University of Michigan, PhD Epidemiology (2000) Yale University, MPH Epidemiology (1997) University of California at Berkeley, BA (1991), Environmental Science
World Area Of Focus:
• Africa Less than 10% • Latin America 10%-24% • Southeast Asia Less than 10%
Languages:
• Lao (elementary proficiency) • Spanish (limited working proficiency) • Swedish (native/bilingual proficiency) • Thai (limited working proficiency)
Specialization:
Infectious disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, applied epidemiology, GIS, spatial statistics, infectious disease transmission systems, international health, malaria, vectorborne diseases, foodborne diseases, public health preparedness, disasters
Relevant Experience:
Current work training public health workers in Latin America about field epidemiology. Incorporating distance-based/blended learning in public health training internationally. CDC, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer 2000-2002. CDC/Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya, Research Assistant/Visiting Scientist. Provincial Malaria Control Unit, Sanliurfa, Turkey, Research Assistant. U.S. Peace Corps/Thai Department of Public Welfare, Udornthani Province, Thailand Agriculture and Forestry Extension Agent.
Distinctions:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency STAR Fellow: 1997-2000. 1st prize in poster competition at the Pan-American Field Epidemiology Conference/Meeting of the Latin America and Caribbean International Association of Epidemiology, September 2001, Cusco, Peru. Yale University School of Medicine Downs Fellow: 1995.
Relevant Courses Taught:
METHODS AND PRINCIPLES OF APPLIED INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY METHODS IN FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY
Recent Publications:
• 2007 Davis MV, MacDonald PDM, Cline JS, Baker EL. Evaluation of public health response to hurricanes finds North Carolina better prepared for public health emergencies. Public Health Rep. 2007;122:17-26.
• 2007 MacDonald PDM, Torok MR, Maillard J, Salyers M, Wolf LA, Nelson AL. Knowledge and practice of foodborne disease clinical specimen testing and reporting in North Carolina. NC Med J. 2007;68:305-311.
• 2007 MacDonald PDM, Langley RL, Howell RJ. 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. 2007;4:46-9.
• 2007 Horney JA, MacDonald PDM. Academic public health community responds to hurricanes: a history of the University of North Carolina School of Public Health response and new infrastructure, 1999-2006. Public Health Rep. 2007;122:270-276.
• 2007 Torok MR, Miller WC, Hobbs MW, MacDonald PD, Leone PA, Schwebke JR, Seña AC. The association between Trichomonas vaginalis infection and level of vaginal lactobacilli among non-pregnant women. J Infect Dis. 2007; 196:1102-7.
• 2007 MacDonald PDM, Torok MR, Nelson AL, Salyers M. Practices around acute diarrheal illness diagnosis, counseling and reporting: laboratory and health-care practitioners in North Carolina. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2007;4: 359-365.
• 2007 MacDonald PDM, Nelson AL, Hightow LB, Leone PA. Disease intervention specialists (DIS) as a resource in a public health emergency. Biosecur Bioterror. 2007;5:239-248.
• 2006 Hightow LB, Leone PA, MacDonald PDM, McCoy S, Sampson LA, Kaplan AH. Men who have sex with men and women: a unique risk group for HIV transmission on North Carolina college campuses. Sex Transm Dis. 2006;33:585-593.
• 2006 MacDonald PDM, Langley RL, Gerkin SR, Torok MR, MacCormack JN. Human and canine pulmonary blastomycosis outbreak in North Carolina, November 2001–February 2002. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006;12:1242-1244.
• 2005 Harrison LM, Davis MV, MacDonald PDM, Alexander LK, Cline JS, Alexander JG, Rothney EE, Rybka TP, Stevens RH. Development and Implementation of a Public Health Workforce Training Needs Assessment Survey in North Carolina. Public Health Rep. 2005;supp(1):28-34.
• 2005 Hightow LB, MacDonald PDM, Pilcher CD, Kaplan AH, Foust E, Nguyen TQ, Leone PA. The Unexpected Movement of the HIV Epidemic in the Southeastern United States: Transmission Among College Students. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2005;38:531-7.
• 2005 MacDonald PDM, Whitwam RE, Boggs JD, MacCormack JN, Anderson KL, Reardon JW, Saah JR, Graves LM, Hunter SB, Sobel J. Outbreak of Listeriosis among Mexican Immigrants as a Result of Consumption of Illicitly Produced Mexican-style Cheese. Clin Infect Dis. 2005;40:677-82.
• 2005 Amon JJ, Devasia R, Xia G, Nainan OV, Hall S, Lawson B, Wolthius J, MacDonald PDM, Shepard C, Williams IT, Craig A, Bell BP, Fiore A and the Southern States Hepatitis A Investigation Team. Molecular Epidemiology of Foodborne Hepatitis A Outbreaks in the United States, 2003. J Infect Dis. 2005;192:1323–30.
• 2005 Alexander LK, Dail K, Davis MV, Hajat A, Rothney E, Rybka T, Kipp A, Maillard J, MacDonald PDM. A Pilot Hybrid Internet/Classroom-Based Communicable Disease Continuing Education Course for Public Health Nurses in North Carolina: Lessons Learned. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2005;supp:S119-S122.
• 2005 Horney J, MacDonald PDM, Rothney E, Alexander LK. User Patterns and Satisfaction with Online Trainings Completed on the North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness Training Site. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2005;supp:S90-S94.
• 2005 MacDonald PDM. Team Epi-Aid: UNC Graduate Students Assist State and Local Health Departments with Urgent Public Health Response. Public Health Rep. 2005;supp(1):35-41.
• 2003 Weinberg M, Weeks J, Lance-Parker S. Traeger M, Wiersma S, Phan O, Dennison D, MacDonald P, Lindsley M, Guarner J, Connolly P, Cetron M, Hajjeh R, 2003. Severe Histoplasmosis among Healthy Adventure Travelers to Nicaragua. Emerging Infectious Diseases 9(10):1322-1325.
• 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Congenital malaria as a result of Plasmodium malariae, North Carolina, 2000. Morbidity Mortality Weekly Reports 51(8):164-5. (Primary author)
• 0 Horney JA, MacDonald PDM, Van Willigen M, Berke P, Kaufman J. Factors associated with risk of evacuation failure from Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina, 2003. Int J Mass Emerg Disasters 2010; 28:33-58.
• 0 Horney JA, MacDonald PDM, Van Willigen M, Berke P, Kaufman J. Individual actual or perceived property flood risk: Did it predict evacuation from Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina, 2003. Risk Anal. 2010; 30: 501-511.
• 0 McCoy SI, Miller WC, MacDonald PDM, Hurt C, Leone PA, Eron JJ, Strauss RP. Barriers and facilitators to HIV testing and primary care: Narratives of people with advanced HIV in the Southeast. AIDS Care. 2009;21:1313-20.
• 0 Thomas JC, MacDonald PDM, Wenick E. Ethical decision making in a crisis: A case study of ethics in public health emergencies. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2009;15:E16-21.
• 0 MacDonald PDM, Alexander LK, Ward A, Davis MV. Filling the gap: providing formal training for epidemiologist through a graduate level online Certificate in Field Epidemiology program. Public Health Rep. 2008;123:669-675.
• 0 MacDonald PDM. Natural and anthropogenic environmental factors associated with the spatial heterogeneity of adult Anopheles gambiae and An. funestus in western Kenya [dissertation]. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan; 2000.
• 0 McCoy SI, Strauss RP, MacDonald PDM, Leone PA, Eron JJ, Miller WC. Social support and delays seeking care after HIV diagnosis, North Carolina, 2000-2006. AIDS Care. 2009;21:1148-56.
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