Download Supriya Kumar, PhD, MPH Research Assistant Professor

Supriya Kumar, PhD, MPH
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences
Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
Contact
Information
Positions
704A Parran Hall
130 DeSoto Street
Pittsburgh PA 15261 USA
Voice 412-624-0234
E-mail [email protected]
Website http://www.pitt.edu/~supriya
Research Assistant Professor, Sep 2013 - present
Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate
School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
Adjunct Faculty, 2013 - present
Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India
Education and
Training
Postdoctoral Associate, Nov 2010 - Aug 2013
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
Kellogg Health Scholars Program Affiliate Fellow, Sep 2009 - Aug 2010
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
PhD, Biological Sciences, May 2005
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
MPH, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, June 2009
Certificate in Public Health Program Evaluation, June 2009
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
Grants and
Awards
• NIH Fogarty Institute R25, 2015-2018. Empowering Indian Health Researchers with Computational Modeling Tools. Role: Co-investigator
• CDC Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement (IPA), 2014-present. Examination of socioeconomic inequalities in respiratory infection and social networks relevant to disease transmission
in India. Role: Principal Investigator
• Health Policy Institute, 2015-2016. Cost-benefit analyses of paid sick days laws using agent-based
models. Role: Principal Investigator
• ASPR Hurricane Sandy grant, 2013-2015. Modeling primary care access in the Rockaways Peninsula Role:Co-investigator
• Asian Studies Small Grant, 2013-2014. Socio-economic inequalities in respiratory infections in
India: Who is at risk and why?. Role: Principal Investigator
• Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) pilot grant, 2011-2012. Explaining the mechanism behind disparities in influenza vaccine uptake. Role: Principal Investigator.
• Bernard D. Goldstein Student Award in Environmental Health Disparities and in Public Health
Practice, 2009
• William T. Green Jr. Award in Public Health, 2008
• Student Global Travel Grant, 2008. Community-based participatory monitoring of healthcare
facilities in India
Publications
• Guclu, H.*, Kumar, S.*, Galloway, D., Krauland, M., Sood, R., Bocour, A., Hershey, T.B.,
van Nostrand, E., and Potter, M. (2016) HAZEL: A tool to examine primary care access after
Hurricane Sandy. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 1-8. DOI: http://dx.doi.
org/10.1017/dmp.2016.44. *Guclu and Kumar contributed equally to the work.
• Sood, R., Bocour, A., Kumar, S., et al. (2016) Impact on Primary Care Access Post-Disaster:
A Case Study from the Rockaway Peninsula. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
1-4. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2016.80.
• Kumar, S., Piper, K., Galloway, D.D., Hadler, J.L., and Grefenstette, J.J. (2015) Is population
structure sufficient to generate area-level inequalities in influenza rates? An examination using
agent-based models BMC Public Health 15(1): 947.
• Quinn, S.C., and Kumar, S. (2014) Health Inequalities and Contagious Disease Epidemics: A
Challenge for Global Health Security Biosecurity and Bioterrorism 12(5): 263-273.
• Kumar, S., Grefenstette, J.J., Galloway, D., Albert, S.M., and Burke, D.S. (2013) Policies to
Reduce Influenza in the Workplace: Impact Assessments Using an Agent-Based Model Am J
Public Health 103: 1406-1411.
• Blanford, J.I., Kumar, S., Luo, W., and MacEachren, A. (2012) It’s a long, long walk: accessibility to hospitals, maternity and integrated health centers in Niger. Int J of Health Geographics
11:24 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-11-24.
• Kumar, S., Quinn, S.C., Kim, K.H., and Hilyard, K. (2012) US Public support for global vaccine
donations during the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic PLoS ONE 7(3): e33025. http://dx.doi.org/10.
1371/journal.pone.0033025.
• Kumar, S., Quinn, S.C., Kim, K.H., Daniel, L., and Freimuth, V. (2012) The Impact of Workplace Policies and Other Social Factors on self-reported Influenza-Like Illness Incidence during
the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Am J Public Health 102 134-140.
• Kumar, S., Quinn, S.C., Kim, K.H., Musa, D., and Freimuth, V. (2011) A Social Ecological
Model for Influenza Vaccine Acceptance in the US Health Education & Behavior 39(2): 229-243.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090198111415105.
• Kumar, S., and Quinn, S.C. (2011) Existing health inequalities in India: informing preparedness
planning for an influenza pandemic Health Policy & Planning 27(6): 516-526. DOI: http:
//dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czr075.
• Kumar, S., Quinn, S.C., Kriska, A.M., and Thomas, S.B. (2011) “Food is directed to the area”:
African Americans’ perceptions of the neighborhood nutrition environment in Pittsburgh Health
& Place 17 370-378.
• Quinn, S.C., Kumar, S., Freimuth, V., Kidwell, K., and Musa, D. (2011) Racial and Ethnic
Disparities in Exposure, Susceptibility and Access to Health Care for H1N1 Influenza: Results
of a National Survey Am J Public Health 101 285-293.
• Hilyard, K., Freimuth, V., Musa, D., Kumar, S., Quinn, S.C. (2010) Predicting Support for
Public Health Action in a Pandemic Health Affairs 29 2294-2301.
• Quinn, S.C., Kumar, S., Freimuth, V., Kidwell, K., and Musa, D. (2009) Public Willingness to
Take a Vaccine or Drug Under Emergency Use Authorization during the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic
Biosecurity and Bioterrorism 7 275-290.
• Quinn, S.C., Thomas, T., and Kumar, S. (2008) The Anthrax Vaccine and Research: Reactions
from Postal Workers and Public Health Professionals. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism 6 321-334.
• Tang, T.*, Kumar, S.*, Shen, Y., Lu, J., Wu, M.L., Shi, S., Li, W.H., Wu, C.I. (2010) Adverse
interactions between micro-RNAs and target genes from different species. Proc Natl Acad Sci
USA 107 12935-40. *Tang and Kumar contributed equally to the work.
• Lu, J., Shen, Y., Wu, Q., Kumar, S., He, B., Shi, S., Carthew, R.W., Wang, S.M. and Wu, C-I.
(2008) The birth and death of microRNA genes in Drosophila. Nature Genetics 40 351-355.
• Lu, J., Fu, Y., Kumar, S., Shen, Y., Zeng, K., Xu, A., Carthew, R. and Wu, C-I. Adaptive
Evolution of Newly Emerged Micro-RNA Genes in Drosophila. Mol Bio Evol 25 929-935.
• Kumar, S. and Lopez, AJ. (2005) Negative feedback regulation among SR splicing factors
encoded by Rbp1 and Rbp1-like in Drosophila melanogaster. EMBO Journal 24 2646-2655.
Recent
conference
publications
• Kumar, S. et al. Design of a study to examine contact mixing and acute respiratory infection
in Ballabgarh, Haryana. International Congress on Infectious Disease, March 2016, Hyderabad,
India.
• Kumar, S. et al. Systematic Review of socio-economic inequalities in respiratory infection
incidence. American Public Health Association, November 2015, Chicago, IL.
Manuscripts
under review
• Piper, K., Youk, A., James, A.E., and Kumar, S. How does access to paid sick days impact
employees and families? Gender and ethnicity in stay-at-home behavior for influenza. (under
review)
Manuscripts in
preparation
Service
• Kumar, S., Piper, K., Folb, B., and Cohen, S.C. Systematic Review of socio-economic inequalities in Respiratory Infection incidence. (in preparation)
Peer-Reviewer
• BMJ Open
• Epidemiology and Infection
• American Journal of Public Health
• Health & Place
• PLoS ONE
• Vaccine
• BMC Public Health
• Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
• Journal of Health Communication
Ongoing
Promoting research on social determinants in the context of infectious disease
• Organizer of a special session on social determinants of inequalities in infectious disease outbreaks
at APHA 2015. https://apha.confex.com/apha/143am/webprogram/Session45587.html
Teaching and
Mentoring
Social Dynamics in Public Health BCHS 2990
Spring 2016
Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
This course introduces graduate students in public health to systems thinking concepts and methods.
Guest Lectures
Ongoing
• Epidemiological Methods II, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
Lectured on agent-based models in this advanced course in epidemiology
• Introduction to Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
Lectured on the use of modeling in community health in this introduction to community health
course
• Public Health Law, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh
Lectured on surveillance systems in this public health law course
• Concepts and Methods in Global Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
Lectured on health equity in this global health course
Mentoring Undergraduate Student Research
Ongoing
Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
Kaitlin Piper, BS, University of Pittsburgh. Starting graduate studies at Emory University School
of Public Health in Fall 2016.
Samantha Rowden, BS, University of Pittsburgh. Starting medical school at the Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences in Fall 2016.
Mentoring Graduate Student Research
Ongoing
Danielle Farias, MPH
Practicum advisor. Title: Spatial Patterns Of Influenza Hospitalizations By Census Tract In
New Haven County, CT. Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
Xuan Li, MS.
Thesis committee member. Title: Statistical Analysis of Infectious Disease Simulations on Networks. Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Pferdehirt, MS.
Essay reader. Title: Potentially Dangerous Ingredients in Personal Care and Cosmetic Products:
An Analysis and Comparison of United States and European Policy Graduate School of Public
Health, University of Pittsburgh
Invited Talks
National Consultation on Estimation of Influenza Mortality in India, May 5th 2014. Agent
based modeling to examine disparities in influenza incidence.
Center on Race and Social Problems, Economics RAP group, April 4th 2013. Policies to
Reduce Influenza in the Workplace: Impact Assessments Using an Agent-Based Model.
Work Family Research Network Conference, New York City June 15 2012. Panel on making
research relevant for public policy.
Public Health Adaptive Systems (PHASYS) Seminar, January 15 2010. Racial and Ethnic
Disparities in Exposure, Susceptibility, and Access to Health Care for H1N1 Influenza: Results of a
National Survey.
Center on Race and Social Problems, Economic Disparities RAP group, March 4th 2009.
Neighborhood-level Nutrition Environment: People’s perceptions of grocery stores in the eastern
neighborhoods of Pittsburgh.
Activities
From 1999-2010, I worked with the Association for India’s Development (AID), a 501(c)(3) organization committed to supporting sustainable development in India. I led reviews of grant proposals
from organizations in India, visited project-sites, and evaluated projects for funding decisions at
AID.