Astrid Thorseth
Research & Evidence Project Manager at WaterAid
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAstrid Thorseth is a Research & Evidence Project Manager at WaterAid with 10 years’ experience translating interdisciplinary public health and WASH research into practical programmes and policy influence. She has led multi-country studies and operational research from design through dissemination, blending behavioural science, ethical inclusive methods, and rigorous project management to inform global strategy. Prior roles at LSHTM involved designing hygiene behaviour-change interventions, running field trials (including malaria vector control surveillance), and supporting large-scale initiatives like the COVID-19 Hygiene Hub. Astrid’s background bridges academic rigour and hands-on humanitarian implementation—she has coordinated field teams in Ethiopia, Myanmar, Zimbabwe and Tanzania and integrated GLP-style data quality practices in challenging contexts. Known for building partnerships between NGOs, governments and researchers, she also brings technical skills in trial analysis and evidence synthesis that drive programmatic learning. Based in London, she combines scientific training in medical entomology and biomedical sciences with a pragmatic focus on actionable research for low-resource settings.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
A-Levels, Natural Sciences, 11, A-Levels, Natural Sciences, 11 at Sanctor Secondary School, Port Elizabeth South AfricaBachelor of Science (BSc), Biomedical Sciences, General, 2.1 Class Degree, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biomedical Sciences, General, 2.1 Class Degree at Middlesex UniversityMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Medical Entomology for Disease Control, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Medical Entomology for Disease Control at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of LondonA-Levels, Natural Sciences, A-Levels, Natural Sciences at Ulstein Vidaregåande Skule (Ulstein High School)
Norwegian, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Afrikaans, English
Github Skills (1)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
AstridHT/events
Aug 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:95 pushes, 2 branches in 10 months
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