Publications

Rahman M, Jahan F, Hanif S, et al. Effects of household concrete floors on maternal and child health: the CRADLE trial – a randomised controlled trial protocol. 2025. BMJ Open.

Benjamin-Chung, J. Cement flooRs AnD chiLd hEalth (CRADLE): A Randomized Trial in Rural Bangladesh; 2024. Clinical trial registration NCT05372068.

Acklin M, Graham J, Benjamin-Chung J. Healthy Homes: Stakeholder Perspectives on Housing Interventions to Reduce Environmentally Mediated Infections. 2025. PloS Global Public Health.

Anderson CE, Hernandez J, Hanif S, Owens L, Crider Y, Billington SL, Lepech M, Boehm AB, Benjamin-Chung J. Evaluating the Survival and Removal of Escherichia coli from Surfaces Made with Traditional and Sustainable Cement-Based Materials in Field-Relevant Conditions. 2025. Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Anderson CE, Hanif S, Hernandez J, Crider Y, Lepech M, Billington SL, Boehm AB, Benjamin-Chung J. Investigating Cement-Based Surfaces as a Sustainable Flooring Solution to Improve Ascaris Egg Removal and Inactivation in Low-Resource Settings. 2025. PLoS NTD.

Tabassum T, Hossain MS, Ercumen A, Benjamin-Chung J, Abedin MF, Rahman M, Jahan F, Haque M, Mahmud ZH. Isolation and characterization of cefotaxime resistant Escherichia coli from household floors in rural Bangladesh. 2024. Heliyon.

Ercumen A, Hossain MS, Tabassum T, Haque A, Rahman A, Rahman MH, Anderson C, Tazin S, Hanif S, Barratt Heitmann G, Miah MR, Yeamin A, Jahan F, Shoab AK, Mahmud ZH, Rahman M, Benjamin-Chung J. Dirt Floors and Domestic Animals Are Associated with Soilborne Exposure to Antimicrobial-Resistant E. coli in Rural Bangladeshi Households. 2025. Environmental Science & Technology.

Nguyen AT, Ratnasiri K, Barratt Heitmann G, Tazin S, Anderson CE, Hanif S, Yeamin A, Shoab AK, Shanta IS, Jahan F, Hossain MS, Mahmud ZH, Jubair M, Rahman M, Rahman M, Ercumen A, Benjamin-Chung J. Potential pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes in household environments: a study of soil floors and cow dung in rural Bangladesh. 2025. Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Hanif S, Momo J-E-T, Jahan F, Goldberg L, Herbert N, Yeamin A, et al. (2025) Flooding and elevated prenatal depression in rural Bangladesh: A mixed methods study. PLoS Glob Public Health.