Ruth Ashton, PhD

Ruth Ashton is an infectious disease epidemiologist. Her background is in implementation research, focusing on generating evidence or designing field-ready tools to support effective decision making by local and national disease control program staff. Dr Ashton’s current research includes a cluster randomized trial of a new malaria vector control intervention, impact evaluation design strategies incorporating routine data sources, and use of "easy access groups" such as school children for monitoring and evaluation of malaria elimination programs. Her current research includes work in Haiti, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Zambia. Prior to joining Tulane, Dr Ashton worked with the Malaria Consortium in Ethiopia, Uganda, and Cambodia on a range of malaria and neglected tropical disease activities.