Research/Areas of Interest
Pastoralism, One Health, ecosystem approach to health (Ecohealth), systems thinking and approaches, transdisciplinary and participatory research.
Advisor
Hellen Amuguni, B.V.M., Ph.D.
Selected Honors and Awards
DVM/MPH Academic Achievement Award Public Health and Professional Degree Program Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, (2021).
Sheila Moffat International Veterinary Medicine Award Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, (2021).
Roome International Fund, Scholarship, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Ma, (2019).
Barbara Brewster Bonner, V94, Scholarship, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, (2018-2019).
Honors in Biology 2015 Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, (2015).
Education
Ph.D., Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, (current)
D.V.M., MPH/Tufts University/2021
MCM, Tufts University/2017
B.A., Grinnell College/2015
Selected Publications and Presentations
Griffith, E. F., Kipkemoi, J.R., Nakadio, E. L., Smith, L. J., Amuguni, J. H.et al. “One Health in Turkana County, Kenya: Applications and Lessons Learned.” One Health Cases, 2023 Jul, https://doi.org/10.1079/onehealthcases. 2023.0022. Accessed 15 Oct. 2024.
Griffith, E, F., Kipkemoi, J. R., Mariner, J. C., Coffin-Schmmitt, J., & Whittier, C. Aet al. “A Pilot Study Expanding Participatory Epidemiology to Explore Community Perceptions of Human and Livestock Diseases among Pastoralists in Turkana County, Kenya.” CABI One Health, CAB International Publishing, 2024 Jun, https://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2024.0018. Accessed 15 Oct. 2024.
Griffith, E. F., Schurer, J. M., Mawindo, B., Kwibuka, R., Turibyarive, T., & Amuguni, J. H. et al. “The Use of Drones to Deliver Rift Valley Fever Vaccines in Rwanda: Perceptions and Recommendations.” Vaccines, 2023 Mar, vol. 11, no. 3, p. 605, https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11030605.
Griffith, E.F., Craige, S., Manzano, P., Pius, L., & Jost, C. C.et al. “Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Security among East and West African Pastoralists.” Advances in Food Security and Sustainability, 2021 Jan, pp. 231–61, https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.af2s.2021.07.004.
Griffith, E.F., Pius, L., Manzano, P., & Jost, C.C et al. “COVID-19 in Pastoral Contexts in the Greater Horn of Africa: Implications and Recommendations.” Pastoralism, 2020 Oct, vol. 10, no. 1, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13570-020-00178-x.
Griffith, E. F., Kipkemoi, J. R., Robbins, A. H., Abuom, T. O., Mariner, J. C., Kimani, T., & Amuguni, H. "A One Health framework for integrated service delivery in Turkana County", Kenya. Pastoralism, 2020 Dec, 10, 1-13.
“Developing, Piloting, and Validating the Community One Health Index in Turkana County, Kenya,” 8th World One Health Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, (2024).
“Developing the Community One Health Index,” Poster Presentation, Veterinary Research Day, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Ma. (2024).
“Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping to Visualize One Health Systems,” AFROHUN 4th International Conference Nairobi, Kenya, Oral presentation, (2024).
“Developing and Refining the Community One Health Index (COHI),” Doctoral Qualifying Examination (Passed), Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, MA. (2023).
“Only Mountains Can’t Meet: One Health Research in the Greater Horn of Africa,” International Veterinary Medicine Post-Graduate Certificate Forum Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, MA. (2021).
“Identifying the Potential Uses of Drones to Combat Rift Valley Fever in Rwanda,” 30th Annual Veterinary Student Research Day Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, MA. Oral presentation. (2019).
“A Proposed One Health Framework for Combined Service Delivery and Disease Surveillance in Turkana County,” Kenya, 3rd One Health Central and East Africa (OHCEA) International One Health Conference, Kampala, Uganda, Poster presentation. (2019)
“One Health: The Way Forward in Turkana County, Kenya,” 29th Annual Student Research Day, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Ma. Oral presentation. (2018).
“Integrated Schistosomiasis Control in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Conservation Medicine Solution for Neglected Tropical Disease,” Master of Science in Conservation Medicine Case study Presentations, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Ma. (2017).