Bethany Caruso, PhD, MPH

Education

• PhD, Laney Graduate School, Emory University, 2015

• MPH, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 2009

• BA, Wesleyan University, 2003

Areas of interest

• Behavior and Health

• Safe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

• Evaluation

• Women’s Health

Bethany is an Assistant Professor in Global Health at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.

She is a social and behavioral scientist with over a decade of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sectoral research experience in low and middle income settings. Her research employs mixed methods approaches to understand how compromised WASH conditions impact physical and mental health, behavior, education, and empowerment, with a specific focus on girls and women throughout their life course.

Bethany’s work includes application of qualitative methods, measurement development, hierarchical modeling approaches, theory-based intervention design, and impact and process evaluation. In her work, she emphasizes translation to policy and practice through public scholarship and engagement with policy-makers. Bethany has carried out fieldwork in Kenya, India, Bangladesh, and Bolivia, and has supported research in over a dozen additional countries.

Please visit my faculty page here.

Email: bcaruso@emory.edu