Journal of Biometrics & Biostatistics

James Kniveton Bartram

James Kniveton Bartram
Don and Jennifer Holzworth Distinguished Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering and Director of the ‘Water Institute at UNC’ Gillings School of Global Public Health, at Chapel Hill 144 Rosenau Hall, CB #7431, 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7431
The University of North Carolina
USA

Biography

Dr. Bartram works at the interfaces of water (including sanitation and hygiene) and health – especially the links between science, policy and practice, in both developing and developed countries. His interests include technologies for urban sanitation renewal; management systems for drinking-water safety and rural drinking-water supply; emerging issues (including water scarcity and climate change) and their impacts on system sustainability; health system activities on water and sanitation; and sector capacity issues such as monitoring, the costs and impacts of interventions and effective regulation and financing. Dr. Bartram is author of more than 80 academic papers; author or editor of 49 books and author of more than 50 book chapters.

Research Interest

My research interests focus on the connections between water (including sanitation and hygiene) and health – especially the links between science, policy and practice, in both developing and developed countries. They include technologies for urban sanitation renewal; management systems for drinking-water safety and rural drinking-water supply; emerging issues (including water scarcity and climate change) and their impacts on system sustainability; health system activities on water and sanitation; and sector capacity issues such as monitoring, the costs and impacts of interventions and effective regulation and financing.