SAEMF Emerging Infectious Disease and Preparedness Grant - $100,000

"Spatiotemporal Modeling to Estimate the Risk of Exposure to Emerging Pathogens"

Emergency department and hospital leadership need data on the risk faced by their institutions to guide
preparedness and infection control decisions. This need is particularly critical in emergency departments,
which are often the first point of contact for sick individuals who may be index patients of an outbreak, and
thus are susceptible to being sites of nosocomial infection.

Recipient(s)

  • Mariam O. Fofana, MD, PhD

    Mariam O. Fofana, MD, PhD

    Emory University School of Medicine

    "Spatiotemporal Modeling to Estimate the Risk of Exposure to Emerging Pathogens"

    Mariam O. Fofana, MD, PhD, is an emergency physician and epidemiologist whose research focuses on infectious diseases of global health significance.

    Dr. Fofana’s work emphasizes quantitative epidemiologic methods, including mathematical modeling, to better understand disease dynamics and inform public health responses. Her doctoral research examined the population-level impact of treatment for drug-sensitive and drug-resistant tuberculosis. More recently, she has used cohort data to evaluate immune responses to SARS-CoV-2.

    Her current work focuses on improving preparedness and response to travel-related and emerging pathogens in the emergency department setting across multiple scales.