Jenna Davis

Jenna Davis is professor of civil and environmental engineering and the Higgins-Magid Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University. With a background in public health, infrastructure planning, and environmental science & engineering, Davis teaches and conducts research focused on the intersections between water, health, and economic development, with an emphasis on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). She conducts field-based, partner-engaged studies to develop and test policy, program, and technology interventions, from in-line chlorination and container-based sanitation services to hygiene promotion interventions in schools and health clinics. She has led research in more than 20 countries and trained more than 3000 individuals at universities, public agencies, and non-profits in LMICs.