Malwina (Maja) Carrion

Boston University School of Public Health

Maja Carrion is full-time lecturer at BU’s Sargent College in the department of Health Sciences and a part-time DrPH student at BU SPH. She has spent over 12 years leading and managing public health projects and research in Asia, Africa, South America, Europe, and the US. Her primary research interests are Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and their control, elimination, and eradication. She also has interests in health communication, innovative disease surveillance, and vaccine hesitancy. She teaches courses in epidemiology, global environmental health, and NTDs. Her doctoral work is focused on improving screening, awareness, and knowledge about Chagas disease in the United States.

Areas of Expertise

• Health and Medicine

Methodology

• Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR)
• Focus Groups
• Interviews
• Mixed Methods
• Qualitative Methods
• Quantitative Methods
• Randomized Control Trials (RCTs)
• Secondary Data Analysis
• Methods and Questionnaires