Aurélie Assunta Righetti
- Phone: +41 61 284 82 26
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- Email: aurelie.righetti@unibas.ch
- Profession: Biologist
- Position: PhD Student
- Department/Unit:
Main Topic of PhD and Supervisor
- “Aetiology, prevention and control of anaemia in West Africa” supervised by Prof. J. Utzinger
Current Research Projects
- Cross-sectional study in the demographic surveillance system (DSS) site in Taabo, Côte d’Ivoire, to define the prevalence of anaemia, malaria, helminths infection and iron deficiency in different age groups
- Longitudinal monitoring of anaemia in the above-mentioned DSS, to investigate the etiology of anaemia
- Metabonomics investigations in biofluids of anaemic patients with multiple infections
Main Interests
- Tropical Medicine, Neglected diseases, Nutrition, Gene-Environment Interaction, Sustainable Development