Alexandra Huttinger
Education
M.P.H. in global environmental health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; B.A. in biology, U.C. Santa Barbara
Overview
Alexandra Huttinger is an assistant policy researcher at RAND and a Ph.D. student at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Prior to joining RAND, she worked in East Africa conducting research and implementation programs addressing water, sanitation and hygiene in healthcare facilities and community settings, community and household interventions for child nutrition, reduction of indoor air pollution and health system strengthening. She has worked with the Center for Global Safe WASH at Emory University, the Earth Institute at Columbia University and as an independent consultant. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and she has made several conference presentations. Huttinger's policy research interests include environmental and population health, program evaluation, and implementation science.
Research Focus
Selected Publications
Huttinger, A., Brunson, L., Kayigamba, F., Ciza, P., Mfura, L., Moe, C.L. Dreibelbis, R., "Development and Year-One Performance Evaluation of Nine Water Kiosks at Health Care Facilities," International Journal of Experimental Research and Public Health, 2017 (forthcoming)
Huttinger, A., Dreibelbis, R., Kayigamba, F., Ngabo, F., Merryweather, B., Mfura, L., Cardon, A., Moe, CL., "Water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure and quality in rural healthcare facilities in Rwanda," BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Levy, K., Klein, M., Sarnat, S.E., Panwhar, S., Huttinger, A., Tolbert, P., Moe, C., "Refined assessment of associations between drinking water residence time and emergency department visits for gastrointestinal illness in metro Atlanta, Georgia," Journal of Water and Health, 2016
Huttinger, A., Dreibelbis, R., Roha, K., Mfura, L., Kayigamba, F., Ngabo, F., Moe, C., "Evaluation of Membrane Ultrafiltration and Residual Chlorination as a Decentralized Water Treatment Strategy for Ten Rural Healthcare Facilities in Rwanda," International Journal of Experimental Research and Public Health, 2015