Professor Tracy Morse

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Tracy Morse is Professor of Environmental Health and Head of Strathclyde Centre for Sustainable Development, supporting the University to embed sustainable development at the heart of its activities. Having previously been based in Malawi for 20 years, she leads an interdisciplinary research team with a focus on addressing environmental health challenges in low and middle income countries. Working with a number of partners globally, she is focussed on promoting the importance of transdisciplinary research in addressing sustainable development for all, and supporting the transformational change needed to support attainment of UN SDGs. Examples of previous and current research projects: 2006 - 2016: Scotland Chikwawa Health Initiative 2015 - 2020: Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity Consortium (SHARE) 2015 - 2020: WATERSPOUTT (EH Horizon 2020) 2018 - 2022: Drivers of Antimicrobial Resistance in Uganda and Malawi (DRUM) 2021 - 2024: Sustainable Plastic Attitudes to benefit Communities and their Environments (SPACES) 2021 - 2023: Improving Hygiene in Guardian Waiting Shelters and Communities in Malawi: an intervention development and feasibility study 2022-2023: British Colonialism, Marine Sciences, and Fisheries Governance: Lessons from Lake Malawi in the Mid-Twentieth Century 2022 - 2026: NIHR Global Health Research Group on Adolescent Health and Well-Being (Malawi)

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Publications

"We can’t develop standards for a thing which doesn’t belong to us" : assessment of infrastructure, behaviours and user satisfaction of Guardian Waiting Shelters for secondary level hospitals in southern Malawi
Panulo Mindy, Lamb Jennifer, Chidziwisano Kondwani, White Blessings, Dreibelbis Robert, Morse Tracy
(2023)
https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.02.23297991
Hygiene in early childhood development centres in low-income areas of Blantyre, Malawi
Mwapasa Taonga, Chidziwisano Kondwani, Lally David, Morse Tracy
International Journal of Environmental Health Research Vol 33, pp. 751-767 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2022.2048802
Risk factors, temporal dependence, and seasonality of human ESBL-producing E. coli and K. pneumoniae colonisation in Malawi : a longitudinal model-based approach
Sammarro Melodie, Rowlingson Barry, Cocker Derek, Chidziwisano Kondwani Regson, Jacob Shevin T, Kajumbula Henry, Mugisha Lawrence, Musoke David, Lester Rebecca, Morse Tracy, Feasey Nicholas, Jewell Christopher P
Clinical Infectious Diseases Vol 77, pp. 1-8 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciad117
Investigating One Health risks for human colonisation with extended spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Malawian households : a longitudinal cohort study
Cocker Derek, Chidziwisano Kondwani, Mphasa Madalitso, Mwapasa Taonga, Lewis Joseph M, Rowlingson Barry, Sammarro Melodie, Bakali Winnie, Salifu Chifundo, Zuza Allan, Charles Mary, Mandula Tamandani, Maiden Victor, Amos Stevie, Jacob Shevin T, Kajumbula Henry, Mugisha Lawrence, Musoke David, Byrne Rachel, Edwards Thomas, Lester Rebecca, Elviss Nicola, Roberts Adam P, Singer Andrew C, Jewell Christopher, Morse Tracy, Feasey Nicholas A
The Lancet Microbe Vol 4, pp. e534-e543 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00062-9
Open defaecation by proxy : tackling the increase of disposable diapers in waste piles in informal settlements
White Hannah L, Mwapasa Taonga, Mphasa Madalitso, Kalonde Patrick Ken, Feasey Nicholas, Oliver David M, Ormsby Michael J, Morse Tracy, Chidziwisano Kondwani, Quilliam Richard S
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health Vol 250 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2023.114171
A qualitative study exploring health workers and patient caregivers' hand hygiene practices in a neonatal unit in Blantyre, Malawi : implications for controlling healthcare-associated infections
Mangochi Helen, Tolhurst Rachel, Simpson Victoria, Kawaza Kondwani, Chidziwisano Kondwani, Feasey Nicholas A, Morse Tracy, MacPherson Eleanor
Wellcome Open Research Vol 7 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17793.3

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Professional Activities

Tackling complex global challenges in the African Continent: A whole system approach
Speaker
4/11/2023
Peking University Globex Summer School 2023 - Sustainability Theory and Practice
Participant
3/7/2023
Joint UK-China Expert Symposium on Sustainable Development and Decarbonisation
Organiser
8/6/2023
Our long-term vision for international development in the post-COVID era
Organiser
2/3/2023
University Of Strathclyde (Organisational unit)
Member
10/10/2022
StrathCEKO - Strathclyde Climate Education Kick-Off: A systems thinking approach to scalable, peer-to-peer climate education
Contributor
19/9/2022

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Projects

Participation in British Academy/Students Organising for Sustainability UK SHAPE Impact Project
Bonnar, Lizann (Principal Investigator) Morse, Tracy (Co-investigator) Williams, Manuela (Co-investigator) Gallou, Eirini (Co-investigator)
Staff from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Centre for Sustainable Development participated in the British Academy/Students Organising for Sustainability UK SHAPE (Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts for People and Environment) Impact Project. The project sought to support the local community of Townhead and Ladywell to address some of their sustainability challenges. As a first activity, students worked with community leaders to engage with the wider community via an exhibition in the Village Hall on Townhead and Ladywell: Past, Present and Future.
01-Jan-2022 - 06-Jan-2024
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing
Morse, Tracy (Principal Investigator) Beattie, Tara (Co-investigator) Davidson, Jennifer (Co-investigator) Henderson, Marion (Co-investigator) Morton, Alec (Co-investigator) Quinn, Neil (Co-investigator) Sosu, Edward (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2026
British Colonialism, Marine Sciences, and Fisheries Governance: Lessons from Lake Malawi in the Mid- Twentieth Century
Wilson, David (Principal Investigator) Knapp, Charles (Co-investigator) Morse, Tracy (Co-investigator)
04-Jan-2022 - 03-Jan-2023
VIP4SD: Building Pandemic Resilience (£10K)
Perry, Marcus (Principal Investigator) Roberts, Jen (Co-investigator) Morse, Tracy (Co-investigator) Vlachakis, Christos (Research Co-investigator)
This VIP4SD project will develop methods of using Indoor Environmental Quality metrics to rapidly inform best practice for managing and designing buildings to enhance the health and wellbeing of occupants, initially by informing short- and long- term COVID-19 disaster responses.
20-Jan-2021
Improving Hygiene in Guardian Waiting Shelters and Communities in Malawi: an intervention development and feasibility study
Morse, Tracy (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2023
Sustainable Plastic Attitudes to benefit Communities and their Environments (SPACES) (GCRF)
Morse, Tracy (Principal Investigator)
04-Jan-2021 - 03-Jan-2025

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Professor Tracy Morse
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Email: tracy.thomson@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3133