PhD (1998) Michigan State University; MA (1992) Miami University; BA (1987) Alfred University.
World Area Of Focus:
• Africa 10%-24% • Asia 50%-74%
Specialization:
Medical geography; spatial epidemiology.
Relevant Experience:
• Genetic epidemiology of malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, 1R56AI097609, $488,403 (2012-2013). • Ongoing research experience at the International Centre for Diarrhoel Disease Research, Bangladesh since 1993; research collaboration with the National Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology in Hanoi, Vietnam. Study areas include Hue and Nha Trang. • Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Drug Resistant Malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo. National Science Foundation, BSC-1339949, $344,869 (2013-2016).
• Advisory Editor, Medical Geography, Social Science & Medicine (12/05 to Present); Scientific Review Committee, International Medical Geography Symposium (2013).
Distinctions:
Grants Emch, M.E. (P.I.); Band, L.; Serre, M. with Columbia University (VanGeen P.I.). Does Arsenic Mitigation in Bangladesh Raise Exposure to Rotavirus and E. Coli? National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, RO1/ EID, $349,888-UNC Portion, 2007-10. Emch, M.E. (P.I.); Wan, H.; Moody, A. The Geography of Avian Influenza Evolution: Spatio-Temporal Relationships Between Virus Genes and Human-Environment Factors, National Science Foundation, BCS Program, $239,412, 2007-10. Emch, M. (P.I.-UNC); Pascual, M. (P.I.- University of Michigan); Dobson, A. (CoP.I.-Princeton University); Kinter, J. (CoP.I.-Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies). Cholera Across Scales: Oceanic Links to Climate and Local Estuarine Influences, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,” $217,970 (UNC portion of grant), 2004-2007.
Dissertations and Theses Supervised in Past 5 Years:
15
Relevant Courses Taught:
• GEOG 445, Medical Geography
Recent Publications:
• 2016 2. Wu J, Yunus M, Streatfield PK, Emch E. (2016) Influence of climate extremes and land use on fecal contamination of shallow tubewells in Bangladesh. Environmental Science & Technology. 50(5): 2669-2676.
• 2016 4. Escamilla V, Hampton KH, Gesink DC, Serre ML, Emch M, Leone PA, Samoff E, Miller WC (2016) Influence of Detection Method and Study Area Scale on Syphilis Cluster Identification in North Carolina. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 43(4): 216-221.
• 2016 6. Perez-Heydrich C, Warren, J, Burgert C, Emch M (2015) Influence of Demographic and Health Survey Point Displacements on Raster-Based Analyses. Spatial Demography. 1-19. DOI 10.1007/s40980-015-0013-1.
• 2016 8. Van Treuren W, Ponnusamy Brinkerhoff LR, Gonzalez A, Parobek C, Juliano J, Andreadis T, Falco R, Ziegler LB, Hathaway N, Keeler C, Emch M, Bailey J, Roe RM, Apperson C, Knight R, Meshnick S (2015) Variations in the Microbiota of Ixodes ticks with geography, species and sex. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81(18): 6200-9.
• 2016 Emch, M., Root, E., and Carrel, M. (in production October 2016 release date) Health and Medical Geography. The Guilford Press: New York. ~500 pages.
• 2016 1. Carrel M, Janko M, Mwandagalirwa MK, Morgan C, Fwamba F, Muwomba J, Tshefu AK, Meshnick S, Emch M (2016) Changing spatial patterns and increasing rurality of HIV prevalence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 2007 and 2013. Health & Place. 39: 79-85.
• 2016 3. Doctor S, Liu Y, Whitesell A, Thwai K, Taylor S, Janko M, Emch M, Kashamuka M, Muwonga J, Tshefu A, Meshnick S. (2016) Malaria Surveillance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Comparisos of Microscopy, PCR, and Rapid Diagnostic Test. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.01.004.
• 2016 5. Smith GS, Van DenEeden SK, Garcia C, Shan J, Baxter R, Herring AH, Richardson DB, Emch M, VanRie A, Gammon MD. (2016) Air Pollution and the Risk of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Northern California. Environmental Health Perspectives. DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408166.
• 2016 7. Han L, Wei C, Muessig KE, Bien CH, Meng G, Emch ME, Tucker JD. (2016) HIV test uptake among MSM in China: Implications for enhanced HIV test promotion campaigns among key populations. Global Public Health. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2015.1134612. 1-13.
• 2016 9. Warren J, Perez-Heydrich C, Burgert C, Emch M (2015) Influence of Demographic and Health Survey Point Displacements on Distance-Based Analyses. Spatial Demography. 1-19. DOI 10.1007/s40980-015-0014-0.
• 2016 Janko, M and Emch, M. (2016) “The Geography of Malaria Control in the Democratic Republic of Congo.” Eds. Harrington, DW, McLafferty, S, and Elliott, SJ. Population Health Intervention Research: Geographical Perspectives. Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Surrey, England.
• 2015 1. Emch, M. and Giebultowicz, S. (2015) Epidemiological Map, In (Ed.) Monmonier, M. Volume Six: Cartography in the Twentieth Century, University of Chicago Press.
• 2015 3. Carrel M; Patel JC; Taylor S; Janko, M; Kashamuka M; Tshefu A; Escalante A; McCollum A; Alam MT; Udhayakumar V; Meshnick S; Emch M (2015, in press) The geography of malaria genetics in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a complex and fragmented landscape. Social Science & Medicine. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.10.037.
• 2015 5. Tan NX, Tan GX, Yan L, Yang B, Powers KA, Emch ME, Tucker JD (2014) Temporal Trends in Syphilis and Gonorrhea Infections in Guangdong Province, China. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 209 (3): 426-430.
• 2015 7. Cash BA; Rodó X; Emch M; Yunus M; Faruque ASG; Pascual M. (2014) Cholera and Shigellosis: Different Epidemiology but Similar Responses to Climate Variability. PLoS One. 9(9): e107223.
• 2015 9. Escamilla, V; Emch, M; Dandalo, L; Miller, WC; Martinson, F; Hoffman, I. (2014) Community level sampling using Google Earth satellite imagery and geographical methods in the absence of a Demographic Surveillance System. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 92:690-694.
• 2015 11. Patel JC; Taylor SM; Juliao JJ; Parobek CM; Janko M; Gonzalez LD; Tshefu AK; Emch M; Udhayakumar V; Lindblade K; Meshnick SR (2014) Genetic evidence for the importation of falciparum malaria by Guatemalan soldiers returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 20(6): 932-940.
• 2015 13. Wu, J; Yunus, M; Streatfield, PK; Emch, M. (2014) Association of climate variability and childhood diarrhoeal disease in rural Bangladesh, 2000-2006. Epidemiology and Infection. 142: 1859-1868.
• 2015 Book Chapters
• 2015 2. Smith, G; Van Den Eeden; SK; Baxter, R; Shan, J; Van Rie, A; Herring, AH; Richardson, D; Emch, M; Gammon, MD. (2015, in press) Cigarette smoking and pulmonary tuberculosis in northern California. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. doi:10.1136/jech-2014-204292.
• 2015 4. Rosenberg M; Pettifor A; Miller WC; Thirumurthy H; Emch M; Sulaimon A; Kahn K; Collinson M; Tollman S (2015) Relationship between school dropout and teen pregnancy among rural South African young women. International Journal of Epidemiology. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv007
• 2015 6. Winston JJ; Meyer RE; Emch ME (2014) A geographic analysis of compositional and contextual risk factors for hypospadias births. Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 100(11): 887-894.
• 2015 8. Han L; Bien C; Wei C; Muessig KE; Yang M; Liu F; Yang L; Meng R; Emch M; Tucker JD. (2014) HIV Self-Testing Among Online MSM in China: Implications for Expanding HIV Testing Among Key Populations. Journal of AIDS. 67(2): 216–221.
• 2015 10. Antonia AL; Taylor SM; Janko M; Emch M; Tshefu AK; Meshnick SR. (2014) A Cross-sectional Survey of Plasmodium falciparum pfcrt Mutant Haplotypes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 90:1094-1097.
• 2015 12. Perez-Heydrich C; Hudgens MH; Halloran ME; Clemens J; Ali M; Emch, M. (2014). Assessing the effects of cholera vaccination in the presence of interference. Biometrics. DOI: 10.1111/biom.12184.
• 2015 14. Carrel, M; Eron, JJ; Emch, M; Hurt, CB (2014) Spatial epidemiology of recently acquired HIV infections across rural and urban areas of North Carolina. PLoS One. 9(2): e88512.
• 2014 2. Patel JC; Taylor SM; Juliao JJ; Parobek CM; Janko M; Gonzalez LD; Tshefu AK; Emch M; Udhayakumar V; Lindblade K; Meshnick SR (2014, in press) Genetic evidence for the importation of falciparum malaria by Guatemalan soldiers returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Emerging Infectious Diseases.
• 2014 4. Wu, J; Yunus, M; Streatfield, PK; Emch, M. (2013, in press) Association of climate variability and childhood diarrhoeal disease in rural Bangladesh, 2000-2006. Epidemiology and Infection. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S095026881300277X.
• 2014 6. Wan, X-F; Carrel, M; Long, L; Alker, A; and Emch, M. (2013) Perspective on emergence and re-emergence of amantadine resistant influenza A viruses in domestic animals in China. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 20C: 298-303.
• 2014 8. Bien, CH; Cai; Emch, M; Parish, W; Tucker, J. (2013) High Adult Sex Ratios and Risky Sexual Behaviors: A Systematic Review. PLoS One. 8(8): e71580.
• 2014 10. Bowman NM; Congdon S; Mvalo T; Patel JC; Escamilla V; Emch M; Martinson F; Hoffman I; Meshnick SR; Juliano JJ (2013) Comparative population structure of Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein NANP repeat lengths in Lilongwe, Malawi. Scientific Reports. Scientific Reports. 3: 1990.
• 2014 12. Winston, J; Escamilla, V; Perez-Heydrich, C; Carrel, M; Yunus, M; Streatfield, PK; Emch, M. (2013). Protective Benefits of Deep Tube Wells Against Childhood Diarrhea in Matlab, Bangladesh. American Journal of Public Health. 103(7): 1287-91.
• 2014 14. Ali, M.; Kim, D.R.; Yunus, M.; Emch, M. (2013) Time Series Analysis of Cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh during 1988-2001. Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition. 31(1) 11-19.
• 2014 16. Root, ED; Rodd, J; Yunus, M; Emch, M. (2013) Longitudinal Trends in Cholera: The Role of Socioeconomic Status in Matlab, Bangladesh, 1993-2007. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 7(1): e1997.
• 2014 1. Antonia AL; Taylor SM; Janko M; Emch M; Tshefu AK; Meshnick SR. (2014, in press) A Cross-sectional Survey of Plasmodium falciparum pfcrt Mutant Haplotypes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
• 2014 3. Perez-Heydrich C; Hudgens MH; Halloran ME; Clemens J; Ali M; Emch, M. (2014, in press). Assessing the effects of cholera vaccination in the presence of interference. Biometrics.
• 2014 5. Carrel, M; Eron, JJ; Emch, M; Hurt, CB (2014) Spatial epidemiology of recently acquired HIV infections across rural and urban areas of North Carolina. PLoS One.9(2): e88512.
• 2014 7. Messina, JP; Mwandagalirwa, K; Taylor, SM; Emch, M; Meshnick, SR. (2013) Assessing the Spatial, Social, and Disease-related Determinants of Anemia in Congolese Women. Health & Place.24: 54-64.
• 2014 9. Dahly, D; Gordon-Larsen, P; Emch, M; Borja, J; and Adair, L (2013) The Spatial Distribution of Overweight and Obesity Among a Birth Cohort of Young Adult Filipinos (Cebu Philippines, 2005): An Application of the Kulldorff Spatial Scan Statistic. Nutrition & Diabetes 3, e80.
• 2014 11. Carrel, M. and Emch, M. (2013) Genetics: A New Landscape for Medical Geography. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 103(6): 1452-1467.
• 2014 13. Escamilla, V; Knappett, P; Yunus, M; Streatfield, PK; Emch, M (2013) Influence of Latrine Proximity and Type on Tubewell Water Quality and Diarrheal Disease in Bangladesh. Annals of the Association of American Geographers.103(2): 299-308.
• 2014 15. Taylor, SM; Antonia AL; Parobek CM; Juliano JJ; Janko M; Emch M; Alam MT; Udhayakumar V; Tshefu A; Meshnick SR (2013) Plasmodium falciparum Sulfadoxine Resistance is Geographically and Genetically Partitioned within the DR Congo. Scientific Reports. 3: 1165.
• 2014 17. Perez-Heydrich, C; Braly, JM; Giebultowicz, S; Winston, J; Yunus, M; Streatfield, PK; and Emch, ME. (2013) Social and Spatial Processes Associated with Childhood Diarrheal Disease in Matlab, Bangladesh. Health & Place. 19: 45-52. PMC3537872
• 2013 Root, ED and Emch ME. (2013) The Ecology of Injuries in Matlab, Bangladesh. In Eds. King, B and Crews, K. Ecologies and Politics of Health. New York; Routledge Press. pp 99-117.
• 2013 Carrel, M. and Emch, M. (2013) Genetics: A New Landscape for Medical Geography. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. DOI:10.1080/00045608.2013.784102.
• 2013 Emch, M. and Carrel M. “Spatial Patterns of Malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Landscape Genetics Approach.” International Medical Geography Symposium, East Lansing, MI, 7/9/13.
• 2013 Winston, J. and Emch, M (2013) Medical Geography, in (Ed.) Warf, B. Oxford Bibliographies in Geography, Oxford University Press. www.oxfordbibliographies.com
• 2012 Denaro, R; Brimhall, G; Chen, R; Donnellan, A; Emch, M; Jackson, I; Kelmelis, J; Lopez, X; Ojima, D; and Scanlon (2012) Advancing Strategic Science: A Spatial Data Infrastructure Roadmap for the U.S. Geological Survey. National Research Council: Washington, D.C., 115 pages.
• 2011 Reyburn, R.; Kim, DR.; Emch, M.; Khatib, A.; von Seidlein, L.; Ali, M. (2011) Climate Variability and Outbreaks of Cholera in Zanzibar, East Africa: A Time Series Analysis. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 84(6): 862–869.
• 2010 Meade, M. and Emch, M. (2010) Medical Geography. 3rd Edition. The Guilford Press: New York. 498 pages.
• 2007 Wan, X.F.; Wu, X.M.; Lin, G.; Holton, S.B.; Desmone, R.A.; Shyu, C.R.; Guan, Y.; Emch, M. (2007) Computational Identification of Reassortments in Avian Influenza Viruses. Avian Diseases. 51: 434-439.
• 2007 Wan, X-F; Chen, G.; Luo, F.; Emch, M.; Donis, R. (2007, in press) A Quantitative Genotype Algorithm Reflecting H5N1 Avian Influenza Niches. Bioinformatics.
• 2007 Ali, M.; Emch, M.; Yunus, M.; Sack, D.; Lopez, AL, Holmgren, J.; Clemens, J. (2007, in press) Vaccination of Adult Women against Cholera Protects Infants and Young Children in Rural Bangladesh. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.
• 2007 Emch, M.; Ali, M.; Yunus, M. (2007, in press) Risk Areas and Neighborhood-level Risk Factors for Shigella dysenteriae 1 and Shigella flexneri: Implications for Vaccine Development. Health & Place. Online version available via ScienceDirect.
• 2007 Emch, M; Ali, M.; Yunus, M.; Sack, D.; Acosta, C.; and Clemens, J.D. (2007) Efficacy calculation in randomized vaccine trials: Global or local measures? Health & Place. 13: 238-248.
• 2006 Ali, M.; Goovaerts, P.; Nazia, N.; Haq, MZ; Yunus, M.; Emch, M. (2006) Mapping the risk of endemic disease from individual-level data using Poisson kriging. International Journal of Health Geographics. 5(45):1-11.
• 2006 Emch, M; Ali, M.; Yunus, Park, J.K.; Yunus, M.; Sack, D.; and Clemens, J.D. (2006) Neighborhood-level Ecological Correlates of Cholera Vaccine Protection. International Journal of Epidemiology. 35: 1044-1050.
• 2005 Ali, M.: Park, J.K.; Thiem, D.; von Seidlein, L.; Canh, D.; Emch, M.E. ; and Clemens J.D. (2005) Neighborhood Size and Local Geographic Variation of Health Events: Using Hartley’s Test of Homogeneity to Select Optimal Neighborhood Size. International Journal of Health Geographics, 4:12.
• 2005 Ali, M.; Emch, M.; von Seidlein, L.; Yunus, M.; Sack, D.A.; Holmgren, J.; Rao, M.; and Clemens, J.D. (2005) Herd Immunity Conferred by Killed Oral Cholera Vaccines in Bangladesh. Lancet. Jul 2-8;366(9479):44-9.
• 2003 Emch, M.E. and Ali, M. (2003) Spatial Cluster Analysis for Etiological Research and Identification of Socio-Environmental Risk Factors. In Khan, O. and Skinner, R. Geographic Information Systems and Health Applications, Idea Group Publishing: Hershey, Pennsylvania, pp. 172-187.
• 2003 Ali, M.; Wagatsuma, Y.; Emch, M.; and Breiman, R.F. (2003) Use of a Geographic Information System for Defining Spatial Risk for Dengue Transmission in Bangladesh: Role for Aedes Albopictus in an Urban Outbreak, American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 69: 634-640.
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