Mariam O. Fofana, MD, PhD

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.