Maria Ana Diuk-Wasser PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Departments & Organizations
Global Health Initiative: Infectious Diseases | Environmental Influences
School of Public Health: Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases: Vector Ecology Lab; Diuk-Wasser Lab: Leadership | Global Health
Research Interests
Disease ecology; eco-epidemiology; spatio-temporal risk modeling; babesiosis; emerging zoonoses; pathogen interactions; coinfection; geographic expansion; dengue; West Nile virus; more...
Education
- Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles, 2003
Selected Publications
- Pepin, KM, RJ Eisen, PS Mead, J Piesman, D Fish, AH Gatewood, AG Barbour, S Hamer, MA Diuk-Wasser. Geographic variation in the relationship between human Lyme disease incidence and the density of infected host-seeking Ixodes scapularis nymphs in the United States. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 86(6):1062-1071.
- Diuk-Wasser, MA, A Gatewood Hoen, P Cislo, R Brinkerhoff, SA Hamer, M Rowland, R Cortinas,G Vourc’h, F Melton, GJ Hickling, JI Tsao, J Bunikis, AG Barbour, U Kitron, J Piesman, and D Fish. 2012. Human risk of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease agent, in eastern United States. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 86(2):320-327.
- Brinkerhoff, RJ, CM Folsom-O’Keefe, K Tsao, and MA Diuk-Wasser. 2009. Do birds affect Lyme disease risk? Range expansion of the vector-borne pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, doi:10.1890/090062
