Online resume

Public health evaluation and evidence specialist.

Household surveys, epidemiology, monitoring and evaluation, applied statistics, and GIS to help public-health and development programmes make better decisions. Experience spanning research, fieldwork, consultancy, and collaboration with institutions in low- and middle-income countries.

Experience

2024 - February 2027

Applied Statistician

Biometris, Wageningen University & Research | Wageningen, Netherlands

Provides statistical consulting for public health and applied research teams, connecting study design, applied statistics, and complex health data to practical decisions and clear reporting for collaborators.

2020 - 2023

Epidemiologist and Statistician

Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development | Amsterdam, Netherlands

Led analyses for programme evaluations, national TB prevalence surveys, meta-analyses, and clinical trials. Worked with ministry and research partners to harmonise data and translate infectious-disease evidence for public-health decisions. Also led economic evaluation of drug-resistant TB diagnostics, including cost-effectiveness, budget impact, and healthcare resource use.

2019 - 2020

Postdoctoral Statistician, Epidemiologist, and Data Scientist

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine | New Orleans, Louisiana

Conducted malaria programme evaluations, field research, and epidemiological analyses that informed surveillance and control strategies. Provided on-site training for household-survey data collection and strengthened analytical capacity.

2015 - 2019

Research Assistant

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine | New Orleans, Louisiana

Led evaluation of reactive case detection for malaria in Zanzibar, from study design and field implementation to spatial analysis and communication with health authorities. Supported household-survey evaluations of malaria intervention coverage.

2013 - 2015

Biostatistician Consultant

Health Partners Institute for Education and Research | Minneapolis, Minnesota

Conducted power analyses, simulations, randomization schedules, data management, and final analyses for clinical trials and applied health studies.

2009 - 2010

Grant Writer

Regional Health Inc. | Rapid City, South Dakota

Researched, wrote, and submitted grant proposals for health-care initiatives, community programmes, and research support.

Education

PhD Epidemiology

Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 2015 - 2020

An Evaluation of Reactive Case Detection for Malaria in Zanzibar.

MS Biostatistics

University of Minnesota School of Public Health, 2010 - 2013

Spatial Quantification of Intra-Tumoral Heterogeneity.

BA Biology

St. Olaf College, 2005 - 2009

Selected Evaluation and Research Projects

Reactive case detection in Zanzibar

Led study design, field implementation, and epidemiological and spatial analyses of malaria reactive case detection, translating findings with health authorities into options for elimination surveillance. Compared costs with alternative malaria control strategies.

Tanzania School Net Programme

Supported questionnaire development, field-team training, data-quality monitoring, and household-survey analysis to evaluate school-based distribution of insecticide-treated nets.

Ethiopia Malaria Indicator Survey

Led design-adjusted analysis of a national household survey, including weighting, malaria prevalence, intervention coverage, and geographic differences, contributing to the official report for health authorities and partners.

Zimbabwe malaria programme assessment

Directed a mixed-methods evaluation combining routine programme data and qualitative research, with recommendations for PMI, USAID, and national malaria programme strategy.

Subclinical tuberculosis IPD meta-analysis

Led data coordination, harmonisation, and design-adjusted analysis across national TB prevalence surveys in Africa and Asia, working with ministry and research partners to produce policy-relevant evidence.

Trachoma prevention programme evaluation

Analysed pre- and post-intervention surveys from more than 3,000 households and 100 schools in Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda, translating findings into recommendations for hygiene and sanitation programmes.

BCG vaccine effectiveness IPD meta-analysis

Provided methodological guidance on study design, data harmonisation, statistical modelling, interpretation, and manuscript development for a Lancet Microbe study.

CAPRISA 094 TRIAD economic evaluation

Led economic evaluation of Xpert MTB/XDR for drug-resistant TB, assessing cost-effectiveness, budget impact, and resource use. Developed cost models comparing diagnostic and treatment pathways to inform implementation decisions.

SHIFT2HEALTH analytics support

Statistical and data science support for a multi-country study of behavioural, physiological, nutritional, and environmental contributors to obesity in shift workers.

Rift Valley fever vaccine trial modelling

Epidemiological modelling, power calculations, and trial simulations for the LARISSA consortium and hRVFV-4s vaccine evaluation strategy.

Teaching and Capacity Building

2023

Co-Instructor, Nutrition and Infectious Disease

Health Sciences Master's, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Graduate level

2021 - 2023

Lead Instructor, Introduction to Statistics

Research Master's in Global Health, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Graduate level

2020 - 2023

Co-Instructor, Intermediate Statistics and Epidemiology

Research Master's in Global Health, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Graduate level

2020 - 2023

Co-Instructor, Figure it Out, Applied Research

Research Master's in Global Health, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Graduate level

2020

Guest Lecture, Study Design in Quantitative Research

Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine | Graduate course

2019

Data Analysis and GIS Workshops

Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Programme and Tanzania National Malaria Control Programme

2017

Guest Lecture, Surveillance in Malaria Elimination

Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine | Graduate course

Selected Publications

  1. Pelzer P.T., Stuck L., et al. Effectiveness of the primary Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine against the risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis disease: an individual participant data meta-analysis. The Lancet Microbe, 2025.
  2. Stuck L., Klinkenberg E., et al. Prevalence of subclinical pulmonary tuberculosis in adults in community settings: an individual participant data meta-analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2024.
  3. Das A.M., Hetzel M.W., Yukich J.O., Stuck L., et al. Modelling the impact of interventions on imported, introduced and indigenous malaria infections in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Nature Communications, 2023.
  4. Stuck L., et al. How subclinical is subclinical tuberculosis? An analysis of national prevalence survey data from Zambia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2022.
  5. Stuck L., et al. Malaria infection prevalence and sensitivity of reactive case detection in Zanzibar. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020.
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Grants, Contracts, and Consultancies

Research support and contracts

LARISSA II: Novel Rift Valley Fever Vaccine Development

CEPI, 2024 - Present | Role: Trial feasibility modeller

TBPS-Meta: Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey Meta Analyses

Mr. Willem Bakhuys Roozeboomstichting, 2023 | Role: Principal investigator

scTB-Meta: Subclinical Tuberculosis Meta Analyses

Amsterdam Tuberculosis Center, 2021 - 2023 | Role: Principal investigator

Community-Based Malaria Surveillance in Tanzania

USAID, 2017 - 2019 | Role: Co-investigator for sub-study

MACEPA Technical and Scientific Support in Zambia

PATH / MACEPA / Gates Foundation, 2017 - 2019 | Role: Analytic and field support

VectorWorks

USAID, 2016 - 2019 | Role: Analytic and field support

Consultancies

Zimbabwe Assistance Program in Malaria Assessment

Data for Impact, 2019 - 2020 | Role: Evaluation consultant

Schistosomiasis and Helminthiasis School Survey in Guinea-Bissau

Sightsavers, 2018 | Role: Consultant

Multi-Country WASH Intervention Trial in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sightsavers, 2017 - 2018 | Role: Consultant