Epidemiologist and Assistant Professor @umichsph | PhD @UCBerkeley | Infectious disease dynamics | Climate and health | Fungal infections
Joined July 2020
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Sarah Dobson’s passion for epidemiology, supported by her growing commitment for using reliable data to solve public health problems, was cultivated through various internships and the invaluable advice of her mentors. Pursuing an MPH at @UMichSPH allowed Dobson to delve deeper into the field and become fascinated with the intersection of climate change and public health. myumi.ch/Q68M7 @UMichEpid
ALT Sarah Dobson smiling, standing with arms crossed inside the School of Public Health building
It was an honor to listen to and learn from @ashishkjha as well as experts in county, state, and community health at @umichsph 's The Exchange event!
Thank you so much for joining @umichsph for The Exchange. It was a wonderful event, our speakers were amazing. We are so thankful for the amazing work that our faculty are doing.
#GoBlue #Michigan #PublicHealth #Epidemiology
ALT Exchange Panelists: Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, Dr. Juan Luis Marquez, REv. Horace Sheffield III Moderator: Dr. Emily Martin Group photo w/ Dean Bowman
ALT Keynote Dr. Ashish Jha (R) with Dr. Jennifer Head (L)
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Working with awesome students has been a highlight of my time here at @umichepid! Really proud all Sarah has accomplished and all she will surely accomplish! sph.umich.edu/stories/2024po…
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Feeling incredibly honored to be named the recipient of the John G. Searle Professorship and grateful for @umichepid for being so supportive of my journey as Assistant Professor!
Huge congratulations to Assistant Professor @JenniferR_Head on being named the recipient of the John G. Searle Professorship. We are absolutely delighted for you, so well deserved.
#GoBlue #Epidemiology #Congratulations
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Fungal infections known as valley fever could spike this fall - @AlexKHeaney, Simon Camponuri and I explain why! theconversation.com/fungal-i… via @ConversationUS
Jennifer Head-Zhutenegger retweeted
Valley fever, a potentially deadly fungal disease that lives in soil and spreads in dust, thrives amid extreme swings in rainfall and drought, has been spreading largely driven by climate change.
@UMichSPH's @JenniferR_Head is an expert. Read on @NatGeo myumi.ch/4jXeq
Rapid transitions (aka whiplash) between extreme dry and extreme wet conditions are becoming more common. These conditions are perfect to fuel wildfires and #ValleyFever. Thanks to @NatGeo for reporting. nationalgeographic.com/envir…
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🚨New pre-print🚨 2023 was a near-record year for #ValleyFever in #California following transition from drought to atmospheric rivers in winter 2022/23. Following a second wet winter of 2023/24 in California, we forecast continued high incidence of #ValleyFever for 2024 into 2025
Continued swings between drought and heavy rainfall (aka "precipitation whiplash") under climate change will have implications for Valley fever. Forecasts can help inform public health messaging to enhance provider and patient awareness for earlier diagnosis and treatment.
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Great to work on this with @AlexKHeaney @Justin_Remais @CAPublicHealth @umichepid @UCBerkeleySPH @UCSanDiegoSPH
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Our latest research, led by Prof. Alexandra Heaney @UCSanDiegoSPH, shows that drought shifts Valley fever seasonality in California thelancet.com/journals/lanam…
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Guiding words: “[With climate change] the rich will find their world to be more expensive, inconvenient, uncomfortable, disrupted, and colorless—in general, more unpleasant and unpredictable, perhaps greatly so. The poor will die.” –Kirk R. Smith, PhD, MPH (1947–2020).
Important call from @BaccarelliAA and colleagues for public health to move from describing the climate problem to solutions-focused research. Read this, then the full article:
journals.lww.com/environepid…
New study in @JAMANetworkOpen: We analyzed >3.9 mil pediatric COVID 19 cases in CA and found that vaccination was associated with significant reductions in in COVID cases and hospitalizations in children. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
In months following vaccine availability, we estimated reductions of 31% and 27% from expected cases in 12-15 y/o's and 5-11 y/o's and a 24% reduction in hospitalizations for 6-59mo/o's. Counties with higher pediatric vaccine rates saw greater reductions in cases per population.
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Grateful to work with a fantastic team from @CAPublicHealth @UCBerkeleySPH @umichepid including @Justin_Remais @tomasmleon
Jennifer Head-Zhutenegger retweeted
Case analysis of >3.9 mil COVID cases in California found that pediatric vaccination averted >375,000 cases of COVID-19 and 270 hospitalizations in children 6mo-15yrs in the 4 to 7 months following vaccine availability. @JenniferR_Head @Justin_Remais ja.ma/3JuSQjp
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Join our #ClimateChangeandHealth Seminar on Apr. 15 at 12pm ET! Dr. Jennifer Head, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at @umichsph, will be our featured speaker.
Register here👉bit.ly/2024HeadSeminar
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