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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.