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Amanda Durante, PhD, MSc 124 East Pattagansett Road, Niantic, CT, 06357 (860) 333 4965, [email protected] Education: Yale University School of Public Health Epidemiology of Microbial Disease Division New Haven, CT September 1996 - December 2001 Ph.D. Epidemiology and Public Health London School of Hygiene / London School of Economics London University London, England October 1988 – June 1989 M.Sc. Health Planning & Financing Smith College Northampton, MA September 1984 – May 1988 B.A. (Cum Laude) Sociology major / Economics minor Employment: City of New Haven Department of Health New Haven, CT January 2010-present Epidemiologist Information Services Division Responsible for identification, collection, analysis and dissemination of health-related data including reportable diseases, vital statistics, school data, other routinely collected data and surveys. Participates in investigation and control of infectious disease. Contributes to disaster preparedness planning, training and exercises. Yale University School of Public Health New Haven, CT December 2005 - December 2009 Coordinator / Epidemiologist Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness Provided training, curriculum development and technical assistance to Connecticut State and Local public health departments in the areas of the Strategic National Stockpile / mass dispensing, epidemiology surge capacity, and pandemic influenza. Pfizer, Inc New London, CT April 2004 - November 2005 Associate Director / Epidemiologist Safety and Risk Management Conducted safety analyses in support of drug development including reviewing the epidemiologic literature, analyzing clinical trials data and designing epidemiologic studies. Yale University School of Public Health New Haven, CT April 2002 - April 2004 Epidemiologist Yale Emerging Infections Program Provided epidemiologic oversight of New Haven County Liver Study including protocol development, data management and analysis, design of validation studies, and preparation of scientific manuscripts. Contributed to the development, management and analysis of other surveillance projects. Yale University AIDS Program New Haven, CT June 1995 - March 1998 Epidemiologist Community-based study of TB among drug users Undertook study implementation and data analysis for a community tuberculosis epidemiology and control project. Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre London, England July 1989 - May 1995 Epidemiologist PHLS Collaborative Survey of Salivary Antibodies to HIV and Hepatitis B core in Injecting Drug Users Managed all day-to-day aspects of this national multi-center surveillance survey, including implementation, data management and analysis, budgeting, protocol development and staff supervision. Teaching Experience: Yale School of Public Health New Haven, CT Spring, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Lecturer Public Health Surveillance Developed and taught MPH course Yale University New Haven, CT Fall, 2004, 2005 Lecturer Public Health Management of Disaster Co-taught MPH course. Redesigned and updated the curriculum. University of Connecticut Medical Center Farmington, CT Fall, 2007 Spring, 2004 Instructor Infectious Disease Epidemiology Developed and taught MPH course. Awards and Honors: NIMH Post-Doctoral Fellowship in HIV/AIDS (awarded but declined), 2001 Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society, May 1988 Smith College Alumnae Association Graduate Fellowship, May 1988 Training Completed: IS 100 - Introduction to the Incident Command System (FEMA) IS 120 - Introduction to Exercises (FEMA) IS 700 - National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) – an introduction An Introduction to Food Security Awareness (FDA) Strategic National Stockpile: Guidance and Overview (CDC) Public Health Emergency Law (Connecticut Department of Public Health) Committees: National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Epidemiology Workgroup, October 2011 – present Connecticut Mass Dispensing Taskforce, 2007-2008 (Mass Dispensing Training Plan Workgroup, Field Action Guide Workgroup) Centers for Public Health Preparedness Food and Water Safety Collaboration Group, Chair, 20062007 Skills: Experienced user of SAS (statistical software), Lectora (course authoring software), and Microsoft products (Access, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Outlook). User of ArcGIS. Training developed: Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Point of Dispensing (POD) Medical Screener Training, Online course, 2008. Available at http://ct.train.org, course number 1014669. Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness, Connecticut Department of Public Health & Connecticut Association of Directors of Health, Building Surge Epidemiology Capacity: Epidemiologic Data Collection Training for Non-epidemiologist, In-person training package, 2008. Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness, Connecticut Department of Public Health. Mass Dispensing Toolkit Training, In-person training package with video summary, 2008. Video available at http://ct.train.org, course number 1014429. Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness, Connecticut Department of Public Health. Local POD trainers – roles, strategies and resources, In-person training package, 2008. Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Point of Dispensing (POD) Staff Orientation, In-person or online course, 2007. Online course available at http://ct.train.org, course number 1010962. In-person course material available at http://info.med.yale.edu/eph/ycphp/projects/dispensing.html. Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Point of Dispensing Evaluator Orientation. In-person course, 2006. In-person course materials available at http://info.med.yale.edu/eph/ycphp/resources.html. Publications: Connally NP, Durante AJ, Yousey-Hindes KM, Meek JI, Nelson RS, Heimer R. Peridomestic Lyme Disease Prevention: Results of a Population-Based Case-Control Study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2009; 37(3): 201-206. Durante AJ, Melchreit M, Sullivan K, Degutis L. Connecticut competency-based point of dispensing worker training needs assessment. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2009: 3(4). Durante AJ, St. Louis T, Navarro V, Meek J, Sofair AB. The mortality burden of chronic liver disease may be substantially underestimated in the United States but could be improved. Connecticut Medicine 2008: 72(7): 389-392. Durante AJ, Meek J, St. Louis T, Navarro V, Sofair AN. Cirrhosis-related hospitalization rates and proportions related to viral hepatitis; New Haven County, Connecticut 1999-2000. Connecticut Medicine 2008; 72(7): 393-397. Abdala N, Karsnoselskikh TV, Durante AJ, Timofeeva MY, Vervochkin SV, Kozlov AP. Sexually transmitted infections, sexual risk behaviors and the risk of heterosexual spread of HIV among and beyond IDUs in St. Petersburg, Russia. European Addiction Research 2008; 14(1). Durante AJ, Melchreit R, Sullivan K, Degutis L. Partnering for success: recruitment, training, and deployment of public health exercise evaluators. Public Health Reports 2007; 122(6). Yeo SF, Huie S, Sofair AN, Campbell S, Durante A, Wong B. Measurement of serum Darabinitol/creatinine ratios for initial diagnosis and for predicting outcome in an unselected, population-based sample of patients with Candida fungemia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2006; 44(11): 3894-3899. Sullivan LE, Fiellin DA, Durante AJ, Sofair AN. The impact of substance use disorders on eligibility for treatment of hepatitis C infection. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2003;18 Suppl 1:158. Durante AJ, Williams AB, Da Costa M, Darragh T, Khoshnood K, Palefsky J. Longitudinal study of anal cytologic abnormalities in a cohort of HIV-infected women. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 2003; 12(7): 638-642. Strickler HD, Palefsky JM, Shah KV, Anastos K, Klein RS, Minkoff H, Duerr A, Massad LS, Celentano DD, Hall C, Fazzari M, Cu-Uvin S, Bacon M, Schuman P, Levine AM, Durante AJ, Gange S, Melnick S, Burk RD. Human Papillomavirus Type 16 and Immune Status in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Seropositive Women. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003; 95(14): 1062-71. Abdala N, Carney JM, Durante AJ, Klimov N, Ostrovski D, Somlai AM, Kozlov A, Heimer R. Estimating the prevalence of syringe-borne and sexually transmitted diseases among injecting drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia. International Journal of STD & AIDS 2003; 14(10): 697-703. Bova C & Durante A . Sexual functioning among HIV-infected women. AIDS Patient Care and STDs 2003; 17(2): 75-83. Durante AJ, Bova CA, Fennie KP, Danvers K, Holness D, Burgess JD, Williams AB. Home-based study of adherence to anti-retroviral medication regimens. AIDS Care 2003, 15(1): O'Connor PG, Shi JM, Henry S, Durante AJ, Friedman L, Selwyn PA. Tuberculosis chemoprophylaxis using a liquid isoniazid-methadone admixture for drug users in methadone maintenance. Addiction 1999; 94(7): 1071-1075. Durante AJ, Selwyn PA, O'Connor PG. Risk factors for and knowledge of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among drug users in substance abuse treatment. Addiction 1998; 93(9): 13931401. Selwyn PA, Pumerantz AS, Durante AJ, Alcabes PG, Gourevitch MN, Boiselle PM, Elmore JG. Clinical predictors of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, bacterial pneumonia and tuberculosis in HIVinfected patients. AIDS 1998; 12: 885-893. Durante AJ, Heptonstall J. How many people are there in England and Wales at risk of infection from injecting drug use? Communicable Disease Report Review 1995;5(3):R40-R44. Durante AJ, Hart GH, Brady T, Madden P, Noone A. The Health of the Nation Target on syringe sharing: a role for routine surveillance in assessing progress and targeting interventions. Addiction 1995; 90: 1389-1396. Noone A, Durante AJ, Brady AR, Majid F, Swan AV, Parry JV et al. HIV infection in injecting drug users attending centres in England and Wales, 1990-1991. AIDS 1993; 7: 1501-1507. Durante AJ. HIV infection in injecting drug users. AIDS Care 1991; 3(4): 439 - 441. Hart G, Durante A. A review of the behavioural research on drug users and gay men from the VII International Conference on AIDS. Health Education Journal 1991; 50(4): 174-178. Selected Conference presentations: Health Equity Alliance Data Work Group. Overview of the New Haven Community Safety Briefing Document. Presented at the Visioning a Healthy City Conference, New Haven, CT, March, 2011. Yousey-Hindes K, Connally NP, Meek J, Durante AJ, Nelson R. Peridomestic Lyme disease prevention in Connecticut: A three-year, population-based case-control study. Accepted for presentation at the 134th Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the American Public Health Association, Boston, November, 2006. Wurtzel H, Sofair A, Manos MM, Thomas A, Murphy RC, St. Louis T, Durante A, Weber MB, Bower WA, Terrault N, Bell B. Alcohol Consumption Patters Among Chronic Hepatitis C Patients. Presented at the 131th Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, California, November, 2003. Beth P Bell, Andre N Sofair, Michele M Manos, Atif Zaman, Ann Thomas, Rose Murphy, Wendy Leyden, Thomas E St Louis, Amanda Durante, Nicole Hulten, Michelle Tacariello, Heather L Wurtzel, William Bower, Victor J. Navarro, Norah Terrault. Newly-Diagnosed Hepatitis C and Alcohol Use: Findings of Population-Based Sentinel Surveillance In The United States. Presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Boston, Massachusetts, October 24 – 28. Aoun-Barakat L, Durante AJ, Quagliarello V. Risk classification for adverse clinical outcome in bacterial meningitis in children. Oral presentation at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, New Orleans, LA, 2000. Durante AJ. Familial transmission of syphilis in Ibsen’s Wild Duck: A public health interpretation. Oral presentation at a conference entitled 'Diseases Desperate Grown: Malady in Literature', Fordham University, 2000. Durante AJ, Merino FL, Selwyn PA, Marino J, Hadler J, Balacos K. Effect of HIV on TB transmission in a North Eastern American Urban Community. Poster presentation at the XI International Conference on AIDS, Vancouver, 1996.