Ryan Cronk, PhD

About

Dr. Cronk is the research director for the Water Institute at UNC. He has broad research interests and expertise in water and environmental health in low-resource settings and the linkages between science, policy, and practice. He is particularly interested in advancing the science in the domains of environmental health in healthcare settings, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in non-household settings, monitoring, evaluation, and learning for WASH programs, and rural water security and supply, specifically issues related to sustainability, resiliency, and quality.

Key Publications

Fecal Contamination of Drinking-Water in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Bain, Robert, Ryan Cronk, Jim Wright, Hong Yang, Tom Slaymaker, and Jamie Bartram (2014). PLoS Medicine.

Factors influencing water system functionality in Nigeria and Tanzania: a regression and Bayesian network analysis. Cronk, Ryan, and Jamie Bartram (2017). Environmental Science & Technology.

Environmental conditions in health care facilities in low-and middle-income countries: coverage and inequalities. Cronk, Ryan, and Jamie Bartram (2018). International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health.

Seasonality, water use and community management of water systems in rural settings: Qualitative evidence from Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia. Kelly, Emma, Katherine F. Shields, Ryan Cronk, Kristen Lee, Nikki Behnke, Tori Klug, and Jamie Bartram (2018). Science of the Total Environment.

Role of cleaners in establishing and maintaining essential environmental conditions in healthcare facilities in Malawi. Elling, Hayley, Nikki Behnke, Jennifer Mmodzi Tseka, Holystone Kafanikhale, Innocent Mofolo, Irving Hoffman, Frances Reuland, Ryan McCord, and Ryan Cronk (2022). Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development.

Education