Daniele Lantagne

Research Professor

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor, Community Health

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Working with Feinstein since 2017

Based in Somerville, MA

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Daniele’s main research interest is how to reduce the burden of infectious diseases by investigating and evaluating the effectiveness of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions. Daniele and her partners complete laboratory, field, and policy research with diverse funding sources. Currently, they are working on translating research to action to inform humanitarian response, studying fecal sludge management interventions, researching the effectiveness of coordination, and working on WHO policy committees for Ebola and COVID-19 infection, prevention, and control.

Over the past two decades, Daniele has provided technical assistance and completed research activities in more than 50 countries in Africa, Asia, and Central/South America in both development and humanitarian response contexts, and published over 100 manuscripts.

Daniele began working in water, sanitation, and hygiene to reduce the burden of infectious disease in 2000 with her master’s, then continued with teaching in environmental engineering at MIT before working at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2003-2010. She completed her post-doctoral work at Harvard’s Center for International Development from 2010-2012, and joined Tufts University in 2012.

Daniele received her S.B. and M.Eng. in environmental engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996 and 2001, and her Ph.D. in 2011 from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in Infectious Tropical Diseases. She is a registered professional engineer (PE) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Daniele enjoys backcountry hiking, state highpointing (50 state completer!), rocket ashtanga yoga, cooking vegan foods, and raising her two children with her husband.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Water, sanitation, and hygiene
  • Emerging infectious diseases
  • Humanitarian response

REGIONAL FOCUS

COURSES TAUGHT

Daniele has taught Public Health Engineering, Engineering in Crises, Field Methods for Global Health, and WASH Design in the past, and will be developing her teaching portfolio at Feinstein into the future.

MOST CITED BOOKS & ARTICLES

  • String, G., Kamal, Y., White, M., Gute, D., Mühlberger, E., and Lantagne, D. (2022). Support for Recommendations of Precleaning Before Disinfection: Limited Efficacy of Soapy Water as a Disinfectant against SARS-CoV-2. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 148(11): 01220003.
  • Lantagne, D., Lehann, L., Yates, T., Gallandat, K., Sikder, M., Domini, M., and String, G. (2021). Lessons learned from conducting six multi-country mixed-methods effectiveness research studies on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions in humanitarian response. BMC Public Health: 21(1):1-7.
  • Yates, T., Zannat, H., Khandaker, N., Porteaud, D., Bouvet, F., and Lantagne, D. (2021). Evidence summary of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) coordination in humanitarian response. Disasters: 45(4):913-938.
  • Bedrosian, N., Mithcell, E., Rohm, E., Rothe, M., Kelly, C., String, G., and Lantagne, D. (2020). A systematic review of surface contamination, stability, and disinfection data on SARS-CoV-2 (through July 10, 2020). Environmental Science & Technology: 55(7):4162-4173.
  • Sikder, M., Daraz, U., Lantagne, D., and Saltori, R. Effectiveness of multilevel risk management emergency response activities to ensure free chlorine residual in household drinking water in Southern Syria. Environmental Science & Technology: 52(24):14403-14410.
  • Lantagne, D., Wolfe, M., Gallandat, K., and Opryszko, M. (2018). Determining the Efficacy, Safety and Suitability of Disinfectants to Prevent Emerging Infectious Disease Transmission. Water: 10(10):1397.
  • Wolfe, M., Kaur, M., Yates, T., Woodin, M., and Lantagne, D. (2018) A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between water, sanitation, and hygiene exposures and cholera in case–control studies. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: 99(2):534.

Additional publications can be found on Google Scholar.

MOST RECENT EXTERNAL PUBLICATIONS

RECENT NEWS

Daniele Lantagne and colleagues publish on cholera responses

Cholera outbreaks are on the rise globally, driven by climate change and political instability. In conflict-affected settings especially, inadequate water and sanitation, high population density, and weakened health services contribute…

Daniele Lantagne and colleagues publish on WASH

Although water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions are commonly implemented as part of humanitarian response activities, multiple systematic reviews have noted gaps in their effectiveness. In a new paper published…

Daniele Lantagne and colleagues publish on WASH humanitarian response

A research team led by Gurpreet Kaur and including Daniele Lantagne published “Implementation considerations in case-area targeted interventions to prevent cholera transmission in Northeast Nigeria: A qualitative analysis” in PLOS…

Daniele Lantagne and team present WASH studies at international conferences

In May 2023, Daniele Lantagne and her team attended the Global WASH Cluster Annual Meeting and the Emergency Environmental Health Forum in Budapest. During the week, the team presented their…

FEINSTEIN PUBLICATIONS

Evidence Brief: WASH Interventions in Disease Outbreak Response

This evidence brief accompanies the full systematic review on WASH interventions in disease outbreak response.

WASH Interventions in Disease Outbreak Response

How does the use of WASH interventions reduce disease outbreaks? This evidence synthesis identifies, synthesizes and evaluates the available evidence in order to find a response.

Impact of WASH Interventions during Disease Outbreaks in Humanitarian Emergencies: A systematic review protocol

This protocol details the methodology for an evidence synthesis on WASH interventions during humanitarian crises. The evidence synthesis asks “What are the outcomes and impacts of WASH interventions during disease…

FEINSTEIN RESEARCH PROJECTS