Dr. Jessy Ruth Z'gambo is a public health researcher and epidemiologist in the School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She holds a PhD in Health Sciences from Hokkaido University, Japan; a Master of Science in Epidemiology from the University of Zambia; a Master of Philosophy in International Health from the University of Bergen; and a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health from the University of Zambia. She has over ten years of experience in teaching, research, and public health practice. Her research focuses on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), environmental epidemiology, and urban health, with a particular interest in how environmental and social determinants influence health outcomes in low-resource settings.