Ph.D. Students

Heidi E. Brown, M.P.H.

Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases

heidi.brown@yale.edu

Heidi Brown’s interest is in understanding the relationship between the environment and human health as it pertains to vector-borne disease. Specifically, she is working on environmental predictors of mosquito population dynamics. Using satellite and other remotely sensed imagery to assess the habitat, she is able to develop predictive maps of mosquito presence and absence. Ideally, such maps will be informative to vector control and disease prevention.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

M.P.H., George Washington University, 1999
B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1995

Awards and Honors

Society for Vector Ecology Student Presentation Award, 2006
The McColgan Grant-in-Aid, Northeast Mosquito Control Association, 2005
Research Fellowship for “Modeling of Vector-borne Disease Epidemics” in Thailand, Yale Council on Southeast Asia Studies

Experience

Research Associate, Institute for Defense Analyses, 2000 –2003
Research Assistant, Georgetown University Medical Center, 1996 - 1998
Senior Laboratory Technician, Georgetown University, 1995 - 1996

Selected Publications

Diuk-Wasser, M.A., Brown, H.E., Andreadis, T.B., and Fish, D. Modeling the Spatial Distribution of Mosquito Vectors for West Nile Virus in Connecticut, USA. Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases 6(3): 283-295, 2006.

Brown, H.E., Diuk-Wasser, M.A., Andreadis, T.G., and Fish, D. Remotely Sensed Correlates of Mosquito Distribution. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 73(6S): 158, 2005.

Diuk-Wasser, M.A., Brown, H.E., Andreadis, T.G., and Fish, D. Spatial Prediction of West Nile Virus Vector Abundance in Connecticut, USA. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 73 (6S): 306, 2005.

Bombardt, J.N. and Brown, H.E. Potential Influenza Effects on Military Populations, (Internal Document, Alexandria, VA: Institute for Defense Analyses). IDA Paper P-3786, 2004.

Eden, G.F., Joseph, J.E., Brown, H.E., Brown, C.P., and Zeffiro, T.A. Utilizing Hemodynamic Delay and Dispersion to Detect fMRI Signal Change without Auditory Interference: The Behavior Interleaved Gradients Technique. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 41(1): 13-20, 1999.

For a further list of Ms. Brown’s publications, please see PubMed.