| Pia Macdonald, PhD | ||||
 | Research Assistant Professor Epidemiology Director NC Center for Public Health Preparedness, NCIPH Pia Macdonald's Biosketch Curriculum Vitae NC Center for Public Health Preparedness UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases |
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| Education | ||
| 2000 | University of Michigan | Epidemiological Sciences |
| 1997 | Yale University | Infectious Disease Epidemiology |
| Research interests |
| Global health Infectious diseases Public health practice Sexually transmitted diseases |
| Research activities Infectious disease epidemiology and surveillance, outbreak investigation, applied epidemiology and public health, GIS and spatial statistics, infectious disease transmission systems, foodborne diseases, epidemiology of HIV, public health practice |
| Staff/administrative responsibilities Latin America Program Coodinator, UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases; Director, NC Center for Public Health Preparedness, NC Institute for Public Health |
| Key publications |
| MacDonald PDM, Torok MR, Salyers M, Wolf LA, Nelson AL (2007) Practices around acute diarrheal illness diagnosis, counseling and reporting: laboratory and health-care practitioners in North Carolina. Foodborne Pathog Dis: vol.4, p.359-365. |
| MacDonald PDM, Nelson AL, Hightow-Weidman L, Leone PA (2007) Disease intervention specialists (DIS) as a resource in a public health emergency. Biosecur Bioterror: vol.5, p.239-248. |
| MacDonald PDM, Langley RL, Howell RJ (2007) Erythema and Conjunctivitis: Investigation of an Outbreak in a School Gymnasium Caused by Unintentional Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation from Metal Halide Lamps. J Occup Environ Hyg |
| MacDonald PDM, Langley RL, Torok MR, Gerkin SR, MacCormack JN. (2006) Human and Canine Pulmonary Blastomycosis Outbreak in North Carolina, November 2001-February 2002. Emerg Infect Dis: vol.12, p.1242-1244. |
| MacDonald PDM, Whitwam RE, Boggs JD, MacCormack JN, Anderson KL, Reardon JW, Saah JR, Graves LM, Hunter SB, Sobel J (2005) Outbreak of listeriosis among Mexican immigrants as a result of consumption of illicitly produced Mexican-style cheese. Clin Infect Dis: vol.40, p.677-82. |
