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Ajay K. Sethi, PhD, MHS Curriculum vitae

PERSONAL Contact information

Department of Population Health Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health 610 Walnut Street, 601 WARF Madison, WI 53726-2397 +1.608.263.1756 (office); +1.608.263.2820 (fax) [email protected] or [email protected]

Place of birth Washington, DC (USA)

EDUCATION 2003 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Program in Infectious Diseases, Department of Epidemiology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Baltimore, MD.

1995 Master of Health Science (MHS)

W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Baltimore, MD.

1992 Bachelor of Science (BS), Physiology

University of Maryland. College Park, MD. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Current Positions 2014-present Faculty Director, Master of Public Health Program, University of Wisconsin-

Madison 2012-present Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Population Health Sciences,

University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.

UW Affiliations: Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR), 2007–present Advisory, Global Health Institute (GHI), 2011–present Program Faculty, Master of Public Health Program, 2010–present Program Faculty, African Studies Program, 2009–present Affiliate, Developmental Studies Program, 2009–present Faculty, Center for Global Health (now GHI above), 2008–2011 Program faculty, Population Health Sciences Graduate Program, 2008–present 2010–present External Examiner, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala,

Uganda

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2008–2013 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Past Positions 2008–2012 Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of

Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin. 2003–2008 Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case

Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. 2000–2001 Adjunct Professor, Health Systems Management Program, Yale Gordon College

of Liberal Arts, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland. 2000–2003 Project Coordinator, Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant HIV in IDUs, ALIVE

Study, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

1998–1999 Data Analyst, Women in Group Support (WINGS), Department of

Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

1993–1994 1995–1996

General Fellow, Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology (LTCB), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

1993–1995 Phone and Outreach Counselor/Trainer, Prince George’s County Suicide

Prevention and Crisis Intervention Hotline, Lanham, Maryland. PROFESSIONAL ACTVITIES Current or past society and organization memberships

Member, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Member, Center For AIDS Research, Case Western Reserve University Member, International AIDS Society (IAS) Member, International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC)

Member, Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) Fellow, American College of Epidemiology (ACE) Member, Delta Omega Honorary Society, Public Health Alpha Chapter

Invited consultancies

2006 Population, Health and Nutrition Technical Assistance and Support Contract

Three (TASCthree), Management Sciences for Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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2008 Study design to test artemisinin-based drugs to treat HPV infection, Frantz Viral Therapeutics, LLC, Mentor, Ohio, United States.

2008 Opinion leader/expert in the prevention and treatment of Clostridium difficile

infection, Sacoor Medical Group, West Byfleet, Surrey, United Kingdom

2009 Technical Services and Support for Global HIV/AIDS Programs (ESIS), University Research Co., LLC, Bethesda, Maryland, United States.

2010 Global Fund Data Quality Audit, University Research Co., LLC, Bethesda,

Maryland, United States

2011 Improving Access to HIV care, End HIV Now, World Initiative for Science & Healthcare, San Ramon, California, United States.

2013 The Sperry Group, Sealed Air/Diversey, New Hampshire, United States.

Ad hoc review of external grant proposals 2004 AIDS Fonds Netherlands, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2008 Comprehensive Biomedical Centre New Initiative Grants, University College

London Hospitals/University College London 2009 AIDS Fonds Netherlands, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2009 Leverhulme - Royal Society Africa Award 2011 Training Health Researchers into Vocational Excellence in East Africa

(THRiVE), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and Makerere University, Uganda

Ad hoc reviewer for scientific journals Journal of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndromes Lancet Maternal and Child Health Journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Mammalian Genome Journal of Infectious Diseases International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research African Journal of Microbiology Research Cases in Public Health Communications & Marketing International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health American Journal of Infection Control PLoS ONE BMC Public Health

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BMC Infectious Diseases BMC Research Notes

Ad hoc reviewer for scientific meeting abstracts 2004, 2007–2010

Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiology Research

2008, 2010 International AIDS Society Conference 2010 Kettil Bruun Society, International Meeting on Alcohol Epidemiology and

Policy 2011 North American Congress of Epidemiology

HONORS AND AWARDS 2018 MPH Program Faculty Member of the Year, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2011 Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Barry Farr Award for the

best article submitted to Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE) in 2009. 2009 Conference Scholarship, International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

(IAPAC) 2007 Semi-finalist, John S. Diekhoff Graduate Teaching and Mentorship Award, Case

Western Reserve University 2006 Professor of the Year, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western

Reserve University 2004 Travel Award, The XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Thailand 2002 Travel Award, The XIV International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain 2002 Student Support Fund/Travel Award, Johns Hopkins University 2000 Award to participate in the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) Student

Workshop at the SER 33rd Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington 2000 Mary B. Meyer Award, Johns Hopkins University 1999 Marilyn Menkes Book Award, Johns Hopkins University 1998 Charlotte Silverman Fund, Johns Hopkins University 1998 Minority Student Support Fund, Johns Hopkins University 1998 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Johns Hopkins University 1996 Student Poster Day Certificate, National Institutes of Health 1995 Student Poster Day Certificate, National Institutes of Health 1995 Volunteer Recognition Award, Prince George’s County, Maryland

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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (includes articles submitted, accepted, or in press) Scientific articles (includes accompanying commentaries) in reverse chronological order Underlined author is a graduate/medical student or fellow/trainee mentored by Ajay Sethi (bold) 1. Eggers S, Malecki KM, Peppard P, Mares J, Shirley D, Shukla SK, Poulsen K, Gangnon R,

Duster M, Kates A, Suen G, Sethi AK, Safdar N. Wisconsin microbiome study, a cross-sectional investigation of dietary fibre, microbiome composition and antibiotic-resistant organisms: rationale and methods. BMJ Open. 2018 Mar 27;8(3):e019450.

2. Kalluru S, Eggers S, Barker A, Shirley D, Sethi AK, Sengupta S, Yeptho K, Safdar N. Risk factors for infection with multidrug-resistant organisms in Haryana, India. American Journal of Infection Control. 2018 Mar;46(3):341-345. Epub 2017 Nov 1.

3. Barker AK, Van Galen A, Sethi AK, Shirley D, Safdar N. Tobacco use as a screener for Clostridium difficile infection outcomes. Journal of Hospital Infection. 2018 Jan;98(1):36-39. Epub 2017 Jun 26.

4. Wandera B, Tumwesigye NM, Nankabirwa JI, Kambugu AD, Mafigiri DK, Kapiga S, Sethi AK. Hazardous alcohol consumption is not associated with CD4 cell count decline among PLHIV in Kampala, Uganda: a prospective cohort study. PLoS One. 2017 Jun 30;12(6):e0180015. PMID: 28665974.

5. Ray AJ, Deshpande A, Fertelli D, Sitzlar BM, Thota P, Sankar C T, Jencson AL, Cadnum JL, Salata RA, Watkins RR, Sethi AK, Carling PC, Wilson BM, Donskey CJ. A multicenter randomized trial to determine the effect of an environmental disinfection intervention on the incidence of healthcare-associated Clostridium difficile infection. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2017 May 2:1-7.

6. Musuuza J, Sethi AK, Roberts TJ, Safdar N. Analysis of multidrug resistant organisms’ susceptibility to chlorhexidine under usual clinical care. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2017; 38:729-731.

7. Musuuza J, Sethi AK, Roberts TJ, Safdar N. Implementation of daily chlorhexidine bathing

to reduce colonization by multidrug resistant organisms in a critical care unit. American Journal of Infection Control. American Journal of Infection Control. 2017 Apr 18. PMID: 28431846.

8. Paltzer J, Mullahy J, Brown RL, Moberg DP, Sethi A, Burns M, Weimer D. Substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment among Medicaid patients in Wisconsin: impacts on healthcare utilization and costs Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research. 2017 Jan;44(1):102-112. PMID 27221694.

9. Valenzuela JR, Sethi AK, Aulik NA, Poulsen KP. Antimicrobial resistance patterns of bovine Salmonella enterica isolates submitted to the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory: 2006-2015. Journal of Dairy Science. 2017 Feb;100(2):1319-1330. Epub 2016 Dec 21. PMID: 28012630.

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10. Kundrapu S, Sunkesula VC, Jury LA, Cadnum JL, Nerandzic MM, Musuuza JS, Sethi AK,

Donskey CJ. Do piperacillin/tazobactam and other antibiotics with inhibitory activity against Clostridium difficile reduce the risk for acquisition of C. difficile colonization? BMC Infectious Diseases. 2016 Apr 18;16(1):159. PMID: 27091232. PMCID: PMC4835867.

11. Wandera B, Tumwesigye NM, Nankabirwa JI, Kambugu AD, Parkes-Ratanshi R, Mafigiri

DK, Kapiga S, Sethi AK. Efficacy of a single, brief alcohol reduction intervention among men and women living with HIV/AIDS and using alcohol in Kampala, Uganda: a randomized trial. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CARE. 2016 May 23. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 27215561 PMCID: PMC5121104.

12. Vonasek BJ, Bajunirwe F, Jacobson LE, Twesigye L, Dahm J, Grant MJ, Sethi AK, Conway

JH. Do Maternal Knowledge and Attitudes towards Childhood Immunizations in Rural Uganda Correlate with Complete Childhood Vaccination? PLoS One. 2016 Feb 26;11(2):e0150131. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150131. eCollection 2016. PMID: 26918890 PMCID: PMC4769080.

13. Nash SD, Katamba A, Mafigiri DK, Mbulaiteye SM, Sethi AK. Sex-related alcohol

expectancies and high-risk sexual behavior among drinking adults in Kampala, Uganda. Global Public Health. 2016;11(4):449-62. PMID: 26315308 PMCID: PMC4767548.

14. Schulte DM, Sethi A, Gangnon R, Duster M, Maki DG, Safdar N. Risk factors for Candida

colonization and Co-colonization with multi-drug resistant organisms at admission. Antimicrobial resistance and infection control. 2015; 4:46. PMID: 26568822 PMCID: PMC4644341

15. Blakney R, Gudnadottir U, Warrack S, O'Horo JC, Anderson M, Sethi A, Schmitz M, Wang J, Duster M, Ide E, Safdar N. The relationship between patient functional status and environmental contamination by Clostridium difficile: a pilot study. Infection. 2015 Aug;43(4):483-7. PMID: 25869819. PMCID: PMC5262493.

16. Jacobson LE, Bajunirwe F, Vonasek B, Twesiege L, Grant M, Conway J, Sethi AK Characterizing the flow of health information in rural Uganda: is there a role for mobile phones? Journal of Public Health in Developing Countries. 2015;1(1):4-13.

17. Wandera B, Tumwesigye NM, Nankabirwa JI, Kambugu AD, Parkes-Ratanshi R, Mafigiri DK, Kapiga S, Sethi AK. Alcohol Consumption among HIV-Infected Persons in a Large Urban HIV Clinic in Kampala Uganda: A Constellation of Harmful Behaviors. PLoS One. 2015 May 11;10(5):e0126236. PMID: 25962171. PMCID: PMC4427399.

18. Kram JJF, Borlaug G, Safdar N, Sethi AK. Development and distribution of educational

materials for carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae among acute and long-term care facilities. Wisconsin Medical Journal. 2015;114(2): 48-51. PMID: 26756056.

19. Barker A, Sethi A, Shulkin E, Caniza R, Zerbel S, Safdar N. Patients' hand hygiene at home predicts their hand hygiene practices in the hospital. Infection Control and Hospital

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Epidemiology. 2014 May;35(5):585-8. Epub 2014 Mar 18. PMID: 24709731. PMCID: PMC4148899.

20. Brennan MB, Barocas JA, Crnich CJ, Hess TM, Kolehmainen CJ, Sosman JM, Sethi AK. "Oops! I forgot HIV": Resident physician self-audits and universal HIV screening. Journal of Infection and Public Health. 2014 Sep 29. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 25277258.

21. Linder KA, Hecker MT, Kundrapu S, Cadnum JL, Musuuza JS, Sethi AK, Donskey CJ. Evaluation of patients' skin, environmental surfaces, and urinary catheters as sources for transmission of urinary pathogens. American Journal of Infection Control. 2014 Jul;42(7):810-2. Epub 2014 May 1. PMID: 24792715.

22. Hecker MT, Fox CJ, Son AH, Cydulka RK, Siff JE, Emerman CL, Sethi AK, Muganda CP, Donskey CJ. Effect of a stewardship intervention on adherence to uncomplicated cystitis and pyelonephritis guidelines in an emergency department setting. PLoS One. 2014 Feb 3;9(2):e87899. PMID: 24498394. PMCID: PMC3912125.

23. Anderson M, Ottum A, Zerbel S, Sethi A, Safdar N. Are hospitalized patients aware of the risks and consequences of central line-associated bloodstream infections? American Journal of Infection Control. 2013 Dec;41(12):1275-7. PMID: 24119327.

24. Guerrero DM, Becker JC, Eckstein EC, Nerandzic MM, Sethi AK, Donskey CJ. Asymptomatic Carriage of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile by Hospitalized Patients. Journal of Hospital Infection 2013; 85(2):155-8. PMID: 23954113.

25. Jury LA, Sitzlar B, Kundrapu S, Cadnum JL, Summers KM, Muganda CP, Deshpande A, Sethi AK, Donskey CJ. Outpatient healthcare settings and transmission of Clostridium difficile. PLoS One. 2013 8(7):e70175. PMID: 23894609. PMCID: PMC3722238.

26. Gudnadottir U, Fritz J, Zerbel S, Bernardo A, Sethi AK, Safdar N. Reducing health care-associated infections: patients want to be engaged and learn about infection prevention. American Journal of Infection Control. 2013 Nov;41(11):955-8. PMID: 23870794.

27. Anderson M, Ottum A, Zerbel S, Sethi A, Gaines ME, Safdar N. A survey to examine patient awareness, knowledge, and perceptions regarding the risks and consequences of surgical site infections. American Journal of Infection Control. 2013; 41(12):1293-5 May 13. PMID: 23680112.

28. Kundrapu S, Jury LA, Sitzlar B, Sunkesula VC, Sethi AK, Donskey CJ. Easily modified factors contribute to delays in diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection: A cohort study and intervention. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2013;51(7):2365-70. PMID: 23678072 PMCID: PMC3697705.

29. Sunkesula VC, Kundrapu S, Muganda C, Sethi AK, Donskey CJ. Does empirical Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) therapy result in false-negative CDI diagnostic test results? Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2013 Aug;57(4):494-500. Epub 2013 May 3. PMID: 23645849.

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30. Bajunirwe F, Bangsberg DR, Sethi AK. Alcohol use and HIV serostatus of partner predict high-risk sexual behavior among patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in South Western Uganda. BMC Public Health. 2013 May 3;13(1):430. PMID: 23641795. PMCID: PMC3645971.

31. Sitzlar B, Deshpande A, Fertelli D, Kundrapu S, Sethi AK, Donskey CJ. An environmental

disinfection odyssey: evaluation of sequential interventions to improve disinfection of Clostridium difficile Isolation Rooms. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2013 May;34(5):459-65. PMID: 23571361

32. Sunkesula VC, Kundrapu S, Jury LA, Deshpande A, Sethi AK, Donskey CJ. Potential for Transmission of Spores by Patients Awaiting Laboratory Testing to Confirm Suspected Clostridium difficile Infection. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2013 Mar;34(3):306-8. PMID: 23388367

33. Ottum A, Sethi AK, Jacobs EA, Zerbel S, Gaines M, Safdar N. Do patients feel comfortable asking healthcare workers to wash their hands? Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2012 Dec;33(12):1282-4. Epub 2012 Oct 25. PMID: 23143376

34. Kundrapu S, Sunkesula VC, Jury LA, Sethi AK, Donskey CJ. Utility of Perirectal swab specimens for diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2012 Dec;55(11):1527-30. Epub 2012 Aug 21.PMID: 22911648.

35. Ottum A, Sethi AK, Jacobs E, Zerbel S, Gaines ME, Safdar N. Engaging patients in the prevention of health care-associated infections: A survey of patients' awareness, knowledge, and perceptions regarding the risks and consequences of infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile. American Journal of Infection Control. 2012; Aug 9. PMID: 22884494.

36. Sethi AK, Acher CW, Kirenga B, Mead S, Donskey CJ, Katamba A. Infection Control Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Health Care Workers at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2012 Sep;33(9):917-23. PMID: 22869266.

37. Werner NL, Hecker MT, Sethi AK, Donskey CJ. Unnecessary Use of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics in Hospitalized Patients. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2011; 11:187. PMID: 21729289.

38. Szczotka-Flynn L, Benetz BA, Lass J, Albright M, Gillespie B, Kuo J, Fonn D, Sethi A, Rimm A. The association between mucin balls and corneal infiltrative events during extended contact lens wear. Cornea 2011. 2011 May;30(5):535-42. PMID: 21173699.

39. Greer SF, Sethi AK, Hecker MT, McKinney BL, Dumford DM, Donskey CJ. Survey of patients' knowledge and opinions regarding the use of indwelling urinary catheters. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2011 Feb;32(2):174-6. PMID: 21460473.

40. Wandera B, Kamya MR, Castelnuovo B, Kiragga A, Kambugu A, Wanyama JN, Easterbrook P, Sethi AK. Sexual behaviors over a 3-year period among individuals with advanced

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HIV/AIDS receiving antiretroviral therapy in an urban HIV clinic in Kampala, Uganda. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2011 Feb 4. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 21297481. PMCID: PMC3125399.

41. Szczotka-Flynn L, Lass J, Sethi A, Debanne S, Benetz BA, Albright M, Gillespie B, Kuo J, Rimm A. Risk factors for corneal infiltrative events during continuous wear of silicone hydrogel contact lenses. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science. 2010 Nov;51(11):5421-30. Epub 2010 Jun 10. PMID: 20538985.

42. Jump RL, Riggs MM, Sethi, AK, Pultz MJ, Ellis-Reid T, Riebel W, Gerding DN, Salata RA, Donskey CJ. Multihospital outbreak of Clostridium difficile infection, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Emerging Infectious Disease 2010; 16(5): 827-829. PMID: 20409374. PMCID: PMC2953978.

43. Chang S, Sethi AK, Stiefel U, Cadnum JL, Donskey CJ. Occurrence of skin and environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus occurs before results of polymerase chain reaction at hospital admission become available. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2010; 31(6): 607-612. PMID: 20397963.

44. Sethi AK, Al-Nassir WN, Nerandzic MM, Bobulsky GS, Donskey CJ. Persistence of Skin Contamination and Environmental Shedding of Clostridium difficile during and after Treatment of C. difficile Infection. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 2009 Nov 23. [Epub ahead of print]. 2010 Jan; 31(1): 21-7. PMID: 19929371.

45. Namagembe I, Jackson LW, Zullo MD, Byamugisha JK, Frank SH, Sethi AK. Consumption

of alcoholic beverages among pregnant urban Ugandan women. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2010; 14(4):492-500. PMID: 19629663.

46. Babigumira JB, Sethi AK, Smyth KA, Singer ME. Cost-effectiveness of facility-based care, home-based care, and mobile clinics for provision of antiretroviral therapy in Uganda. Pharmacoeconomics. 2009; 27(11). 963-973. PMID: 19888795.

47. Sethi AK, Gange, SJ. Relative time as an alternative measure of association in survival analysis. Wisconsin Medical Journal. 2009; 108(5) 266-268. PMID: 19743761.

48. Chang S, Sethi AK, Eckstein BC, Stiefel U, Cadnum JL, Donskey CJ. Skin and environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in carriers identified clinically versus only through active surveillance. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2009 May 15;48(10):1423-8. PMID: 19364286.

49. Bajunirwe F, Arts EJ, Tisch DJ, King CH, Debanne SM, Sethi AK. Adherence and Treatment Response among HIV-1-Infected Adults Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in a Rural Government Hospital in Southwestern Uganda. Journal of International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care. 2009 Mar-Apr;8(2):139-47. PMID: 19258526.

50. Bajunirwe F, Tisch DJ, King CH, Arts EJ, Debanne SM, Sethi AK. Quality of life and social support among patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Western Uganda. AIDS Care. 2009 Mar;21(3):271-9. PMID: 19280404.

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51. Sethi AK, Al-Nassir WN, Nerandzic MM, Donskey CJ. Skin and environmental

contamination with vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in patients receiving oral metronidazole or oral vancomycin treatment for Clostridium difficile-associated disease. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 2009;30(1):13-7. PMID: 19046063.

52. Zabarsky T, Sethi AK, Donskey CJ. Sustained reduction in inappropriate treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in a long-term care facility through an educational intervention. American Journal Infection Control. 2008;36(7):476-80. PMID: 18786450.

53. Asiimwe S, Whalen CC, Tisch DJ, Tumwesigye E, Sethi AK. Prevalence and predictors of high-risk human papilloma virus detection in a population-based sample of women in rural Uganda. International Journal of HIV & AIDS. 2008; 19(9):605-10. PMID: 18725551.

54. Al-Nassir WN, Sethi AK, Nerandzic MM, Bobulsky GS, Jump RL, Donskey CJ. Comparison of clinical and microbiological response to treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease with metronidazole and vancomycin. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2008;47(1):56-62. PMID: 18491964.

Commentary: Kuijper EJ, Wilcox MH. Decreased effectiveness of metronidazole for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection? Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2008;47(1):63-5. PMID: 18491959.

55. Al-Nassir WN, Sethi AK, Li Y, Pultz MJ, Riggs MM, Donskey CJ. Both oral metronidazole

and oral vancomycin promote persistent overgrowth of vancomycin-resistant enterococci during treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2008 Jul;52(7):2403-6. PMID: 18443120; PMCID: PMC2443881.

56. Bobulsky GS, Al-Nassir W, Riggs MM, Sethi AK, Donskey CJ. Clostridium difficile Skin Contamination in Patients with C. difficile-Associated Disease. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008 Feb 1;46(3):447-50. PMID: 18181742.

57. Riggs M, Sethi AK, Zabarsky T, Eckstein EC, Donskey CJ. Asymptomatic Carriers are a Potential Source for Transmission of Epidemic and Non-Epidemic Clostridium difficile among Long-Term Care Facility Residents. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2007 2007 Oct 15;45(8):992-8. PMID: 17879913.

Commentary: Muto CA. Asymptomatic Clostridium difficile colonization: is this the tip of another iceberg? Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2007;45(8):999-1000. PMID: 17879914.

58. Eckstein BC, Adams DA, Eckstein EC, Sethi AK, Yadavalli G, Donskey GJ. Reduction of

Clostridium Difficile and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus contamination of environmental surfaces after an intervention to improve cleaning methods. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2007;7:61. PMID: 17584935; PMCID: PMC1906786.

59. Rodríguez BR#, Sethi AK#, Cheruvu VK, Mackay W, Bosch RJ, Kitahata M, Boswell SL, Matthews C, Bangsberg D, Martin J, Whalen CC, Sieg S, Yadavalli S, Deeks S, Lederman

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MM. Predictive value of plasma HIV RNA level on rate of CD4 T-cell decline in untreated HIV infection. JAMA. 2006;296(12):1498-506. PMID: 17003398. # - Equally contributing authors and co-supervisors of the research. Commentary: Henry WK, Tebas P, Lane HC. Explaining, predicting, and treating HIV-associated CD4 cell loss: after 25 years still a puzzle. JAMA. 2006;296(12):1523-5. PMID: 17003402.

60. Sethi AK, Celentano DD, Gange SJ, Gallant JE, Vlahov D, Farzadegan H. High-risk behavior and potential transmission of drug-resistant HIV among injection drug users. Journal of AIDS 2004; 35(5):503-10. PMID: 15021315.

61. Sethi AK, Celentano DD, Gange SJ, Moore RD, Gallant JE. Association between non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy and HIV drug resistance. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003;37(8):1112-8. PMID: 14523777.

62. Celentano DD, Galai N, Sethi AK, Shah N, Strathdee SA, Vlahov D, Gallant JE. Time to initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected injection drug users. AIDS 2001;15(13):1707-15. PMID: 11546947.

Commentary: Antela A. Access to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected injection drug users. AIDS. 2001;15(13):1727-8. PMID: 11546949.

Scientific Reviews 63. Sethi AK. Adherence and HIV Drug Resistance [reprint of reference #64 requested by

journal]. HIV Clinical Trials. 2004;5(2):112-5. PMID: 15116287.

64. Sethi AK. Adherence and HIV Drug Resistance. Hopkins HIV Report. 2004;16(1):6-8. PMID: 14989193.

Letters to the Editor 65. Bautista LE, Sethi AK. Association between Guillain-Barré syndrome and Zika virus

infection. Lancet. 2016 Jun 25;387(10038):2599-600. PMID: 27353815. Authors’ reply 66. Rodriguez B, Lederman MM, Sethi AK, Cheruvu AK, Bosch RJ, Martin J, Deeks S. JAMA.

2007;297(8):806-7 in reply to: Presenting plasma HIV RNA level and rate of CD4 T-cell decline. Gottlieb GS, Hawes SE, Nickle DC, Herbeck JT, Kiviat NB, Mullins JI, Sow PS. JAMA. 2007;297(8):805-6 PMID: 17327518; and Lima VD, Hogg RS, Montaner JS. JAMA. 2007;297(8):805. PMID: 17327517.

PRESENTATIONS Oral presentations at scientific meetings

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Underlined author is a graduate or medical student or fellow/trainee mentored or co-mentored by Ajay Sethi (in bold) * = presenting author 1. McElligott M*, Sethi A, Palta M, Bahrainian M, Crnich C. The Impact of Cross-Coverage

on Antibiotic Prescribing in Nursing Homes. Presented at the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America Spring 2016 Conference. May 18-21, 2016, Atlanta, GA. Abstract 8135.

2. Paulsen AJ, Sethi AK*, Mafigiri DK, Mbulaitye S, Katamba A. Patterns of alcohol consumption among adults in Kampala, Uganda. Kettil Brunn Society International Meeting on Alcohol Epidemiology and Policy, November 15-18, 2010, Kampala, Uganda. Abstract No. 641.

3. Sethi AK, Mafigiri DK, Mbulaitye S, Katamba A*. The association between alcohol

consumption and HIV prevalence among adults in Kampala, Uganda. Kettil Brunn Society International Meeting on Alcohol Epidemiology and Policy, November 15-18, 2010, Kampala, Uganda. Abstract No. 395.

4. Nash S, Sethi AK*. Sex-related alcohol expectancies and risky sexual behaviour amongst

drinking adults in Kampala, Uganda. Kettil Brunn Society International Meeting on Alcohol Epidemiology and Policy, November 15-18, 2010, Kampala, Uganda. Abstract No. 491.

5. Namagembe I*, Jackson LW, Zullo MD, Frank SH, Byamugish JK, Sethi AK. Consumption

of alcoholic beverages among pregnant urban Ugandan women. Kettil Brunn Society International Meeting on Alcohol Epidemiology and Policy, November 15-18, 2010, Kampala, Uganda. Abstract No. 958.

6. Sethi AK*, Bajunirwe F, Mafigiri DK, McGrath J, Eng M, Mulogo E, Cityo C, Mugyenyi P.

Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Mobile Antiretroviral Pharmacy in Rural Southwestern Uganda. 5th International Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence, May 23-24, 2010 (Miami, FL). Abstract No. 62173.

7. Werner NL*, Greer SF, Hecker MT, Sethi AK, Donskey CJ. Unnecessary use of

fluoroquinolone antibiotics in hospitalized patients. Fifth Decennial International Conference on Health-Associated Infections, March 18-22, 2010, Atlanta, GA. Abstract 665.


Distance as a barrier to adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected patients in rural Southwestern Uganda. 4th International Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence, April 5-7, 2009 (Miami, FL). Abstract No. 290.

9. Chang S*, Donskey CJ, Sethi AK, Cadnum J. Stiefel U. Rate of Nasal Colonization and Environmental Shedding Does Not Differ between Community and Healthcare-Associated Strains of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Abstract No. 261.

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10. Babigumira J*, Sethi AK, Smyth KA, Singer ME. Cost-effectiveness of programmatic models for provision of antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings. The XVII International AIDS Conference (Mexico City, Mexico): Abstract no. THAB0302.

11. Chang S*, Sethi AK, Donskey CJ, Pintchuk K, Stiefel U. “Prediction Rule for Preemptive Isolation and Rescreening of patients at Risk for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.” Society of Epidemiologic Research 2008 Meeting (Chicago, IL) in American Journal of Epidemiology 2008; 167(11):S40.

12. Sethi AK, Al-Nassir WN, Riggs MM, Donskey CJ*. Skin and Environmental Contamination

with Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci among Patients Being Treated With Oral Metronidazole versus Vancomycin for Clostridium difficile Infection. 18th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, 2008 (Orlando, FL). Abstract 356.

13. Zabarsky TF*, Sethi AK, Donskey CJ. Sustained Reduction in Inappropriate Treatment of

Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Decreased Total Antimicrobial Use in a Long-Term Care Facility through an Educational Intervention. 18th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, 2008 (Orlando, FL). Abstract 369.

14. Chang S*, Sethi AK, Eckstein BC, Stiefel U, Cadnum JL, Li Y, Donskey CJ. Patients with Unsuspected Carriage of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus are an Important Source for Transmission in Hospitals. 18th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, 2008 (Orlando, FL). Abstract 382.

15. Chang S*, Donskey CJ, Stiefel U, Cadnum JL, Sethi AK. “Skin and Environmental

Contamination by Patients with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Occurs Before Admission PCR Results Become Available.” 48th Annual ICAAC/ 46th Annual IDSA 2008 Joint Meeting (Washington, DC).

16. Al-Nassir WN*, Sethi AK, Bobulsky G, Riggs M, Donskey CJ. Metronidazole Treatment

Failure in Clostridium difficile-associated Disease is Associated with Suboptimal Microbiologic Response. 45th Annual Meeting of IDSA, October 4–7, 2007, San Diego, California.

17. Riggs MM, Zabarsky T, Eckstein EC, Sethi AK, Donskey CJ*. Potential Role of

Asymptomatic Carriers in Transmission of Epidemic and Non-Epidemic Clostridium difficile in a Long-Term Care Facility. 17th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, 2008 (Baltimore, MD. Abstract 2.

18. Sethi AK*, Celentano DD, Gallant JE, Vlahov DD. “Factors associated with discontinuation

of highly active antiretroviral therapy among injection drug users.” 5th Annual Scientific Conference by Ugandan Society of Health Scientists (Kampala, Uganda).

19. Sethi AK*, Celentano DD, Gallant JE, Vlahov DD. “Factors associated with discontinuation

of highly active antiretroviral therapy among injection drug users.” XV International AIDS Conference 2004 (Bangkok, Thailand). Abstract no. WeOrC1321.

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20. Sethi AK*, Celentano DD, Gange SJ, Moore RD, Gallant, JE. "The emergence of antiretroviral-resistance among HIV-infected individuals." 15th Annual B. Frank Polk HIV Research Symposium (2003); Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Baltimore, MD).

Poster presentations at scientific meetings (*presenting author)

21. Eggers S, Malecki K, Peppard P, Mares J, Shirley D, Shukla S, Poulsen K, Gangnon R, Suen

G, Sethi A, Safdar N. High Dietary Fiber is Associated with Reduced Prevalence of Gut Colonization by Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms. IDWeek 2017, October 4-8, 2017, San Diego, CA. Abstract 62673.

22. Sethi AK*, Muganda CP, Gangnon R, Hull S, Lundman N, Westergaard R, Van Orman S, Roberts C. Engagement in OutSmart Flu, a smartphone-based surveillance system for influenza-like illness among students on a university campus. IDWeek 2014, October 8-12, 2014, Philadelphia, PA. Abstract No. 1716.

23. Muganda CP*, Gangnon R, Hull S, Lundman N, Westergaard R, Van Orman S, Roberts C., Sethi AK. Differences in Perceived Influenza Risk in a University Student Population. IDWeek 2014, October 8-12, 2014, Philadelphia, PA. Abstract No. 1392.

24. Jacobson LE, Bajunirwe F, Vonasek B, Twesiege L, Grant M, Conway J, Sethi AK.

Characterizing the Flow of Health Information in Rural Uganda: is there a Role for Mobile Phones? Presented at Unite for Sight. Global Health & Innovation Conference, April 12-14, 2014, New Haven, CT.


Effectiveness of Mobile Antiretroviral Pharmacy and HIV care in rural Southwestern Uganda. The XIX International AIDS Conference 2012 (Washington, DC). Abstract No. A-452-0371-19043.

26. Sethi AK*, Jury LA, Nerandzic MM, Kundrapu S, Donskey CJ. Evaluation of the Use of

Groin Cultures for Detection of Asymptomatic Carriers of Clostridium difficile. 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, April 1-4, Dallas, Texas. Abstract No. 165.

27. Sitzlar BM*, Sethi AK, Jury LA, Guerrero D, Cadnum JL, Donskey CJ. Is it really clean? Evaluation of the DAZO Fluorescent Marker Method for Monitoring Environmental Cleaning. 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, April 1-4, Dallas, Texas. Abstract No. 110.

28. Sethi AK*, Chang S, Katamba AK, Kirenga B, Baluku H, Bwanga F, Joloba M, Donksey CJ. Prevalence of nasal carriage of MRSA in patients and healthcare workers at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. Fifth Decennial International Conference on Health-Associated Infections, March 18-22, 2010, Atlanta, GA. Abstract 433.

29. Acher CW, Sethi AK*, Kirenga B, Mead S, Donskey CJ, Katamba A. Infection Control Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Health Care Workers at Mulago Hospital,

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Kampala, Uganda. Fifth Decennial International Conference on Health-Associated Infections, March 18-22, 2010, Atlanta, GA. Abstract 430.

30. Greer SF*, Sethi AK, Hecker MT, Donskey CJ. A Survey of Patients' Knowledge and

Opinions Regarding Hospital Use of Indwelling Urinary Catheters. Fifth Decennial International Conference on Health-Associated Infections, March 18-22, 2010, Atlanta, GA. Abstract 328.

31. Dumford DM*, Greer SF, Sethi AK, Zabarsky TF, Hecker MT, Donskey CJ. Use and

Misuse of Indwelling Urinary Catheters at Two Cleveland, Ohio Teaching Hospitals. Fifth Decennial International Conference on Health-Associated Infections, March 18-22, 2010, Atlanta, GA. Abstract 332.

32. Wandera B*, Sethi A, Castelnuovo B, Kiragga A, Kambugu A, Kamya MR, and the IDI Cohort Study Team Sexual behaviors after initiation of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in previously abstinent HIV-1 infected adults in an urban HIV clinic in Kampala Uganda: risk for further HIV transmission 12th European AIDS Conference/EACS, November 11-14, 2009, Cologne, Germany. Abstract A-186-0083-00194.

33. Wandera B*, Sethi AK, Whalen CC, Kiragga A, Kamya MM. Sexual behavior of HIV-infected persons initiated antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Kampala, Uganda. Research ShowCASE 2009, Cleveland, Ohio. Abstract 553.

34. Mukose A*, Smyth KA, Koroukian S, Sethi AK, Ssali F, Kayiwa J. Directly observed therapy for antiretroviral therapy could be a good strategy to improve adherence in urban Uganda. 4th International Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence, April 5-7, 2009 (Miami, FL). Abstract No. 141.

35. Guerrero D, Chang S, Li Y, Lucy J, Sethi AK, Stiefel U, Donskey CJ. Presentation Title: Patients with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage are Frequently Co-Colonized with Other Healthcare-Associated Pathogens. 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Abstract No. 224.

36. Chang S*, Sethi AK, Donskey CJ, Stiefel U. “Predicting MRSA Nasal Carriage Among Inpatients in a Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center.” 19th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, 2008 (Orlando, FL).

37. Babikako HM*, Namagembe I, Zullo MD, Scott FH, Sethi AK, Jackson LW. HIV and antenatal care attendance in relation to low birth weight among women delivering at Mulago Hospital, Kampala Uganda. 2008 American Public Health Association Conference (San Diego, California).

38. Babigumira JB, Sethi AK, Smyth KA, Singer ME. Cost-effectiveness of programmatic

models for provision of antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings. 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making (October 19-22, 2008). Abstract 13HIV.

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39. Mukose A*, Smyth S, Koroukian S, Sethi AK, Ssali F. Potential factors influencing the acceptance of directly observed therapy in the delivery of antiretrovirals for the treatment of HIV in urban Uganda. The XVII International AIDS Conference 2008 (Mexico City, Mexico). Abstract no. MOPE0093.

40. Kaawa-Mafigiri D*, Katamba A, Mbulaiteye S, Sethi AK. Everyone looks beautiful in the

bar’: gender-specific perceptions and determinants of alcohol as a facilitator of HIV transmission in urban Uganda. The XVII International AIDS Conference 2008 (Mexico City, Mexico). Abstract no. TUPE0892.

41. Bajunirwe F*, Tisch DJ, Arts EJ, King C, Debanne S, Sethi AK. Sexual activity and high-

risk sexual behavior among patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in rural and urban Western Uganda. The XVII International AIDS Conference 2008 (Mexico City, Mexico). Abstract no. THPE0837.

42. Babikako HM*, Namagembe I, Zullo MD, Frank SH, Sethi AK, Jackson LW. Antenatal care

attendance in relation to low birth weight among women delivering at Mulago Hospital, Kampala Uganda. Research ShowCase, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, April 16-17, 2008. (First Prize)

43. Bajunirwe F*, Arts EJ, Tisch DJ, King CH, Debanne SM, Sethi AK. Survival, adherence to

care, and antiretoriviral treatment among HIV-infected adults in rural western Uganda. 3rd International Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence, March 17-18, 2008 (Jersey City, NJ). Abstract No. 29.

44. Franco M*, Asiimwe S, Avery AK, Sethi AK. Provider-level factors associated with HPV

vaccine delivery to low-income residents in Cleveland. 2007 Lepow Day, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (Cleveland, Ohio).

45. Bajunirwe F*, Arts E.J, Tisch DJ, Debanne SM, Sethi AK. Survival, adherence to care and

antiretroviral treatment (ART) among HIV-infected adults in rural Western Uganda. The 4th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention 2007 (Sydney, Australia). Abstract no. WEPEB049.

46. Lozada J*, Sethi AK, King C. Use of geographic information systems (GIS) analysis to

determine regional population effectiveness of HIV care in an urban U.S. clinic. The 4th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention 2007 (Sydney, Australia). Abstract no. WEPEB112.

47. Zabarsky T, Sethi AK, Donskey CJ*. An Educational Intervention to Reduce Inappropriate

Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in a Long-Term Care Facility: The Critical Role of Nursing Staff. 17th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, 2008 (Baltimore, MD. Abstract 26.

48. Asiimwe S*, Sethi AK, Tumwesigye E, Whalen C. Predictors of High-risk Human

Papilloma Virus Infection in Rural Uganda. 2007 National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) Tenth Annual Conference on Vaccine research due to take place (Baltimore, Maryland).

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49. Chang S*, Gripshover B., Kuchia M, Sethi AK. An operationalized simple adherence

assessment predicts future viral failure among patients attending an urban U.S. HIV care clinic. The XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada 2006. Abstract no. TUPE0124.

50. Chang S*, Gripshover B., Kuchia M, Rodriguez BR, Lederman MM, Sethi AK. An

operationalized simple adherence assessment predicts future viral failure among patients attending an urban U.S. HIV care clinic. 2006 Lepow Day, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

51. Sethi AK*, Mafigiri DK, Nanfuka J, Katamba A, Mbulaiteye SM. Patterns and cultural

aspects of alcohol drinking in peri-urban areas of Kampala, Uganda and its role in HIV transmission risk. XVI International AIDS Conference 2006 (Toronto, Canada). Abstract No. THPE0709.

52. Sethi AK*, Lozada JS, Whalen CC. Trends in population effectiveness in the HAART-era

in a U.S. urban HIV care clinic. The 3rd International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment, Rio de Janeiro 2005. Abstract no. MoPe15.1C11

53. Sethi AK*, Gange SJ, Celentano DD, Moore RD, Gallant, JE. Impact of current illicit drug

use on the relative time from viral suppression to rebound with clinically significant drug resistance among patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy. The XV International AIDS Conference 2004 (Bangkok, Thailand). Abstract no. WePeB5717.

54. Sethi AK*, Celentano DD, Shah NG, Gallant JE, Vlahov D, Farzadegan H. Risky behaviors

among HIV-infected injection drug users and the potential spread of drug-resistant HIV. The XIV International AIDS Conference; Barcelona, Spain 2002: Abstract no. MoPeC3378

55. Lin MK*, Sethi AK, Wu A, Strathdee SA, Celentano DD, Vlahov D. Adherence to HAART,

HIV-1 RNA level, and genotypic resistance among injection drug users in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The XIV International AIDS Conference; Barcelona, Spain 2002. Abstract no. WePeB5850.

56. Sethi AK*, Celentano DD, Strathdee SA, Moore RD, Gallant JE. "Illicit drug use, adherence, and antiretroviral resistance in HIV infected persons." Society of Epidemiologic Research 2002 Meeting (Palm Desert, CA).

57. Sethi AK*, Abimiku A, Franchini G, Tartaglia J, Paoletti E, Gallo RC. “Monitoring virus

suppression in vaccinated Rhesus macaques.” 1995 National Institutes of Health Student Poster Day (Bethesda, MD).

58. Sethi AK*, Colombini S, Samaniego P, Zon G, Gallo RC, Ensoli B. “An in vitro model to

demonstrate blockage of Kaposi’s sarcoma spindle cell morphongensis using antisense basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF).” 1994 National Institutes of Health Student Poster Day (Bethesda, MD).

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59. Colombini S*, Gendelman R, Sethi AK, Gallo RC, Ensoli B. “HIV tat protein activates type IV collagenase expression in normal human endothelial cells and synergizes with basic fibroblastic growth factor (bFGF) in this effect.” 1994 Meeting of the Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology (Bethesda, MD). AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 10(Sup 3):S139. 1994

60. Browning PJ*, Roberts DD, Zabrenetzky V, Bryant J, Kaplan M, Sethi AK, Washington RH,

Panet A, Gallo RC, Vogel T. “Apolipoprotein E (ApoE), a novel heparin-binding protein inhibits the development of Kaposi’s sarcoma-like lesions in BALB/c Nu /Nu mice.” 1994 Meeting of the Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology (Bethesda, MD). AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 10(Sup 3):S77. 1994.

Invited Seminars and workshops 2019 A Practical Approach to Project Management for Graduate Students (faculty panel)

University of Wisconsin-Madison Pyle Center, Madison, WI 2016 Opportunities to Prevent Clostridium difficile Transmission in Healthcare Settings.

Scientific Seminar Series. Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI. 2015 OutSmart Flu: Smart Phone-based Influenza-like Illness Surveillance at UW-Madison.

Population Health Sciences Research Seminar, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.

2013 Real-Time Surveillance of Maternal and Child Health: A Cue to Action for Local

Health Decision Makers in Rural Uganda. 9th Annual Global Health Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.

2012 Effectiveness of Mobile Antiretroviral Pharmacy and HIV Care in Rural Uganda.

8th Annual Global Health Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.

2011 Effectiveness of a Mobile Antiretroviral Pharmacy in Rural Southwestern Uganda.

Health and Mortality Working Group, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. 2011 Introduction to Epidemiology Study Design and Analysis, May 12-14, 2011, Center for

Social Science Research on AIDS (CeSSRA), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda 2010 Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Mobile Antiretroviral Pharmacy in Rural

Southwestern Uganda. Infectious Disease Grand Rounds, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.

2010 Addressing HIV/AIDS in Uganda: An Organic Approach. Keynote Speaker, Sixth

Annual Global Health Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. 2009 Comparing the Ugandan and U.S. Response to and Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS. AIDS

Week, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.

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2009 HIV/AIDS in Women. World AIDS Day, Student Global AIDS Campaign, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.

2009 Links between Alcohol and HIV in Urban Kampala, Uganda. Continuing Medical

Education Seminar, Case Western Reserve University-Makerere University Collaboration, Tuberculosis Research Unit, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.

2009 Distance as a barrier to adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected

patients in rural Southwestern Uganda. Continuing Medical Education Seminar, Case Western Reserve University-Makerere University Collobaration, Tuberculosis Research Unit, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.

2008 Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Progress and Promises.

AIDS Week, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. 2008 Past and Ongoing HIV/AIDS Research in Uganda. Wisconsin Department of Health

Services, Madison, WI. 2008 Understand links between alcohol and HIV. Center for Social Science Research on

AIDS, Faculty of Social Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. 2008 Screening for Alcohol Consumption in Pregnant Ugandan Women. Department of

Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research Seminar Series, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

2008 Substance Use, Antiretroviral Adherence, and HIV. Department of Epidemiology,

Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA. 2007 Substance Use, Antiretroviral Adherence, and HIV. Department of Population Health

Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. 2007 The Changing Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS. Continuing education seminar. Ohio

Optometric Association East-West Eye Conference; October 3-5, 2007, Cleveland, Ohio.

2007 Popcorn Worker’s Lung. Division of Epidemiology Journal Club, Case Western

Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. 2006 Survival Analysis: Relative time or Relative Hazard? Division of Epidemiology Journal

Club, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. 2006 HIV/AIDS in Uganda (panel member). Masters of Public Health Program Seminar

Series, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH. 2006 Culture and Patterns of Alcohol Consumption in Kampala, Uganda. Continuing

Medical Education Seminar, Case Western Reserve University-Makerere University Collobaration, Tuberculosis Research Unit, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.

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2006 Alcohol Consumption in Uganda. Joint Working Group Meeting (Center of Modern Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, Center for AIDS Research International Working Group, Tuberculosis Research Center, AIDS International Training and Research Programs), Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.

2006 Alcohol Consumption in Uganda. Joint Working Group Meeting (Center of Modern

Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, Center for AIDS Research International Working Group, Tuberculosis Research Center, AIDS International Training and Research Programs), Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.

2006 Panel Member for The Future of the Epidemic. AIDS Week of Action, Case Western

Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH. 2006 HIV/AIDS in the United States. International Visiting Leaders of the Cleveland Council

on World Affairs, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.

2006 Strategies for Modeling Epidemiologic Data, Division of Epidemiology Journal Club,

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. 2006 Alcohol consumption in Uganda: potential for HIV and TB transmission

World Health Interest Group, Center for Global Health, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.

2005 Survival Analysis: Relative time or Relative Hazard? Division of Epidemiology Journal

Club, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. 2005 From Raw to Summarized Data: Logic and Programming Tips. Department of

Epidemiology and Biostatistics Student Organization Seminar, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

2005 Temporal trends in rates of viral suppression and viral rebound in the HAART-era in a

US urban HIV care clinic. Center for AIDS Research, Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH.

2005 Alcohol Use in Uganda. Makerere University-Case Western Reserve University

Research Seminar Series, Tuberculosis Research Unit, Kampala, Uganda. 2005 Alcohol Consumption in Uganda. Joint Working Group Meeting (Center of Modern

Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, Center for AIDS Research International Working Group, Tuberculosis Research Center, AIDS International Training and Research Programs), Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.

2005 HAART Access, Utilization, and adherence among HIV-Infected Substance Users in

Baltimore, Maryland. Health Services Research Seminar Series, Center for Health Care Research & Policy, Case Western Reserve University/Metrohealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.

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2004 Assessing alcohol use in Uganda: Proposed methods for a future study. AIDS Seminar Series, Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH.

2004 The Emergence and Potential Transmission of Antiretroviral Resistance among HIV-

infected Individuals. Infectious Disease Fellow Didactic Lecture Series, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.

2004 Revising scientific manuscripts. Writing Workshop of the 5th Annual Scientific

Conference by Ugandan Society of Health Scientists, Kampala, Uganda. 2004 Time from viral suppression to rebound with HIV drug resistance among patients

receiving HAART: Application of parametric survival analysis. Joint Working Group Meeting (Center of Modern Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, Center for AIDS Research International Working Group, Tuberculosis Research Center, AIDS International Training and Research Programs), Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.


infected Individuals. Department of Epidemiology Research Seminar Series, Tulane University School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, New Orleans, LA.


infected Individuals. Joint Working Group Meeting (Center of Modern Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, Center for AIDS Research International Working Group, Tuberculosis Research Center, AIDS International Training and Research Programs), Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.

2002 The roles of illicit drug use and adherence in the emergence of drug-resistant HIV

General Clinical Research Center Noontime Lecture Series, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.

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RESEARCH GRANTS Active Sethi (PI) 7/1/2017-6/30/2019 Microbiome Initiative, Office of the Chancellor and the Office of the $250,000 Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education Establishment of a Population-based Microbiome Research Core in the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin ThePopulation-basedMicrobiomeResearchCore(PMRC)willexpandamicrobiomespecimenbankandprovidetheUWresearchcommunityexpertiseandresourcestocarryoutmicrobiomeresearchintheSHOWpopulation.Role:PISafdar (PI) 7/1/2017-6/30/2019 Microbiome Initiative, Office of the Chancellor and the Office of the $250,000 Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education Examining the Potential of the Microbiome in Children to Reduce Antibiotic Resistance: the EPIC Study Role:Co-IRuegg (PD) 4/1/2017-3/30/2021 1.0 calendar-month USDA/NIFA $1,200,000 Mitigating transmission of antimicrobial resistance on large dairy farms by reducing behavioral pathways of exposure. The goal of this study is to identify and reduce behavioral risk factors that facilitate transmission of antimicrobial resistant bacteria from dairy cattle to farm workers. Role: Co-PD (Aim 3) Safdar (PI) 4/1/2016-3/31/2019 1.44 calendar-months Wisconsin Partnership Program $498,561 This goal of this study is to determine the relationship between diet, microbiome, and colonization with multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) among a statewide sample of Wisconsin residents. Role: Co-PI Peppard (PI) 03/01/2015-02/28/2018 0.24 calendar-months Partnership Education and Research Committee Survey of Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) The SHOW will lead to improvements in the health of the citizens of Wisconsin by providing the means for new insights into the frequency of and risk factors for health outcomes affecting Wisconsin residents. Role: Co-Investigator/SHOW Scientist

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Pending McMahaon (PI) UW2020 $350,000 Building a Microbiome Informatics Resource at UW-Madison This proposal seeks funding to acquire state of the art servers to establish computational infrastructure necessary to support the UW–Madison microbiome researchers. Role: Co-PI Completed 2017-2018 Increasing Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Immunization Rates Among Adults

Funding source: Wisconsin Immunization Program/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Total Direct Costs: $74,169 Role: PI of sub-contract to UW-Madison

2015-2018 National Center for Patient Safety - Human factor Engineering to prevent

Resistant Organisms: the HERO Center Funding source: Department of Veterans Affairs Role: Co-Investigator

2017-2018 Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance through a Global Perspective

UW-Madison Global Health Institute Seed Grant Total Direct Costs: $50,000 Role: Co-investigator (PI: Safdar)

2011-2015 An environmental disinfection intervention to control Clostridium difficile

Funding Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (R18HS020004) Total Direct Costs: $1,083,477 Role: Co-investigator (PI: Donskey)

2011-2014 Mobile Phone-Disseminated Health Information

Funding Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Initiative Total Direct Costs: $45,000 Role: Co-PI (Co-PIs: Grant and Conway)

2008-2013 Development, Implementation and Evaluation of Novel Strategies to Reduce

Inappropriate Antibiotic Use Funding source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (R01CI000614) Total Direct Costs: $652,935 Role: Co-PI (PI: Donskey)

2012-2013 The Feasibility, Validity, and Efficacy of Smartphone-captured Influenza-related

Health Information in a University Student Population Funding Source: Robert Wood Johnson (Dissertation award for doctoral student Christine Muganda) Total Direct Costs: $6,000

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Role: Mentor 2007-2013 Center for Social Science Research on AIDS (CeSSRA)

Funding source: National Institutes of Child Health and Development, National Institutes of Health (R24HD056917) Total Direct Costs: $1,719,186 Role: Co-investigator (PI: McGrath)

2010-2011 Knowledge and Attitudes about Vaccines among Wisconsin Healthcare Workers.

Funding Source: University of Wisconsin Institute of Clinical and Translational Research (UW-ICTR) Type II Pilot Award, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health (3UL1RR025011) Total Direct Costs: $49,985 Role: PI

2007-2010 Mobile ARV pharmacy at TREAT sites in rural Uganda

Funding source: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; 2007 Operations Research on AIDS Care and Treatment in Africa (ORACTA) Award (2007012) Total Direct Costs: $200,000 Role: PI

2009-2012 OutbreakNet Support for the Surveillance, Investigation and Reporting of

Foodborne Enteric Disease Outbreaks Principal Investigator: Richard Heffernan, MPH Funding Source: National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control Total Direct Costs: $1,007,135 Role: Co-investigator

2007-2010 Asymptomatic carriage of and transmission of Clostridium difficile in healthcare

settings Funding Source: Veterans Administration Merit Award Total Direct Costs: $450,000 Role: Co-investigator (PI: Donskey)

2007-2008 Effects of drug resistance mutations on HIV replicative fitness

Funding source: National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health (R21AI071747) Total Direct Costs: $200,000 Role: Co-investigator (Quinones-Mateu)

2005-2008 Population-based study of alcohol, HIV, & TB in Uganda

Funding source: National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health (R03AA015488) Total Direct Costs: $100,000 Role: PI

2005-2008 Development of Simple Tools to Assess ART Adherence in Uganda

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Funding Source: Center for AIDS Research Developmental Award, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health (P30AI036219; PI: Lederman) Total Direct Costs: $25,000 Role: PI

2004-2008 Center for AIDS Research

Funding Source: National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health (P30AI036219) Role: Co-investigator (PI: Lederman)

2004-2008 Uganda HIV/TB COHRE Training Program

Funding source: Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health (TW0069) Role: Training faculty (PI: Whalen)

2003-2008 AIDS International Training and Research Program

Principal Investigator: Christopher C. Whalen, MD, MS Funding source: Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health (TW00011)

TEACHING Active teaching grants 2017 Education Innovation Small Grant ($5,000)

UW-Madison Received grant to develop a new course, “Conspiracies in Public Health,” as a Phase 3 Public Health Selective for the ForWard medical curriculum to be offered for the first time in Fall 2017. The course will be an interprofessional education class and offered to medical, public health, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, and genetic counseling program students.

Completed teaching grants 2015 Proposal to blend PHS 797 Introduction to Epidemiology

UW-Madison Institute of Clinical and Translational Research ICTR supported 1.2 calendar-months of my salary to redesign PHS 797 so that it could be more accessible to students of the Clinical Investigation Graduate and Certificate Program.

Classroom University of Wisconsin-Madison Course Instructor PHS 904 Special Topics in Epidemiology: Infectious Diseases (2 credits;

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2008) PHS 904-006 Special Topics in Epidemiology: HIV/AIDS (1 credit; 2009–

2013) PHS 801 Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3 credits; 2010–2018) PHS 820 Graduate Research Seminar (1 credit; 2010, 2013, 2016) PHS 640-003 Foundations in Global Health Practice (1 credit; 2014–2015) PHS 713 Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS (1 credit; 2014–2018) PHS 797 Introduction to Epidemiology (3 credits; 2014–2018) PHS 721 Conspiracies in Public Health (2 credits; 2017-2018) Resident Director PHS 650 Health and Disease in Uganda Field Course, International

Academic Programs (2011) Lab instructor PHS 717 Principles of Population Medicine & Epidemiology (2008–2013) Mentor PHS 699 Independent Reading (2010: 1 student; 2011: 1 student; 2013: 2

students; 2015: 3 students) PHS 990 Research (2009–2015; 2018) BIOL 152 (2012: 2 students) LS 250 Undergraduate Research Scholar (2013: 1 student; 2014: 1 student) Lecturer AS 277 Africa: An Introductory Survey (2012-2013) NutriSci 203 Introduction to Global Health (2013-2018) PHS 797 Introduction to Epidemiology (2008–2013) PHS 650 Health and Disease in Uganda (2009) PHS 717 Principles of Population Medicine and Epidemiology (2009) PHS 375 Introduction to Public Health (2009–2010) PHS 471 Introduction to Environmental Health (2009–2019) PBS 210 HIV: Sex, Society and Science (2009–2010) PA 610 Clinical Prevention & Community Health I (2010-2015; 2017-

2019) PHS 802 Advanced Epidemiology, Etiology, and Prevention (2010-2014) PHS 806 Practice of Epidemiology (2015-2019) PHS 644 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Global Health and Disease

(2011-2013; 2017-2019) PHS 370 (PHS 650) Introduction to Global Public Health (2011-2014;

2017; 2019) N817 Research in Communities, Populations, and Systems (2011) Body in Balance; ForWard medical curriculum (2016) Enduring Learning Objects (ELOs)

Body in Balance; ForWard medical curriculum – 2 ELOs (2016-2019)

Discussant PHS 781 Introduction to Public Health Seminar (2010, 2013) Case Western Reserve University Instructor EPBI 492 Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies (2005–2007)

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EPBI 492 Epidemiology: Statistical Methods (2004) EPBI 494 Infectious Disease Epidemiology, HIV/AIDS Module (2004–

2008) Lecturer MBIO 521 HIV & AIDS Research and Care (2004, 2005) EPBI 450 Clinical Trials and Intervention Studies (2005) BETH 508 Research Design in Bioethics II (2005) ANTR 323/423 AIDS: Epidemiology, Biology, and Culture (2005, 2008) EPBI 490 Epidemiology: Introduction on Theory/Methods (2006) Small group leader EPBI 490 Epidemiology: Introduction on Theory/Methods (2004–2007) University of Baltimore Instructor HSMG 374 Epidemiology (2000, 2001) Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Guest Lecturer 340.646 Public Health Impact of HIV/AIDS (1999–2002)

300.750 Teaching at the University Level (1999) 340.703 Teaching Epidemiology (2000)

Lab Instructor 340.601 Principles of Epidemiology (1998) Exam Writer 340.601 Principles of Epidemiology (1999, 2000) Teaching Assistant 340.601 Principles of Epidemiology (1997, 1999)

340.717 Health Survey Research Methods (1997) 340.602 Intermediate Epidemiology (1997) 340.603 Cohort Studies (1998–1999) 550.691, 550.692, 550.693 Quantitative Methods (2000)

PhD Committee Chair University of Wisconsin-Madison Year Name Title or topic 2021 Dong Oh (Epidemiology) TBD 2019 Karli Hochstatter (Population

Health) Hepatitis C

2017 Anna Barker (Epidemiology) Mathematical model for C diff transmission in

healthcare settings 2014 Christine Muganda

(Population Health) Smartphone surveillance of influenza-like-illness among UW-Madison undergraduate students.

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Case Western Reserve University 2009 Shelley Chang (MD candidate)

(Epidemiology) Predicting MRSA Carriage and Dissemination in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center

2007 Francis Bajunirwe

(Epidemiology) Adherence, Response to Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment Therapy (HAART) and Predicting the Impact of Large Scale HAART Programs on the Prevalence of Drug-resistant HIV-1 in Uganda.

2007 Ruth Ann Marrie

(Epidemiology) The influence of comorbid diseases and health behaviors on health status in multiple sclerosis.

MS Committee Chair University of Wisconsin-Madison Year Name Title or topic 2019 Joanna Reale (Epidemiology) CD4:CD8 Ratio as a marker of HIV disease

progression 2015 Rebekah Blakney

(Population Health) Vignettes to understand provider treatment decision for Clostridium difficile

2015 Miranda McElligott

(Epidemiology) Antibiotic stewardship in long-term care facilities

2014

Michelle Raymond (Population Health)

Distance to HIV care and viral load in Wisconsin

2014 Alyssa Bernardo

(Population Health) Gender and Clostridium difficile-associated disease outcomes

2014 Danielle Schulte

(Population Health) Factors associated with candida infection and acquisition among hospitalized patients

2014 Jackson Musuuza

(Population Health) Implementation of hospital wide chlorhexidine bathing to reduce healthcare-associated infections: assessment of resistance and adverse events

2009 Adam Paulsen

(Population Health) Epidemiology of alcohol consumption among adults in Kampala, Uganda.

2009 Samantha Bromfield

(Population Health) Psychosocial correlates of HIV infection among pregnant women in Kampala, Uganda.

Case Western Reserve University

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2009 Bonnie Wandera

(Epidemiology) Sexual behavior of HIV-infected patients after receiving antiretroviral therapy in an urban HIV clinic in Uganda

2007 Carrissa Lucas

(Epidemiology) Helicopter transport in acute ischemic stroke: Evaluation of in-flight management and association between inter-hospital transport and 30-day mortality in patients with ischemic stroke.

2006 José Lozada

(Epidemiology) Temporal Trends of Intermediate Events as a Measure of Population Effectiveness of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in a U.S. Urban HIV Clinic, 1997-2004.

MPH Capstone Chair University of Wisconsin-Madison Year Name Title or topic 2019 (est)

Ethan Andre (DVM student) Tick borne disease in Wisconsin

2019 (est)

Lynn Roberts, DVM Food-borne illness

2019 (est)

Ryan Rohde HIV/AIDS

2019 (est)

Quinton Taylor HIV/AIDS

2017 Jacob Wolf (DVM student) Educating children about vector borne disease 2017 Monica Bianchini (PharmD

student) C. difficile interventions in South Africa

2017 Cara Canon Risk of Clostridium difficile infection in patients

colonized with toxigenic C. difficile 2017 Megan Meller Quality of life of patients in contact precautions

isolation 2016 Wes Robertson Foodborne outbreaks in Wisconsin 2016 Warren Rose, PharmD Mupirocin resistance in MRSA 2015 Kelli Verhoeven Social determinants of antibiotic misuse in rural

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India 2015 Christopher Wagner Tuberculosis control 2015 Janice Valenzuela, DVM Antimicrobial Resistance patterns in bovine

Salmonella enterica from the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory: 2006 to 2015

2014 Jessica Frosch Development and Distribution of Educational

Materials for the Prevention of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae among acute and long-term care facilities

2014 Megan Riley Trends and Racial Disparities in Hospitalizations

with HIV in Wisconsin in the post-HAART Era 2013 Laura Jacobson Mobile phone-based collection and dissemination of

health information 2013 Charity Mulenga, MBChB Comparison of tuberculosis risk factors between

foreign-born persons and U.S.-born persons in Wisconsin

2013 Sarah Koske, DVM O157 and Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing

Escherichia coli Infection in Wisconsin, 2008-2012: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and the Importance of Shiga Toxin Screening by Clinical Laboratories

2012 Alex Hartzman (MPA student) Developing a closed point of dispensing plan for

UW-Madison in the event of a weaponized anthrax attack

2012 Katelyn Klein Improving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus

aureus infection control strategies: Identifying high-risk patients for pre-emptive contact isolation in Middleton VA Hospital

2011 Andrew Otum A survey of patients’ awareness, knowledge, and

perceptions regarding the risks and consequences of infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile

2011 Randy Raasch, DVM Developing an orientation program for the City of

Milwaukee Health Department 2011 Elizabeth George Data validation for healthcare-associated infections

in Wisconsin hospitals

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2011 Justin Kohl Descriptive epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection among hospitalized Wisconsin residents, 1993-2009

2010 Ryan Joerres Predictors of the diagnosis and antibiotic prescribing

in patients presenting with acute respiratory infections

Case Western Reserve University 2007 Imelda Namagembe, MBChB,

MMed Alcohol use and psychosocial factors among HIV-infected and uninfected pregnant women at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) University of Wisconsin-Madison Year Name Title or topic 2014 Elizabeth Lucht

Efficacy of Peer Delivered HIV Treatment Services in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review.

PhD Committee Member University of Wisconsin-Madison Year Name Title or topic 2020 (est)

Ellie Holzehausen Human microbiome

2019 (est)

Sitong Guo Sleep and metabolic syndrome

2014 Jason Paltzer

(Population Health Sciences) Alcohol screening and brief intervention among Medicaid patients in Wisconsin

2013 Christopher Crnich, MD

(Population Health Sciences) MRSA transmission in long-term care facilities

2012 Stacy Walz

(Population Health Sciences) Pending Microbiology Cultures at Hospital Discharge and the Impact on Patient Outcomes

2012 Christine Kithinji

(Counseling Psychology) Mental health issues of women living with HIV/AIDS: A study of HIV-seropositive womens’ experiences in Kenya

Makerere University School of Medicine

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2016 Bonnie Wandera, MBChB

(Epidemiology) Alcohol consumption and alcohol reduction intervention on HIV transmission risk acts among HIV-infected persons

Case Western Reserve University 2009 Loretta Szczotka-Flynn, O.D.

(Epidemiology) Longitudinal Analysis of Silicone Hydrogel (LASH) Contact Lens Study.

2008 Noah Kiwanuka, MBChB

(Epidemiology) Effect of HIV-1 Subtypes on HIV Transmission, Disease Progression, and Response to Antiretroviral Therapy in a Rural Ugandan Population.

2005 Harriet Kayanja, MBChB

(Epidemiology) Short course Zidovudine and Nevirapine for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Uganda.

MS Committee Member University of Wisconsin-Madison Year Name Title or topic 2019 Nathan Teachout (Population

Health) Age, period, cohort effects

2009 Robert Albury

(Population Health) Development of environmental model to improve the reliability of fecal indicator bacteria in predicting the occurrence of illness at coastal marine beach, a south Florida case study.

Case Western Reserve University 2008 Aggrey Mukose, MBChB

(Health Services Research) Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Directly Observed Therapy in the Delivery of Anti-Retroviral Drugs for the treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Urban Uganda.

2006 Joseph Babigumira, MBChB

(Health Services Research) Programmatic models to provide HAART to people living with AIDS in rural Uganda: a cost-effectiveness analysis.

2006 Stephen Asiimwe, MBChB

(Epidemiology) Predictors of High-risk Human Papilloma Virus Infection in Rural Uganda.

2005 Yuan Gao

(Epidemiology) Assessing the correlations between the microbiological factors and the patient responses to the short term chemotherapy of pulmonary

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tuberculosis. 2005 Bryan Kapella, MD

(Clinical Investigation) The utility of gram stains and cultures of endocervical swabs in the era of DNA amplification technology.

2005 Daphne Kyomuhendo, MBChB (Epidemiology)

Immune activation and weight change among HIV-infected patients presenting with pulmonary tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda.

2004 Henry Luzze, MBChB

(Epidemiology) Acquired drug resistance to first line anti-tuberculosis drugs in Kampala, Uganda.

MPH Capstone Member University of Wisconsin-Madison Year Name Title 2018 Phuoc pham CD4:CD8 ratio 2018 Mitch Arnold Influenza surveillance 2016 Nick Florek Influenza vaccination 2015 Karli Hochstatter Linkage to care for hepatitis C among people who

inject drugs 2015 Masami Glines Geospatial and temporal changes in Wisconsin

bovine Salmonella enterica isolates between 2006 and 2014

2015 Amanda Thoma Evaluating a Public Health Surveillance System 2011 Allen Bateman Effectiveness of 2009 A(H1N1) pandemic and 2010-

11 seasonal influenza vaccines in preventing influenza infection in Wisconsin during the 2010-11 season

2011 Amanda Tucker West Nile virus surveillance potentially affected by

novel flavivirus in Ochlerotatus trivittatus Case Western Reserve University 2008 Harriet Babikako Low Birth Weight and its Association with Routine

Antenatal Care Attendance and HIV Status in Kampala, Uganda

2005 Michael Yunes Hospitalization trends and adherence to care in the

Cleveland area HIV-infected African American

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population of men who have sex with men. External Examiner Makerere University School of Public Health Year Degree Name Title 2014 MSPH Christine Munduru Assessment of the implementation of maternal death

audits in Arua District, Uganda 2014 MPH Edgar Gatete Knowledge and practices of secondary school

students towards prevention of teenage pregnancies in Kabarole District, Western Uganda

2013 MPH Rose Kisa Utilization of sexually transmitted infection services

by male partners of antenatal care attendees in Jinja District-A case control study

2013 MPH George Aluzimbi Alcohol use among people living with HIV in rural

Uganda 2013 MPH Agnes Nyabigambo Determinants of HIV transition clinic utilization by

adults at the Infections Diseases Institutes, Kampala 2011 MPH Mary Nsereko Acceptability of male infant medical circumcision as

an HIV prevention strategy in Kampala 2011 MPH Christine Nassozi

Lukooto A study to find factors affecting women’s views of men’s involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programmes in Entebbe municipality

2011 MPH Vincent Mubangizi Comparison of malaria-related morbidity before and

after indoor residual spraying in Kanungu District, Uganda

Mentorship provided to medical students University of Wisconsin-Madison Period Name Nature of training 2015-present Athavi

Jeevananthan Preparing proposal for Shapiro Summer Program and Bose Scholars Program to carry out research on antibiotic seeking behavior among patients seeking healthcare in Gurgaon, India.

2015-2016 Danica Rockney Research Mentor for PHS 917 Public Health Field

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Experience (Path of Distinction); analyzed data and wrote a manuscript (to be submitted).

2014 James Dahm Shapiro Summer Research Program – research experience

analyzing global health data. 2013 Anna Barker Summer rotation learning about data analysis using

STATA 2012-2016 Bryan Vonasek Shapiro Summer Research Program – research experience

in Uganda (2013) 2010–2011 Jenna Ingersoll Clinical experience in rural Uganda; Wisconsin Academy

for Rural Medicine 2010 Ifunanya Ejebe Summer rotation learning about epidemiologic methods 2009 Charles Acher Shapiro Summer Research Program – research experience

in Uganda Case Western Reserve University 2008–2011 Nicole Werner Co-mentored on research projects 2007–2010 Melissa Latigo

(MD/PhD student) Faculty mentor for summer research (2007) Eva Pancoast Memorial Fellowship recipient (2007) Arnold Gold Service Fellowship recipient (2007) Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid or Research recipient (2008)

2005–2009 Shelley Chang

(MD/PhD student) Faculty mentor for summer research (2008) Crile Fellowship recipient (2005) Lepow Day award winner (2006)

2006–2007 Marleny Franco Lepow Day award winner (2007)

Satcher Fellowship recipient (2007) Faculty mentor for summer research (2006)

2005 Constance Lui

(MD/PhD student) Mentored summer research experience in Uganda

Academic advising University of Wisconsin-Madison Period Degree Student 2019-present MS Denise Mohrbacher 2018-present PhD Maria Schletzbaum 2018-present PhD Dong Oh

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2018-present MS Joanna Reale 2017–present PhD Karli Hochstatter 2016–2017 PhD Miranda McElligot 2014-2017 PhD Anna Barker 2014–2016 PhD Yousra Mohamoud 2013–2015 PhD Rachel Sippy 2013–2015 MS Miranda McElligott 2012–2014 MS Danielle Schulte 2011–2014 PhD Stephanie Koenig 2011–2014 MS Jackson Musuuza 2010–2015 PhD Christine Muganda 2012–2013 PhD Abby Stamm 2011–2013 MS Meghan Brennan 2011–2012 MS Daniel Reikher 2009–2012 PhD Jason Paltzer 2009–2011 PhD Penny Black 2009–2010 MS Chidi Obasi 2009 MS Samantha Bromfield 2008–2009 MS Adam Paulsen 2008 MPH Ryan Joerres Case Western Reserve University 2006–2008 MS Kenneth Mugwanya 2005–2008 MD/PhD Shelley Chang 2005–2008 PhD Svetlana Zelenskiy 2005–2008 MS, PhD Paul Bakaki 2006–2007 MS Carrissa Lucas 2005–2006 PhD Tzuyung Kou 2004–2006 MS David Blossom 2004–2006 MS Stephen Asiimwe

ACADEMIC SERVICE University of Wisconsin-Madison (2008–present) Master of Public Health Program 2018-present Member, Curriculum Committee, Master of Public Health Program 2017–present Member, MPH Curriculum Transformation Subcommittee, Curriculum

Committee, Population Health Sciences-Master of Public Health Program 2015–2018 Co-Chair, Curriculum Committee, Population Health Sciences-Master of

Public Health Program 2014–present Chair, Steering Committee, Master of Public Health Program 2014–present Member (Ex-Officio), Admissions Committee, Master of Public Health

Program 2014–present Member (Ex-Officio), Community Advisory Committee, Master of Public

Health Program

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2014–2015 Member, Curriculum Committee, Master of Public Health Program 2011–2013 Member, Admissions Committee, Masters of Public Health Program Department of Population Health Sciences 2019-present Member, Admissions Committee 2018-present Chair, PHS Monday Research Seminar Committee 2016–present Member, Post-Tenure Review Committee 2014–present Member, Population Health Sciences Graduate Program Steering Committee 2015–2017 Member, Mentoring Committee for Eva DuGoff, Assistant Professor,

Population Health Sciences 2016 Department Welcome Day Planning Committee 2012–2014 Director, Population Health Graduate Program Admissions Committee,

Department of Population Health Sciences 2012–2014 Member, Epidemiology Graduate Program Steering Committee 2009–2012 Member, Work Environment Committee, Department of Population Health

Sciences 2009 Member, 50th Anniversary Symposium Committee, Department of Population

Health Sciences 2008–2012 Member, Graduate Program Admissions Committee, Department of

Population Health Sciences School of Medicine and Public Health 2017–present Member, Mentoring Committee for Daniel Shirley, MD; Assistant Professor

(CHS), Department of Medicine 2012–2015 Member, CHS Track Faculty Appointments and Promotions Committee UW-Madison 2018 Member, Five-Year Review Committee of the UW-Madison Global Health

Institute 2012–2017 Member, International Academic Programs Faculty Advisory 2011–present Member, UW Global Health Institute Advisory 2015–2016 Member, Search Committee for University of Health Services Epidemiologist 2015–2016 Member, Search Committee for Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of

Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine 2013 Member, International Academic Programs Review Team, UW Summer Field

School for the Study of Language, Culture and Community, Ecuador. 2010–2012 Field Director, Uganda Field Course, International Academic Programs 2009–2014 Director, Infectious Disease Interest Group 2009–2010 Reviewer, Center for Global Health Travel Award 2008–2011 Ad hoc member, Center for Global Health Steering Committee 2008–2011 Member, Center for Global Health Research Task Force

Case Western Reserve University (2004–2008) 2008 Member, International Programs Task Force, School of Medicine Strategic

Planning Committee 2008 MD/PhD applicant reviewer, Clinical Translational Scientist Training

Program (CTSTP), Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

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2006–2008 Judge, Lepow Day, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 2005–2006 Coordinator, Division of Epidemiology Part I Comprehensive Exam 2005–2006 Continuing Medical Education (CME) Activity Director and Program

Coordinator, Department of Epidemiology Research Seminar Series 2005–2006 Faculty advisor for Division of Epidemiology Journal Club 2005 Judge, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Student Poster

Presentation 2004, 2006 Judge, Research ShowCASE, Case Western Reserve University 2004–2008 Division of Epidemiology admission application reviewer

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (1998–2001) 2000–2001 Department of Epidemiology Self-Study Committee Member, Johns Hopkins

Bloomberg School of Public Health 1999–2000 Department of Epidemiology Admission and Credentials Committee, Johns

Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 1998–1999 Epidemiology Students' Organization President, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg

School of Public Health 1998–1999 Deans for Students Network Member, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of

Public Health ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Certifications 2008–present Human Subjects research training, Collaborative Institutional Training

Initiative (CITI) Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2004–2008 Human subjects research training, Core Certified in the Continuing Research

Education Credit (CREC) Program, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

2001–2003 Research compliance training courses (Human Subject Research), Johns

Hopkins University School of Medicine. 1994 Outreach Counseling Certification, Prince George's County Hotline 1993 Crisis Counseling Certification, Prince George's County Hotline

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