Education
PhD in Mathematics at Georgia State University in 2022
MSPH in Epidemiology at Emory University in 2009
BS in Chemistry at Georgia Tech in 2004
Work Experience
Postdoc Researcher
TU Delft
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
The Network Architectures and Services Group
September 2022 to present
Mathematical Epidemiologist
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Influenza Division
August 2016 to August 2021
Epidemiologist
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Vectorborne Diseases
July 2011 to March 2016
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Fellow
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Vectorborne Diseases
July 2009 to July 2011.
Publication List
| Paper Title | With |
|---|---|
| Signed graphs with maximum nullity at most two | Marina Arav, Hein van der Holst |
| Inverse eigenvalue and related problems for hollow matrices described by graphs | Zachary Gerschkoff, Leslie Hogben, Sara Motlaghian, Derek Young |
| Severity of the COVID-19 pandemic assessed with all-cause mortality in the United States during 2020 | Lauren M. Rossen, Alicia M. Fry, Carrie Reed |
| Household transmission of Influenza A and B within a prospective cohort during the 2013–2014 and 2014–2015 seasons | Ivo M. Foppa, Melissa S. Stockwell, Celibell Y. Vargas, Philip LaRussa, Carrie Reed |
| Signed graphs with stable maximum nullity at most two | Marina Arav, Hein van der Holst |
| Incidence of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) among children infected with SARS-CoV-2 in specific jurisdictions, April through June 2020 | Amanda B. Payne, Zunera Gilani, Shana Godfred-Cato, Ermias D. Belay, Leora R. Feldstein, Manish M. Patel, Adrienne G. Randolph, Margaret Newhams, Deepam Thomas, Reed Magleby, Katherine Hsu, Meagan Burns, Elizabeth Dufort, Angie Maxted, Michael Pietrowski, Allison Longenberger, Sally Bidol, Justin Henderson, Lynn Sosa, Alexandra Edmundson, Melissa Tobin-D’Angelo, Laura Edison, Sabrina Heidemann, Aalok R. Singh, John S. Giuliano Jr, Lawrence C. Kleinman, Keiko M. Tarquinio, Rowan F. Walsh, Julie C. Fitzgerald, Katharine N. Clouser, Shira J. Gertz, Ryan W. Carroll, Christopher L. Carroll, Brooke E. Hoots, Carrie Reed, Matthew E. Oster, Timmy J. Pierce, Aaron T. Curns, Gayle E. Langley, Angela P. Campbell, The MIS-C Incidence Authorship Group |
| Comparison of estimated SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence through commercial laboratory residual sera testing and a community survey | Kristina L. Bajema, Travis W. Lim, Nicolette Bestul, Holly M. Biggs, Jacqueline E. Tate, Claudio Owusu, Christine M. Szablewski, Cherie Drenzek, Jan Drobeniuc, Vera Semenova, Han Li, Peter Browning, Rita Desai, Monica Epperson, Lily T. Jia, Natalie J. Thornburg, Chris Edens, Alicia M. Fry, Aron J. Hall, Jarad Schiffer, Fiona P. Havers |
| Estimated community seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies –- two Georgia counties, April 28–May 3, 2020 | Holly M. Biggs,Jennifer B. Harris, Lucy Breakwell, Glen R. Abedi, Christine M. Szablewski, Jan Drobeniuc, Nirma D. Bustamante, Olivia Almendares, Amy H. Schnall, Zunera Gilani, Tiffany Smith, Laura Gieraltowski, Jeffrey A. Johnson, Kristina L. Bajema, Kelsey McDavid, Ilana J. Schafer, Vickie Sullivan, Lili Punkova, Alexandra Tejada-Strop, Raiza Amiling, Claire P. Mattison, Margaret M. Cortese, S. Elizabeth Ford, Lynn A. Paxton, Cherie Drenzek, Jacqueline E. Tate, CDC Field Surveyor Team |
| Coordinating the real‐time use of global influenza activity data for better public health planning | Matthew Biggerstaff, Julia Fitzner, Dylan George, Aspen Hammond, Ian Hall, David Haw, Natsuko Imai, Michael A. Johansson, Sarah Kramer, James M. McCaw, Robert Moss, Richard Pebody, Jonathan M. Read, Carrie Reed, Nicholas G. Reich, Steven Riley, Katelijn Vandemaele, Cecile Viboud, Joseph T. Wu. |
| Applying infectious disease forecasting to public health: a path forward using influenza forecasting examples | Chelsea S. Lutz, Mimi P. Huynh, Monica Schroeder, Sophia Anyatonwu, Gregory Danyluk, Danielle Fernandez, Sharon K. Greene, Nodar Kipshidze, Leann Liu, Osaro Mgbere, Lisa A. McHugh, Jennifer F. Myers, Alan Siniscalchi, Amy D. Sullivan, Nicole West, Michael A. Johansson, Matthew Biggerstaff |
| Patterns of seasonal influenza activity in U.S. cored based statistical areas, described using prescriptions of oseltamivir in medical claims data | David K. Shay, Hector S. Izurieta, Richard A. Forshe, Michael Wernecke, Yoganand Chillarige, Yun Lu, Jeffrey A. Kelman, Carrie Reed |
| Evaluating oseltamivir prescriptions in medical claims records as an indicator of seasonal influenza in the United States | David K. Shay, Hector S. Izurieta, Richard A. Forshe, Michael Wernecke, Yoganand Chillarige, Yun Lu, Jeffrey A. Kelman, Carrie Reed |
| Surveillance for Q Fever Endocarditis in the United States, 1999–2015 | Anne Straily, Amy Peterson, Christopher D. Paddock |
| Update on the diagnosis and management of tickborne rickettsial diseases: Rocky Mountain spotted fever and other spotted group fever rickettsioses, ehrlichiosis, and anaplasmosis –- United States: a practical guide for health care and public health professionals | Holly M. Biggs, Casey Barton Behravesh, Kristy K. Bradley, Naomi A. Drexler, J. Stephen Dumler, Scott M. Folk, Cecilia Y. Kato, R. Ryan Lash, Michael L. Levin, Robert F. Massung, Robert B. Nadelman, William L. Nicholson, Christopher D. Paddock, Bobbi S. Pritt, Marc S. Traeger |
| Short Report: Undetermined ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis in the United States, 2008–2012: a catch-all for passive surveillance | Kristen Nichols Heitman, Casey Barton Behravesh |
| Ehrlichiosis in the United States, 2008–2012 | Kristen Nichols Hietman, Naomi A. Drexler, Robert F. Massung, Casey Barton Behravesh |
| National Surveillance of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in the United States, 2008–2012. | Naomi A. Drexler, Kristen Nichols Heitman, Robert F. Massung, Christopher D. Paddock, Casey Barton Behravesh |
| Amblyomma americanum and spotted fever rickettsiosis in the United States | Christopher D. Paddock, Yuri P. Springer, Rebecca J. Eisen, Casey Barton Behravesh |
| Q Fever outbreak among travelers to Germany linked to live cell therapy –- United States and Canada, 2014 | Misha P. Robyn, Alexandra P. Newman, Michael Amato, Mary Walawander, Cynthia Kothe, James D. Nerone, Cynthia Pomerantz, Casey Barton Behravesh, Holly M. Biggs, Emily G. Pieracci, Yvonne Whitfield, Doug Sider, Omar Ozaldin, Lisa Berger, Peter A. Buck, Mark Downing, Debra Blog |
| Human granulocytic anaplasmosis in the United States from 2008–2012: a summary of national surveillance data | Kristen Nichols Heitman, Naomi A. Drexler, Robert F. Massung, Casey Barton Behravesh |
| No visible dental staining in children treated with doxycycline for suspected Rocky Mountain spotted fever | Suzanne R. Todd, Marc S. Traeger, Eugenio D. Beltrán-Aguilar, Donald W. Marianos, Charlene Hamilton, Jennifer H. McQuiston, Joanna J. Regan |
| Q fever is underestimated in the United States: a comparison of fatal Q fever cases from two national reporting systems | Dana L. Haberling, Jennifer H. McQuiston |
| Q fever in the United States: summary of case reports from two national surveillance systems, 2000–2012 | Jennifer H. McQuiston, Robert F. Massung, Alicia D. Anderson |
| Community-based control of Rhipicephalus sanguineus in a region with high rates of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, 2012–2013 | Naomi Drexler, Mark Miller, Justin Gerding, Suzanne Todd, Laura Adams, Nelva Bryant, Erica Weis, Kristen Herrick, Jessica Francies, Kenneth Komatsu, Stephen Piontkowski, Jose Velascosoltero, Timothy Shelhamer, Brian Hamilton, Carmen Eribes, Anita Brock, Patsy Sneezy, Cye Goseyun, Harty Bendle, Regina Hovet, Velda Williams, Robert Massung, Jennifer H. McQuiston |
| Phylogeography of Rickettsia rickettsii genotypes associated with fatal Rocky Mountain spotted fever | Christopher D. Paddock, Amy M. Denison, R. Ryan Lash, Lindy Liu, Brigid C. Bollweg, Cristina T. Kanamura, Rodrigo N. Angerami, Fabiana C. Pereira dos Santos, Roosecelis Brasil Martines, Sandor E. Karpathy |
| Self-reported treatment practices by healthcare providers could lead to death from Rocky Mountain spotted fever | Jillian Zientek, Jennifer H. McQuiston, Joanna Regan |
| Epidemiology of ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis among American Indians in the United States 2000–2007 | Arianne M. Folkema, Robert C. Holman, James E. Cheek, Jennifer H. McQuiston |
| Fatal Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the United States, 1999–2007 | Robert C. Holman, Christopher D. Paddock, Laura S. Callinan, Jennifer H. McQuiston |
| Race and rickettsiae: a United States perspective | Ramal Moonesinghe, Jennifer H. McQuiston |
| Increasing incidence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the United States, 2000–2007 | Eric J. Mandel, John W. Krebs, Robert F. Massung, Jennifer H. McQuiston~JH. |