Kent State University - Public Health
Stanford School of Medicine post-doc in Pediatric Infectious Disease. Interested in global and planetary Health.
Research
Amy
Krystosik
San Francisco Bay Area
Epidemiologist with over a decade of experience in global health field work, infectious disease epidemiology, spatial analysis (R-3 years, QGIS-3 years, ArcGIS-7 years), community outreach, data science (Stata-7 years, R-3 years), grant & manuscript writing, team building, protocol development, and data base management.
Health Data Science Fellow
Amy worked at Insight Data Science as a Health Data Science Fellow
Consultant
Collaboration to design and field test cloud-based climate sensor to allow real time, micro-climate data collection and analysis.
Research Epidemiologist
Studying arboviral epidemiology, the study of arthropod- (or mosquito-) borne viruses in resource limited context with a focus on community, planetary, and global health.
Field Epidemiologist
Comparison of Efficacy of Attractive Toxic Sugar Bait Methods for Anopheles
- Key research contributor for field testing of malaria control devices in Colombia
- Accelerated field work on local malaria vector species with advanced knowledge of novel laboratory techniques
- Enhanced presentation of 10+ IRB/laboratory/clinical protocols, peer reviewed articles, and marketing projects in collaboration with local health provider
Principal Investigator
Chikungunya, dengue and Zika in Cali, Colombia: epidemiological and geospatial analyses
- Mobilized local resources to improve vector control during chikungunya, dengue, and zika outbreak, collecting more than 30,000 case data and local spatial data and expertise.
- Targeted research in 2 foci through creation of local risk maps in ArcGIS
MPH
International Health and Development
The International Health and Development (IHD) Program at Tulane provides professional public health education that prepares students to address the public health challenges facing low-income and developing societies around the globe. The curriculum combines skills-based methods with study in a content area. Skills-based coursework provides a strong foundation to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate international public health programs.
B.S
Biochemistry
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Public Health Epidemiology
The PhD in Public Health specializing in Epidemiology at Kent State University prepares students for a career in public health research, which demands interdisciplinary skills to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing field. Doctoral students in the epidemiology specialization will learn to design and implement studies and use advanced quantitative methods to examine critical and emerging health issues.