Student Spotlight
Congrats to Royani Saha, 3rd Place Winner in the 2025 Public Health Poster Forum!
We’re proud to recognize Royani Saha, PhD student in Environmental Health Sciences, who earned third place in the Research category for her poster titled:
The Hygienic Scholar: The Science of Keeping Study Spaces Clean
Her project evaluated microbial contamination on high-touch surfaces in student study areas and identified the most effective hygiene interventions to reduce the risk of fomite transmission.
Newman, J., P. Aluko, S. Malik, L. Gent, C. Buckley, J. Sexton, A. Dymond, M. Garrett, L. Vale, K. Reynolds. Economic analysis of desk-based personal-responsibility hygiene intervention of respiratory infections on healthcare systems. Infection Prevention Conference 2025 (IP2025). September 29-30, 2025. Brighton, UK. Abstract submitted May 29, 2025
Newman, J., P. Aluko, S. Malik, L. Gent, C. Buckley, J. Sexton, H. Davies, A. Dymond, M. Garrett, L. Vale, K. Reynolds. Clean desks, clear gains: the health economic impact of desk-based targeted hygiene interventions. European Public Health Conference 2025. November 12-14, 2025. Helsinki, Finland. Abstract submitted May 1, 2025.
Saha, R., J. Picton, A. Norman, J. Sexton, K. Reynolds. The hygienic scholar: the science of keeping study spaces clean. MEZCOPH Annual Poster Forum: Building Resilient Communities: Public Health Strategies for the Future. April 4, 2025. Tucson, AZ
Wilson, A.M., N. Pham, P. Spicka, M.M. Fryd, M.S. Haas, D.M. Falbo, H. Jiang, A. Ashraf, K.A. Reynolds. Computational fluid dynamics and QMRA modelling of influenza A virus and rhinovirus transmission in a shared children’s bedroom. Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Annual Meeting. December 9, 2024. Austin, TX
Newman, J., S. Upson, S. Malik, L. Gent, L. Ackerley, C. Buckley, R. Saha*, J. Sexton, A. Norman, K. Reynolds. Shared spaces, shared germs: Breaking the chain of infection with Targeted hygiene. 17th European Health Conference. Lisbon, Portugal. November 13-15, 2024
Newman, J., S. Malik, P. Aluko, S. Upson, C. Buckley, J. Sexton, H. Davies, L. Vale, K. Reynolds. Health & wealth: Targeted hygiene reduces the health economic burden of workplace infections. 17th European Health Conference. Lisbon, Portugal. November 13-15, 2024
Ackerley, L., S. Malik, S. Upson, L. Gent, J. Newman, C. Buckley, R. Saha, J. Sexton, A. Norman, L. Vale, K. Reynolds. Shared spaces, shared germs: breaking the chain of infection with smart hygiene. 17th European Public Health (EPH) Conference. Lisbon, Portugal. November 12-15, 2024.
Ackerley, L., S. Malik, J. Newman, L. Gent, Patrica Aluko, J. Sexton, K. Reynolds. Boosting health & wealth: using targeted hygiene to reduce the health economic burden of infections. 17th European Public Health (EPH) Conference. Lisbon, Portugal. November 12-15, 2024.
Aluko P., J. Newman, J. Bainbridge, H. Davies, S. Malik, A. Dymond, M. Garrett, L. Gent, C. Buckley, I. Haruna, S.E. Upson, Y. Jung, J. Sexton, L. Vale, K. Reynolds. Desk-sharing in workplaces: Economic analysis of targeted hygiene intervention (THI) in reducing risk of common infections. International Health Economics Conference. United Kingdom. November 2024