Project Team
The MaaCiwara study brings together a diverse and multidisciplinary team of researchers, public health experts, economists, statisticians, and field specialists from the UK, Mali, and beyond.
Meet our project team
Cross-cutting team
Cross-cutting team
Professor Semira Manaseki-Holland
Chief Investigator
Professor of Public Health (University of Birmingham)
Professor Ousmane Toure
Principal Investigator
Professor, University of Science, Techniques and Technology Bamako
Professor Richard Lilford
Project Management team
Project Management team
Dr Evans Asamane
Project Manager
Research Fellow (University of Birmingham)
Dr Chieck Sidibe
Project Manager (Mali)
Dr Abdourahmane Coulibaly
Supervisor of the field survey team in Mali
Dr Ryan Rego
Miss Soha Haroon
Project Assistant
Health Economics team
Health Economics team
Professor Louise Jackson
Lead for Health Economics
Professor of Health Economics and Health Policy (University of Birmingham)
Dr Sami Benassi
Health Economics expert
Professor of Development Economics (University of Birmingham)
Qualitative team
Qualitative team
Professor Nicola Gale
UK Qualitative Lead
Professor of Health Policy and Sociology, Health Services Management Centre (University of Birmingham)
Dr Rachel Adams
Oversight of Qualitative Work
Research Fellow (University of Birmingham)
Dr Katinka Webber
Qualitative Research Fellow (University of Birmingham)
Mrs Bintou Traore
Qualitative Research Assistant
Public Health Researcher (University of Science, Techniques and Technology Bamako)
Mr Ali Muhammad Doumbia
Research Assistant
Public Health Researcher (University of Science, Techniques and Technology Bamako)
Mr Moulaye Coulibaly
Qualitative Research Assistant (University of Science, Techniques and Technology Bamako)
Professor Samba Diop
Qualitative Expert
Statistics team
Statistics team
Professor Karla Hemming
Senior Statistical/Trial Statistician
Professor of Biostatistics (University of Birmingham)
Dr Kassoum Kayenato
Senior Statistician
Dr James Martin
Assistant Professor in Biostatistics (University of Birmingham)
Mrs Laura Quinn
Research Fellow - Medical Statistician (University of Birmingham)
Data Management team
Data Management team
Mr Lacina Traore
Senior Data Analyst
Health Economics PhD student (University of Birmingham)
Ms Anusha Nayana Tayi
Senior Clinical Data Manager (University of Birmingham)
Xinyi Zhang
Intern - Data Manager
Ms Sue Tebbs
Database Manager Advisor (Consultant) (University of Birmingham)
Water Aid team
Water Aid team
Professor Sandy Cairncross
Professor of Environmental Health (The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Dr Om Prasad Gautam
Behaviour change WASH Expert and Impact Lead for project
Hygiene Lead, Water Aid
Laboratory team
Laboratory team
Dr Mohammad Sirajul Islam
Microbiologist Expert Supervisor
Emeritus Scientist
Professor Ousmane Koita
Laboratory Expert (University of Bamako)
Dr Youssouf Diara
Laboratory Research Fellow
PhD student (University of Birmingham)
PhD and Masters students
PhD and Masters students
PhD
Yousouff Diarra
Title of PhD: The effect of community-based intervention to improve food safety, hygiene, and nutrition in Mali on entero-pathogenic infections and paediatric nutrition
Masters
Vanshika Agarwal
Title of thesis- Nutritional Status and Risk Factors Among Children Aged 6-36 Months in Urban and Rural Mali: A Secondary Data Analysis. Year of Masters (MPH)- 2023-2024
Mengke Tian
Title of thesis: Child Development Scores and the Risk Factors in Rural and Urban Areas of Mali: A Secondary Quantitative Analysis. Year of MPH: 2023-2024.