmission in rural Eastern Region, Ghana. Science of the Total Environment 579: 1745–1755.
- Kulinkina AV, Kosinski KC, Liss A, Adjei MN, Ayamgah GA, Webb P, Gute DM, Plummer JD, Naumova EN (2016). Piped water consumption in Ghana: A case study of temporal and spatial patterns of clean water demand relative to alternative water sources in rural small towns. Science of the Total Environment 559: 291-301.
- Kosinski KC, Kulinkina, AV, Abrah AFA, Adjei MN, Breen KM, Chaudhry HM, Nevin PE, Warner SH, Tendulkar SA (2016). A mixed-methods approach to understanding water use and water infrastructure in a schistosomiasis-endemic community: case study of Asamama, Ghana. BMC Public Health 16:322.
- Kosinski KC, Kulinkina AV, Tybor D, Osabutey D, Bosompem KM, Naumova EN (2016). Agreement among four prevalence metrics for urogenital schistosomiasis in the Eastern Region of Ghana. BioMed Research International
- Kulinkina AV, Shinee E, Guzmán Herrador FR, Nygård K, Schmoll O (2016). The situation of infectious water-related diseases in the pan-European region. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe.
- Kulinkina AV, Mohan VR, Francis MR, Kattula D, Sarkar R, Plummer JD, Ward H, Kang G, Balraj V, Naumova EN (2016). Seasonality of water quality and diarrheal disease counts in urban and rural settings in south India. Nature Scientific Reports 6: 20521.
- Alarcon Falconi TM, Kulinkina AV, Mohan VR, Francis MR, Kattula D, Sarkar R, Ward H, Kang G, Balraj V, Naumova EN (2016). Quantifying tap-to-household water quality deterioration in urban communities in Vellore, India: the impact of spatial assumptions. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 220(1): 29–36.
- Van Den Bosch MA, Mudu P, Uscila V, Barrdahl M, Kulinkina AV, Staatsen B, Swart W, Kruize H, Zurlyte I, Egorov AI (2016). Development of an urban green space indicator and the public health rationale. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 44(2): 159–167.
- Kattula D, Francis MR, Kulinkina AV, Sarkar R, Raghava VM, Ward H, Kang G, Balraj V, Naumova EN (2015). Water, sanitation and hygiene predictors of diarrhoeal infection for rural and urban communities in south India among children and adults. Epidemiology and Infection 143(14): 3036–3047.
- School environment: policies and current status. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe (2015).