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Joe Brown
Assistant Professor
New College &
Department of Biological Sciences
joebrown@bama.ua.edu
205-348-0418
Research site
Biological Sciences Profile
Education:
- BS, University of Alabama
- MPhil, Cambridge
- PhD, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
Research Focus:
- Low cost, alternative water supply, drinking water treatment, and sanitation technologies
- Environmental health in the context of poverty
- International development
Selected Publications
- Brown, J., Proum, S., and Sobsey, M. 2009. “Sustained use of a household-scale water filtration device in rural Cambodia”. Journal of Water and Health (accepted for publication).
- Brown, J., Proum, S. and Sobsey, M. 2008. “E. coli in household drinking water and diarrheal disease risk: evidence from Cambodia”. Water Science and Technology 58(4): 757-763.
- Sobsey, M.D., Stauber, C.E., Casanova, L.M., Brown, J., and Elliott, M.A. 2008. “Point of use household drinking water filtration: a practical, effective solution for providing access to safe drinking water in the developing world”. Environmental Science and Technology 42: 4261- 4267.
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Brown, J., Sobsey, M., and Loomis, D. 2008. “Local drinking water filters reduce diarrheal disease in Cambodia: a randomized, controlled trial of locally made ceramic filters”. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 79(3): 394-400.
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Brown, J. Sobsey, M. and Proum, S. 2007. Use of ceramic water filters in Cambodia. Washington, DC: WSP-World Bank Field Note Available online at http://www.wsp.org.
- Clasen, T., Brown, J., Collin, S. 2006. Preventing diarrhoea with household ceramic water filters: assessment of a pilot project in Bolivia. International Journal of Environmental Health Research 16(3):231-239.
- Clasen, T., Brown, J., Collin, S., Suntura, O., and Cairncross, S. 2004. "Reducing diarrhea through the use of household-based ceramic water filters: a randomized, controlled trial in rural Bolivia". American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 70(6): 651-657.
