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Sarah L. McKune

Associate Professor

Department of Environmental  and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions

Center for African Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

University of Florida

Research Interests

Education

Dr. McKune’s research investigates the complex, human and natural system dynamics – including hygiene, livestock ownership, climate, and social determinants - that affect human health outcomes. Though her work often focuses on child growth and nutritional outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa, she has contributed to understanding of HIV/AIDS, maternal health outcomes, Ebola, and, most recently, COVID-19.

PhD Interdisciplinary Ecology
2012 · University of Florida

MPH Global Health
2002 · Emory University

MA French and Sociology
1999 · Wofford College

Curriculum Vitae

Our Affiliations

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UF Department of Environmental & Global Health

Master of Sustainable Development Practice

UF Center for African Studies

Sahel Research Group

Postdocs, Staff, and Affiliate Faculty

Ph.D Students

Masters Students

Bachelors of Public Health Students

Featured Alumni

Selected Projects

Challenge Project

RCT testing the effect of egg consumption during pregnancy on child growth

MINERVA

Social & Institutional Determinants of Vulnerability & Resilience to Climate Hazards in the Sahel

"Un Oeuf" One Egg

Improving Nutrition in Children Under Two through Increased Egg Consumption in Burkina Faso, May 2018 - April 2019 Funding: USAID

ENHANCE

Enhancing Egg Consumption Through Women’s Empowerment in Burkina Faso, March 2019 - June 2020. Funding: USAID

IDRC funded LVIF

Advancing women’s participation in livestock vaccine value chains in Nepal, Senegal, and Uganda, 2020-2022. Funding: IDRC

CAGED Study

Campylobacter Genomics and Environmental Enteric Dysfunction. Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

EXCAM

Assessing Young Children’s Exposure to Campylobacter Infections in Rural Ethiopia / Partnership with Haramaya University

PKY COVID-19 Study

COVID-19 in school children

LSIL

Human Health, Food Safety, Diets, and Nutrition

Email:
smckune@ufl.edu

Department of Environmental  and Global Health

(352) 273-9449

Physical address:
HPNP Building, Room 4158
1225 Center Drive
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32610

Mailing address:
PO Box 100188
Gainesville, FL 32610

Center for African Studies

(352) 273-4757

Physical address:
402 Grinter Hall

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL 32610

Recent Publications

Geospatial Analysis of Multilevel Socio-environmental Factors Impacting the Campylobacter Burden Among Infants in Rural Eastern Ethiopia: A One Health Perspective.

Li, X, Chen D, Hassen J, Liang S, McKune S, Havelaar A, Blackburn J. (2024). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.03.24309853

Climate Change and Health in the Sahel: A Systematic Review. Acosta, D., Barrow, A., Mahamadou, I. S., Assuncao, V. S., Edwards, M., and McKune, S. (2024). Royal Society Open Science. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231602

Improving Nutrition Security in LMICs and the Role of Animal Source Foods.

Paro, F., Davour, R., Acosta, D., Mechlowitz, K., Tiwari, C., and McKune, S. (2024). Annual Review of Animal Biosciences. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-animal-111523-102149

The Potential Systemic Role of Diet in Dental Caries Development and Arrest.

Malin, A., Wang., Z., Khan., D., and McKune S. (2024). Nutrients.

Integrated modelling of the determinants of household food insecurity during the 2020–2021 COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda.

Semakula, H. M., Liang, S., McKune, S., Mukwaya, P. I., Mugagga, F., Nseka, D., Wasswa, H., Kayima, P., Peter, A. S., Mwendwa, P., and J. Nakato. (2024). Agriculture and Food Security. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-023-00460-2

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