Assistant Professor

Katayoun Amirfard, PhD student Research Topic The importance of heavy metals in bacterial conjugation efficiency to enhance the spread of antibiotic resistance genes in environment Research Abstract With an anticipated yearly death toll of roughly 700,000, antibiotic resistance is growing at an unexpected speed. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) can be found in a variety of habitats and can spread their resistance…

Sewwandi Bandara, Assistant Professor e-mail： Research topic Causal inference in environmental epidemiology: Transmission dynamic modeling & determination of effective public health measures Research abstract Environmental epidemiological analyses are typically restricted to non-infectious diseases. However, emerging infectious diseases are associated with environmental and socio-economic factors highlighting the importance of considering infectious diseases in environmental epidemiology. Furthermore, understanding the causal relationship between…

Wakana OISHI, Assistant Professor e-mail：wakana.oishi.d1[@]tohoku.ac.jp Research topic Modeling of enteric virus inactivation in fecal sludge Research abstract Microbiological prediction model-based infection risk management must be established to ensure the safety for the handling of fecal sludge in the Sanitation Value Chain. Although alkaline treatment and urea treatment are one of the most common practices for on-site treatment, emergence of a…