Jade Benjamin-Chung, PhD Updated October 2019 Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics University of California, Berkeley 2121 Berkeley Way Rm 5302 Berkeley, CA 94720-7360 Email: jadebc@berkeley.edu Website: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jadebc Open Science Framework: https://osf.io/xgz2q/ Github: https://github.com/jadebc-berkeley/ Google Scholar: link EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy, Epidemiology, 2014 University of California, Berkeley Master of Arts, Biostatistics, 2013 University of California, Berkeley Master of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2008 University of California, Berkeley Bachelor of Arts, Public Health, 2006 University of California, Berkeley POSITIONS 2017-Present Lecturer, Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UC Berkeley 2014-Present Epidemiologist, Colford-Hubbard Research Group, UC Berkeley 2011-2014 Graduate Student Researcher, UC Berkeley 2011-2012 Consultant, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka 2008-2011 Health Information Systems Director, Community Partners International, Mae Sot, Thailand 2007-2008 Consultant, Fondasyon Kole Zepòl, Haiti 2006-2008 Graduate Student Researcher, California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways, UC Berkeley PUBLICATIONS 1. Benjamin-Chung J, Amin N, Ercumen A, Arnold BF, Hubbard AE, Unicomb L, et al. Spillover effects of a combined water, sanitation, and handwashing intervention in rural Bangladesh: a randomized controlled trial. 2018. American Journal of Epidemiology 187(8):1733-1744. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwy046 2. Benjamin-Chung J, Berger D, Arnold BF, Hubbard A, Luby SP, Miguel E, Colford JM. Spillover effects in epidemiology: parameters, study designs, and methodological considerations. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2018;47: 332–347. doi:10.1093/ije/dyx201 3. Benjamin-Chung J, Arnold BF, Wade TJ, Schiff K, Griffith JF, Dufour Alfred P, Weisberg SB, Colford, JM. 2017. Coliphages as indicators of gastrointestinal illness in recreational waters: a pooled analysis of six prospective coastal beach cohorts. Epidemiology 28(5):644-652. 4. Benjamin-Chung J, Sultana S, Halder AK, Ahsan MA, Arnold BF, Hubbard A, Unicomb L, Luby SP, Colford JM, Jr. Scaling up a water, sanitation, and hygiene program in rural Bangladesh: the role of program implementation. 2017. American Journal of Public Health 107(5):694-701. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303686. 5. Benjamin-Chung J, Abedin J, Berger D, Clark A, Falcao L, Jimenez V, Konagaya E, Tran D, Arnold BF, Hubbard AE, Luby SP, Miguel E, Colford JM. Spillovers effects on health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2017;46: 1251–1276. doi:10.1093/ije/dyx039 6. Benjamin-Chung J, Nazneen A, Halder AK, Haque R, Siddique A, Uddin MS, Koporc K, Arnold BF, Hubbard AE, Unicomb L, Luby SP, Colford JM. 2015. The Interaction of Deworming, Improved Sanitation, and Household Flooring with Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection in Rural Bangladesh. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9:e0004256; doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004256. 7. Ercumen A*, Benjamin-Chung J*, Arnold BF, Lin A, Hubbard AE, Stewart C, et al. Effects of water, sanitation, handwashing and nutritional interventions on soil-transmitted helminth infections in young children: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh. 2019. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 13(5):e0007323. *Equal contribution 8. Nery SV, Pickering AJ, Abate E, Asmare A, Barrett L, Benjamin-Chung J, et al. The role of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in reducing soil-transmitted helminths: interpreting the evidence and identifying next steps. 2019. Parasites & Vectors 12 (1), 273. 9. Pickering AJ, Null C, Winch PH, Mangwadu G, Arnold BF, Prendergast AJ, Njenga SM, Rahman M, Ntozini R, Benjamin-Chung J, et al. The WASH Benefits and SHINE trials: interpretation of WASH intervention effects on linear growth and diarrhoea. 2019. Lancet Global Health 7(8):e1139-e1146. 10. Lin A, Ali S, Arnold BF, Rahman MZ, Alauddin M, Grembi J, Mertens AN, Famida SL, Akther S, Hossen MS, Mutsuddi P, Shoab AK, Hussain Z, Rahman M, Unicomb L, Ashraf, Naser AM, Parvez SM, Ercumen A, Benjamin-Chung J, et al. Effects of Water, Sanitation, Handwashing, and Nutritional Interventions on Environmental Enteric Dysfunction in Young Children: A Cluster-randomized, Controlled Trial in Rural Bangladesh. Clin Infect Dis. doi:10.1093/cid/ciz291 11. Arnold B, Wade T, Benjamin-Chung J, Schiff K, Griffith JF, Dufour AP, Weisberg SB, Colford JM. Acute Gastroenteritis and Recreational Water: Highest Burden Among Young US Children. 2016. American Journal of Public Health 106:9: 1690-1697. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303279. 12. Arnold BF, Ercumen A, Benjamin-Chung J, Colford JM. Negative Controls to Detect Selection Bias and Measurement Bias in Epidemiologic Studies. Epidemiology. 2016;27(5):637-641. doi:10.1097/EDE.0000000000000504. 13. Lin A, Ercumen A, Benjamin-Chung J, Arnold BF, et al. Effects of Water, Sanitation, Handwashing, and Nutritional Interventions on Child Enteric Protozoan Infections in Rural Bangladesh: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. 2018. Clinical Infectious Diseases 67(10):1515-1522. 14. Arnold BF, Schiff KC, Ercumen A, Benjamin-Chung J, et al. Acute Illness Among Surfers After Exposure to Seawater in Dry- and Wet-Weather Conditions. 2017. Am J Epidemiology 186(7). doi:10.1093/aje/kwx019 15. Lin A, Arnold BF, Mertens AN, Lin J, Benjamin-Chung J, Ali S, et al. Effects of water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on telomere length among children in a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh. eLife. 6. doi:10.7554/eLife.29365 16. Ercumen A, Mertens A, Arnold BF, Benjamin-Chung J, Hubbard AE, et al. Effects of Single and Combined Water, Sanitation and Handwashing Interventions on Fecal Contamination in the Domestic Environment: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Bangladesh. 2018. Environ. Sci. Technol. 52(21):12078-12088. 17. Ercumen A, Pickering AJ, Kwong LH, Mertens A, Arnold BF, Benjamin-Chung J, Hubbard AE, et al. Do Sanitation Improvements Reduce Fecal Contamination of Water, Hands, Food, Soil, and Flies? Evidence from a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Bangladesh. 2018. Environ. Sci. Technol. 52(21): 12089–12097. 18. Luby SP, Rahman M, Arnold BF, Unicomb L, Ashraf S, Winch PJ, Stewart CP, Begum F, Hussain F, Benjamin-Chung J, et al. Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhoea and child growth in rural Bangladesh: a cluster randomised controlled trial. 2018. Lancet Global Health 6(3) e302-e315. DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30490-4 19. Null C, Stewart CP, Pickering AJ, Dentz HN, Arnold BF, Arnold CD, Benjamin-Chung J, et al. Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhoea and child growth in rural Kenya: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. 2018. Lancet Global Health 6(3) e316-e329. DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30005-6 20. Parmar P*, Benjamin-Chung J*, Smith L, Htoo SN, Laeng S, Lwin A, Mahn M, Maung C, Reh D, Lee T, Richards AK. Health and Human Rights in Eastern Myanmar prior to political transition: A Population-Based Assessment Using Multistaged Household Cluster Sampling. BMC International Health and Human Rights. 2014;14(1):15. *Equal contribution MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW Benjamin-Chung J, Colford JM, Mertens A, Hubbard AE, Arnold BF. Internal replication of data analyses in scientific research. Under Review 2019. Benjamin-Chung J, Pilotte N, Ercumen A, Grant JR, Maasch JRMA, Gonzalez AM, et al. Comparison of multi-parallel qPCR and Kato-Katz for detection of soil-transmitted helminth infection among children in rural Bangladesh. Under Review 2019. PREPRINTS Benjamin-Chung J, Pilotte N, Ercumen A, Grant JR, Maasch JRMA, Gonzalez AM, et al. Comparison of multi-parallel qPCR and Kato-Katz for detection of soil-transmitted helminth infection among children in rural Bangladesh. bioRxiv. 2019; 629501. doi:10.1101/629501 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 2019 Benjamin-Chung J. Spotlight on the controls: interesting real-world challenges faced with control groups and the implications for randomized controlled trials: Measuring spillover effects in the treatment and control arms in cluster-randomized trials. Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN. 2019 Benjamin-Chung J. Negotiating uncertainty: health, politics, and environment in Bangladesh. Chowdhury Center-London School of Economics Bangladesh Summit. Berkeley, CA. 2018 Benjamin-Chung J, Kennedy C, Arnold BF, et al. Impact of School-Located Influenza Vaccination on Vaccination Coverage, School Absenteeism, and Influenza Hospitalization. Infectious Disease Week Meeting. San Francisco, CA. 2017 Benjamin-Chung J, Colford JM, Mertens A, Hubbard AE, Arnold BF. Internal replication of analyses in randomized trials: rationale and best practices. Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences Annual Meeting. Berkeley, CA. 2017 Benjamin-Chung J, Amin N, Ercumen A, Arnold BF, Hubbard AE, Unicomb L, Rahman M, Luby SP, Colford JM. Spillover effects of a combined water, sanitation, and handwashing intervention in rural Bangladesh: a randomized controlled trial. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Meeting. Baltimore, MD. 2017 Benjamin-Chung J, Amin N, Ercumen A, Arnold BF, Hubbard AE, Unicomb L, Rahman M, Luby SP, Colford JM. Spillover effects of a combined water, sanitation, and handwashing intervention in rural Bangladesh: a randomized controlled trial. C oalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases Meeting. Baltimore, MD. 2014 Benjamin-Chung J, Nazneen A, Halder AK, Haque R, Siddique A, Uddin MS, Koporc K, Arnold BF, Hubbard AE, Unicomb L, Luby SP, Colford JM. The interaction of deworming, improved sanitation, and household flooring and soil-transmitted helminth infection in rural Bangladesh. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Meeting. New Orleans, LA. 2014 Benjamin-Chung J, Nazneen A, Halder AK, Haque R, Siddique A, Uddin MS, Koporc K, Arnold BF, Hubbard AE, Unicomb L, Luby SP, Colford JM. The interaction of deworming, improved sanitation, and household flooring with soil-transmitted helminth infection in rural Bangladesh. UC Berkeley-Stanford University Water and Health Symposium, Berkeley, March 5, 2014. 2013 Benjamin-Chung J, Sultana S, Halder AK, Ahsan MA, Arnold BF, Hubbard A, Unicomb L, Luby SP, Colford JM, Jr. The effect of program implementation quality on handwashing behavior: Results from a national-scale water, sanitation, and hygiene intervention in rural Bangladesh. UC Berkeley-Stanford University Water and Health Symposium, Berkeley. 2013 Benjamin-Chung J, Sultana S, Halder AK, Ahsan MA, Arnold BF, Hubbard A, Unicomb L, Luby SP, Colford JM, Jr. The effect of program implementation quality on handwashing behavior: Results from a national-scale water, sanitation, and hygiene intervention in rural Bangladesh. UNC Water and Health Conference, Chapel Hill. 2012 Benjamin-Chung J. Spillovers of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions. U C Berkeley-Stanford University Water and Health Symposium, Berkeley. RESEARCH SUPPORT 2019-2023 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (1K01AI141616) Measuring spillover effects of reactive, focal malaria elimination interventions Principal Investigator 2018-2019 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1165144) Causal Effects of Endogenous and Exogenous Risk Factors for Wasting Co-investigator (PI: van der Laan) 2011-2019 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPPGD759) Measuring the Benefits of Sanitation, Water Quality, and Handwashing Interventions for Improving Health and Development (WASH Benefits) Co-investigator (PI: Colford) 2014-2020 Flu Lab Evaluation of School-Based Influenza Vaccination Program Co-investigator (PI: Reingold) 2016-2018 Task Force for Global Health (089G) Comparison of multi-parallel real time PCR and Kato-Katz for detection of soil-transmitted helminths in rural Bangladesh Co-investigator (PI: Colford) 2014-2017 NIH/NICHD (1R21HD076216) Spillover Effects of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions on Child Health Co-investigator (PI: Colford) 2013-2015 International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (SR4/1084) The identification and measurement of externalities in impact evaluation: A Systematic Review Co-investigator (PI: Colford) TEACHING & MENTORING Division of Epidemiology, UC Berkeley 2017-19 Co-Instructor, Global Health: Undergraduate Course 2016-19 Co-Instructor, Epidemiologic Methods I (Online course) 2017-19 Co-Instructor, Epidemiologic Methods II: Part 1 (Online course) 2017-19 Co-Instructor, Epidemiologic Methods II: Part 2 (Online course) 2017-19 Guest Lecturer, Randomized Controlled Trials: Guest lecture on replication in science: controversies and methods 2014, 2016 Guest Lecturer, Epidemiologic Methods II: Guest Lectures on causal inference, spillover effects, and population and stochastic intervention models 2014-15 Biostatistics advisor to epidemiology PhD students in study design, statistical analysis, programming, and reproducible research 2012 Graduate Student Instructor, Epidemiologic Methods II 2011 Graduate Student Instructor, Impact Evaluation for Health Other Teaching 2017 Co-Instructor, Instructor in 3-day course on environmental epidemiology and field methods, China Centers for Disease Control, Beijing, China 2013 Co-Instructor, 2-day course on methods to measure health impacts of interventions, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya 2012 Co-Instructor, 3-day course on methods to measure health impacts of interventions, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2012 Instructor, 3-day course on Stata programming for systematic formatting of results tables: Instructor, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2012-13 Peer Mentor to Visiting Scholar from Building Resources Across Communities (BRAC), Uganda, Center for Effective Global Action, UC Berkeley AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS 2018 Transforming STEM Teaching Faculty Learning Program Fellow, UC Berkeley Fellows participate in a National Science Foundation-funded program to enhance UC Berkeley’s STEM faculty’s instructional practice. 2017-18 Lecturer Teaching Fellow, UC Berkeley Fellows build teaching and learning tools, templates, and resources for both their individual courses and the entire UC Berkeley campus community through a year-long program. 2014 Warren Winkelstein Epidemiology Award Annual award for outstanding contributions to the field during graduate studies, UC Berkeley. 2012 UC Global Health Institute Fellowship Fellowship to support students in the development of global health research, education and leadership skills. This award supported research on risk factors for soil-transmitted helminth infection in rural Bangladesh. 2007 UC Berkeley Public Health Alumni Association Scholarship Scholarship to support public health students in excellent academic standing at UC Berkeley. 2006-7 UC Berkeley University Fellowship Fellowship to support outstanding candidates to the UC Berkeley Masters in Public Health program. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Peer review of manuscripts American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene BMJ Open Emerging Themes in Epidemiology International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health Journal of Infectious Diseases Lancet Global Health PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases PLOS ONE Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Vaccine
