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Sophie Kang
DPhil Student
Sophie is a DPhil student based in the Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit in Bangkok. Her research focuses on determining infectious causes of acute febrile illness in rural communities, and is part of the South and Southeast Asian Community-based Trials Network (SEACTN), a Wellcome Trust Innovations Flagship project. Prior to joining Oxford, Sophie was a researcher at the International Vaccine Institute, where she worked on Phase IV vaccine effectiveness trials and disease burden studies.
Education:
- MSc in Infectious Disease Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University
- BA in Public Health from UC Berkeley
Recent publications
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Raising the case of hepatitis E: Report from the 2nd international HEV symposium
Journal article
Kang S. et al, (2024), Vaccine, 42, 126398 - 126398
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Using Dried Blood Spots to Quantitatively Detect Anti–SARS-CoV-2 IgG Antibodies by ELISA: A Validation Study
Journal article
Ylade M. et al, (2024), The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 111, 391 - 395
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Incidence of typhoid fever in Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, and Nigeria (the Severe Typhoid in Africa programme): a population-based study
Journal article
Marks F. et al, (2024), The Lancet Global Health, 12, e599 - e610
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Do Oral Cholera Vaccine and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Combine to Provide Greater Protection Against Cholera? Results From a Cluster-Randomized Trial of Oral Cholera Vaccine in Kolkata, India
Journal article
Im J. et al, (2024), Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 11
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Association Among Household Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Status and Typhoid Risk in Urban Slums: Prospective Cohort Study in Bangladesh
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Tadesse BT. et al, (2023), JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 9, e41207 - e41207