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Dr.
Uriel Kitron
B.Sc., Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
M.P.H., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Professor of Epidemiology Biosketch,
Curriculum Vitae
College of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Illinois
Co-Director, Center for Zoonoses
Research
Professional Interests: My research and teaching interests center around the epidemiology and ecology of infectious diseases, particularly those carried by insects and ticks (vector-borne), and the zoonoses (diseases that are common to humans and other animals). Many emerging and tropical diseases belong to these groups. For diseases such as malaria, West Nile virus, Lyme disease and Chagas disease my group studies the ecology of the arthropod vectors and the mammalian reservoir hosts incorporating a strong field component (trapping mammals, collecting insects, identifying environmental features), as well as laboratory work.
In my laboratory we apply tools such as geographic information systems and remote sensing to gather and manage environmental data that can explain the spatial distribution of disease and vectors, and assess risk of transmission. Following quantitative spatial analysis, maps can then be produced to target further research efforts, as well as in support of surveillance and control efforts by public health agencies.
Current research efforts funded by NIH, NSF and CDC include large-scale collaborative studies of West Nile virus and Lyme disease in the Midwest and international studies of malaria and schistosomiasis in Kenya, Chagas disease in Argentina and dengue in Trinidad.
Teaching interests include Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Spatial Epidemiology and ecological parasitology. As part of our training program we also conduct GIS workshops for researchers, public health practitioners and students. Interest in application and communication of scientific information is manifested in teaching a course, Epidemiology and the Media, and in work with the public, state, national and international public health agencies.
Selected Publications
Ruiz MO, Tedesco C, McTighe T, Austin C, U Kitron (2004). Environmental and Social Determinants of Human Risk during a West Nile virus outbreak in the greater Chicago area, 2002. International Journal of Health Geography. 3: 8: 1-11.
Cecere MC, Vazquez-Prokopec GM, Gurtler RE, U Kitron (2004). Spatio-temporal analysis of reinfestation by Triatoma infestans (hemiptera: reduviidae) following insecticide spraying in a rural community in northwestern Argentina. Am J Trop Med Hygiene 71: 803-810.
Clennon JA, King CH, Muchiri EM, Kariuki HC, Ouma JH, Mungai P and U Kitron. (2004). Spatial patterns of Urinary schistosomiasis infection in a highly endemic area of coastal Kenya. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hygiene. 70: 443-448
Chadee, D.D., F.L.R. Williams and U.D. Kitron.
(2004). Epidemiology of dengue fever in Trinidad, West Indies: the outbreak
of 1998. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 98: 305-312
Beck L, Bobo M. and U Kitron. (2002). Remote sensing,
GIS and landscape ecology: means for studying disease and global change.
In P Martens and T McMichael (eds.) environmental Change, Climate and
Health: Issues and Research Methods, pp. 226-252. Cambridge University
Press.
Guerra M.A., Walker E.D., Jones C.J., Paskewitz S., Cortinas M.R., Stancil A., Beck L., Bobo M., Kitron U. (2002). Predicting the Risk of Lyme Disease: Habitat Suitability for Ixodes scapularis in the North-Central U.S. Emerging Infectious Diseases 8: 289-297
Kitron U. (2000). Risk maps: mapping transmission and burden of vector-borne diseases. Parasitology Today16: 324-325.
Kitron, U. (1998). Landscape ecology and epidemiology of vector-borne diseases: tools for spatial analysis. J. Med. Entomol. 35:435-445.
Kitron, U., Kazmierczak, J. (1997). Spatial analysis of the distribution of Lyme disease in Wisconsin. Am. J. Epidemiol. 145:558-566.
Kitron, U., Otieno, L.H., Hungerford,
L.L., et al. (1996). Spatial analysis of the distribution of tsetse flies
in the Lambwe Valley, Kenya, using TM satellite imagery and GIS. J. An.
Ecol. 65:371-380.
Dr. Anna Schotthoefer
B.S., Cornell University
M.S., Wake Forest University
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Selected Publications:
Schoff, P. K., C. M. Johnson, A. M. Schotthoefer, J. E. Murphy, C. Lieske, R. A. Cole, L. B. Johnson, and V. R. Beasley. (2003). Prevalence of skeletal and eye malformations in frogs from north-central United States: estimation based on collections from randomly selected sites. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39: 510-521.
Schotthoefer, A. M., A. V. Koehler, C. U. Meteyer, and R. A. Cole. (2003). Influence of Ribeiroia ondatrae (Trematoda: Digenea) infections on limb development and survival of northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens): effects of host-stage and parasite exposure level. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81: 1144-1153.
Schotthoefer, A. M., R. A. Cole, and V. R. Beasley. (2003). Relationship of tadpole stage to location of echinostome cercariae encystment and the consequences for tadpole survival. Journal of Parasitology 89: 475-482.
Ford, S. E., A. Schotthoefer, and C. Spruck. (1999). In vivo dynamics of the microparasite Perkinsus marinus during progression and regression of infections in Eastern oysters. Journal of Parasitology: 85: 273-282.
Esch, G. W., E. J. Wetzel, D. A. Zelmer, and A. M. Schotthoefer.
(1997). Long-term changes in parasite population and community structure:
a case history. American Midland Naturalist 137: 369-387.
Dr. Robert Smith?
B.Sc., Macquarie University
M.Sc., McMaster University
PhD, McMaster University
I currently have a cross-appointment with the Department of Mathematics. My research involves infectious diseases, but from a mathematical modelling perspective. Rumours that I have never seen the inside of a laboratory or been on a field trip are completely unfounded. I went on the Chicago West Nile Virus field trip and once entered a lab to ask directions to the bathroom.
Selected Publications:
R.J. Smith and L.M. Wahl, Drug resistance in an immunological model of HIV-1 infection with impulsive drug effects The Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, in press.
R.J. Smith and S.M. Blower (2004). Could disease-modifying HIV vaccines cause population-level perversity? The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 4: 636-639.
R.J. Smith and L.M. Wahl. (2004). Distinct effects of protease and reversetranscriptase inhibition in an immunological model of HIV-1 infection with impulsive drug effects The Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 66: 1259-1283.
R.J. Smith and G.S.K. Wolkowicz (2004) Analysis of a
Model of the Nutrient Driven Self-Cycling Fermentation Process Dynamics
of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, Series B:
Applications & Algorithms, 11: 239-265.
S.V. Komarova, R.J. Smith, S.J. Dixon, S.M. Sims and L.M. Wahl (2003). Mathematical Model Predicts a Critical Role for Osteoclast Autocrine Regulation in the Control of Bone Remodeling. Bone 33: 206-215.
R.J. Smith and G.S.K. Wolkowicz. (2003). A Size-Structured Model for the Nutrient-Driven Self-Cycling Fermentation Process. Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, 10: 207-220.
R.J. Smith and G.S.K. Wolkowicz. (2002). Growth and
Competition in the Nutrient-Driven Self-Cycling Fermentation Process.
Canadian Mathematics Quarterly, 10: 171-177.
Julie Clennon
B.Sc., Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
M.Sc., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Selected Publications:
Clennon JA , King CH, Muchiri EM, Kariuki HC, Ouma JH, Mungai P, Kitron U. (2004). Spatial patterns of urinary schistosomiasis infection in a highly endemic area of coastal Kenya Am J Trop Med Hyg 70: 443-448.
Kariuki HC, Clennon JA , Brady MS, Kiton U, Sturrock RF, Ouma JH, Tosha S, Ndzovu M, Mungai P, Hoffman O, Hamburger J, Pellegrini C, Muchiri EM, King CH. (2004). Distribution patterns and cercarial shedding of Bulinus nasutus and other snails in Msambweni Area, Coast Province, Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 70: 449-456.
Clennon JA and Arbise M. (2001). Temporal trends of pediatric tuberculosis in Illinois. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, North American Region, 6th Annual Conference: TB in the Third Millennium – Mobilizing for Elimination.
Clennon JA. (1996). Positional behavior and related tail use in Cebus capucinus. Supplement 23: Amer J Phys Anth.
Foss S, Clennon JA, and Parrish M. (1996). Quantitative paleoecology and taphonomy of the Lower Scenic Member of the Brule Formation, Lunch Table Butte, Badlands National Park. Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain Symposium.
Clennon JA and Gebo DL. (1995). Positional behavior in Cebus capucinus. Supplement 22: Amer J Phys Anth.
Dr. Roberto Cortinas
BA, University of Missouri
B.Sc., University of Minnesota
DVM, Colorado State University
Selected Publications:
Cortinas, M. R ., M. A. Guerra, C. J. Jones, U. Kitron. Detection, characterization, and prediction of tick-borne disease foci. (2002). International Journal of Medical Microbiology 291(33): 11-20.
Guerra, M., E. Walker, C. Jones, S. Paskewitz, M. Cortinas , A. Stancil, L. Beck, M. Bobo, and U. Kitron. (2002). Predicting the risk of Lyme disease: habitat suitability for Ixodes scapularis in the north-central U.S. Emerging Infectious Diseases 8(3): 289-297.
Jones, C. J., S. A. Isard and M. R. Cortinas. (1999). Dispersal of synanthropic Diptera: Lessons from the past and technology for the future. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93(6): 829-839.
Cortinas, M. R. and T. R. Seastedt. (1996). Short and long term effects of gophers ( Thomomys talpoides ) on soil organic matter dynamics in alpine tundra. Pedobiologica 40:162-170.
Mary Lancaster
BS, University of Illinois
Selected Publications:
Lancaster, M.J., J. Swanson, L.D. Haramis, and U. Kitron. (2002). Mosquito on the Edge: potential failure of establishment by Aedes albopictus in Peoria, Illinois.
Swanson, J., M. Lancaster, J. Anderson, M. Crandell, L. Haramis, P. Grimstad, and U. Kitron. (2000). Overwintering and establishment of Aedes albopictus in an urban La Crosse virus enzootic site in Illinois. Journal of Medical Entomology 37(3) 454-460.
Deal, B., Farrello, C., Lancaster, M., Kompare, T., Hannon, B. (2000). A dynamic model of the spatial spread of an infectious disease: the case of fox rabies in Illinois. Environmental Modeling and Assessment 5(1): 47-62.
Elmore, S.K., M.J. Lancaster, J. Anderson, J. Swanson, P. Grimstad, R. Eckenstein, and Kitron, U. (2000). La Crosse virus infection patterns in chipmunks and squirrels in Peoria, Illinois. American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 486th Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas.
Lancaster, M.J., J. Swanson, J. Anderson, M. Crandell, L. Haramis, P. Grimstad and U. Kitron. (1999). Spatial distribution of Aedes albopictus in an Illinois urban area endemic for La Crosse virus encephalitis. American Mosquito Control Association 65th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
Lancaster M.J., J. Anderson, J. Swanson, M. Crandell,
L. Haramis, P. Grimstad, C. Jones, and U. Kitron. (1999). Invasion of
Aedes albopictus into an urban La Crosse focus in Illinois. American
Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 485th Annual Meeting, Washington,
D. C.
Michelle Rowland
BA, Boston University, Boston, MA
MPH, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Evelin
Grijalva
VM, College of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechny,
Central University of Ecuador
M.Sc., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign