Amy Pickering

Amy Pickering is the Blum Center Distinguished Chair in Global Poverty and Practice, jointly appointed in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Blum Center for Developing Economies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is an Associate Professor with research interests in disease transmission, water, public health surveillance, zoonotic infectious disease, and community-acquired antimicrobial resistance. Her work focuses on using interdisciplinary tools to develop low-cost and scalable interventions to interrupt disease transmission in low-income countries. Pickering has collaborated with partners in multiple countries on research to improve human health and well-being. She has a Ph.D. in the Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources from Stanford University, an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from UC Berkeley, and a B.S. in Biological and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University.

Amy J. Pickering is a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, focusing on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions to improve global health outcomes. Her work explores the impact of WASH on diarrheal diseases, child growth, and antimicrobial resistance. She conducts field studies in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, examining the role of environmental contamination, fecal pathogens, and hygiene practices in disease transmission. Her research also addresses the intersection of public health, environmental surveillance, and One Health approaches to combat antibiotic resistance and enhance community health through improved water and sanitation infrastructure.