Projects & Publications
Projects
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Project I -- Exposure: Detection, Fate and Transport of Agents
Charles P. Gerba, University of Arizona
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Project II -- Infectious Disease Models for Assessing Microbial
Risks and Developing Control Strategies
Joseph N.S. Eisenberg,
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
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Project III -- Dose Response Assessment
Charles N. Haas, Drexel
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Project IV -- The Assessment-analysis Interface
Patrick Gurian, Drexel
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Project V -- Knowledge Management, Transfer, and Learning
Rosina Weber, Drexel
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Recent Publications
(Peer reviewed journals)
- Greenberg,
D. L., J. D. Busch, D. M. Wagner and P. Keim (2010). "Identifying
experimental surrogates for Bacillus anthracis spores: a review."
Investigative Genetics 1(4).
- Gunawardena, S., R. Weber and
D. E. Agosto (2010). "Finding that Special Someone: Modeling
Collaboration in an Academic Context." Journal of Education for Library
and Information Science 51(4).
- Hong, T., P. L. Gurian and
N. Ward (2010). "Setting Risk-Informed Environmental Standards for
Bacillus Anthracis Spores." Risk Analysis 30(10): 1602-1622.
- Huang,
Y. and C. N. Haas (in press). "Quantification of the relationship
between bacterial kinetics and host response for monkeys exposed to
aerosolized Francisella tularensis." Applied and Environmental
Microbiology.
- Huang, Y., T. Hong, T. A. Bartrand, P. L.
Gurian, C. N. Haas, R. Liu and S. B. Tamrakar (2010). "How Sensitive Is
Safe? Risk-Based Targets for Ambient Monitoring of Pathogens." IEEE
Sensors Journal 10(3): 668-673.
- Mayer, B. T., J. S.
Koopman, E. L. Ionides, J. Pujol and J. N. S. Eisenberg (in press). "A
dynamic doseresponse model to account for exposure patterns in risk
assessment: a case study in inhalation anthrax." Journal of the Royal
Society Interface.
- Mitchell-Blackwood, J., P. L. Gurian
and C. O’Donnell (in press). "Finding Risk-based Switchover Points for
Response Decisions for Environmental Exposure to Bacillus anthracis"
submitted to Human and Ecological Risk Assessment." Human and
Ecological Risk Assessment.
- Razzolini, M.T.P., Weir, M.H.
Matte, M.H., Matte, G.R., Fernandes, L.N. Rose, J.B. (accepted) Risk of
Giardia infection for drinking water and bathing in a peri-urban area
in São Paulo, Brazil. International Journal of Environmental Health
Research
- Romero-Gomez, P., K. E. Lansey and C. Y. Choi (in
press). "Impact of an incomplete solute mixing model on sensor network
design." Hydroinformatics.
- Spicknall, I., J. Koopman, M.
Nicas, J. Pujol, L. Sheng and J. Eisenberg (2010). "Informing Optimal
Environmental Influenza Interventions: How the Host, Agent, and
Environment Alter Dominant Routes of Transmission." PLoS Computational
Biology 6(10).
- Tamrakar, S. B., A. Haluska, C. N. Haas and
T. A. Bartrand (in press). "Dose-Response Model ofCoxiella burnetii(Q
Fever)." Risk Analysis.
- Zelner, J., A. A. King, C. L. Moe
and J. N. S. Eisenberg (2010). "How Infections Propagate After Point
Source Outbreaks: An Analysis of Secondary Norovirus Transmission."
Epidemiology 21(5): 711-718.
(Theses / Dissertations)
- Pedro
Romero-Gomez, University of Arizona, 2010. Doctoral Dissertation.
Transport phenomena in drinking water systems. Supervised by Professor
Christopher Choi.
- Jade Mitchell-Blackwood, Drexel
University, 2010. Using Analytic Models to Address Uncertainty and
Establish Thresholds for Risk-Based Responses to Pathogenic Agents in
the Environment. Doctoral Dissertation. Supervised by Professor Patrick
Gurian.
- Yin Huang, Drexel University, 2010. Doctoral
Dissertation. Incorporating Time to Response into Dose-Response Models
Used in Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment. Supervised by Professor
Charles Haas.
- Ian Solon, Drexel University, 2010. Master
Thesis. The extraction of a B. anthracis Surrogate from Pleated HVAC
Filters. Supervised by Professor Patrick Gurian.
Earlier Publications
(Peer reviewed journals)
- Corella-Barud,
V., K.D. Mena, S.G. Gibbs, P.L. Gurian, and A. Barud. (2009).
Evaluation of Neighborhood Treatment Systems for Potable Water Supply.
International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 19(1):49-58
- Durham D.P.and Casman, E. A. (In Press) Threshold Conditions for Bubonic Plague Persistence in Urban Rats. Risk Analysis.
- Herzog
AB, McLennan SD, Pandey AK, Gerba CP, Haas CN, Rose JB, Hashsham
SA.(2009). Implications of Limits of Detection of Various Methods for
Bacillus anthracis in Computing Risk to Human Health. Applied
Environmental Microbiology. 75:6331-6339
- Huang, Y.,
Bartrand, T.A., Haas, C.N. and Weir M.H. (2009) Incorporating Time Post
Inoculation into a Dose-Response Model of Yersinia pestis in Mice.
Journal of Applied Microbiology. 107(3):727-735.
- Huang, Y. and Haas, C.N. (2009) Time-dose-response Models for Microbial Risk Assessment. Risk Analysis. 29(5): 648-661.
- Huang,
Y., Hong, T., Bartrand, T.A., Gurian, P.L., Haas, C.N., Liu, R., and
Tamrakar, S.B. (2009) How Sensitive Is Safe? Risk-Based Targets for
Ambient Monitoring of Pathogens. IEEE Sensors Journal. Accepted for
publication.
- Huang, Y., Hong, T., Bartrand, T.A., Gurian,
P.L., Haas, C.N., Liu, R., and Tamrakar, S.B. (2009) How Sensitive Is
Safe? Risk-Based Targets for Ambient Monitoring of Pathogens. IEEE
Sensors Journal. Accepted for publication.
- Jones, R.M.,
Masago, Y., Bartrand, Haas, C.N., Nicas, M., and J.B. Rose. (2009)
Characterizing the risk of infection from Mycobacterium tuberculosis in
commercial passenger aircraft using quantitative microbial risk
assessment. Risk Analysis. 29, page 355.
- Jones R. and
Nicas, M, (2009) Experimental Determination of supermicrometer particle
fate subsequent to a point release within a room under natural and
forced mixing. Aerosol Science and Technology. 43: 921-938.
- Sinclair,
R., Gomez, P.R., Choi, C.Y., Gerba, C.P. (2009) Assessment of MS-2
phage and salt tracers to characterize axial dispersion in water
distribution systems. Journal of Environmental Science and Health. 44:
963-971.
- Weir M.H., Haas, C.N. (In Press) Quantifying the
Effect of Age on the Dose Response of Variola majorin Suckling Mice.
Human and Ecological Risk Assessment.
- Sinclair, R., S.
A. Boone, D. Greenberg, P. Keim, and C. P. Gerba. 2008. Persistence of
Category A select agents in the environment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
74:555-563. Publisher's Site
- Romero-Gomez,
P., C. K. Ho, and C. Y. Choi. 2008. Mixing at Cross Junctions in Water
Distribution Systems – Part I. A Numerical Study. ASCE Journal of Water
Resources Planning and Management134(3):284-294. Abstract | Publisher's Site
- Austin,
R. G., B. van Bloemen Waanders, S. McKenna and C. Y. Choi. 2008. Mixing
at Cross Junctions in Water Distribution Systems – Part II. An
Experimental Study. ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and
Management 134(3):295-302. Abstract | Publisher's Site
- Masago,
Y., T. Shibata, and J. B. Rose. 2008. Bacteriophage P22 and
Staphylococcus aureus Attenuation on Nonporous Fomites as Determined by
Plate Assay and Quantitative PCR. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology 74(18):5838-5840. Abstract | Publisher's Site
- Bartrand, T. A., M. H. Weir, and C. N. Haas. 2008. Dose-Response Models for Inhalation of Bacillus anthracis Spores: Interspecies Comparisions. Risk Analysis 28(4):1115-1124. Abstract | Publisher's Site
- Tamrakar,
S.B. and C. N. Haas. 2008. Dose-Response Model for Lassa
Virus. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 14(4): 742-752. Abstract | Publisher's Site
- Tamrakar, S.B. and C. N. Haas. 2008. Dose-Response Model for Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis). Journal of Applied Microbiology 105(5):1361-1371. Abstract | Publisher's Site
- Casman,
E. A. and B. Fischhoff. 2008. Risk Communication Planning for the
Aftermath of a Plague Bioattack. Risk Analysis 28(5): 1327-1342. Abstract | Publisher's Site
- Choi,
C. Y., I. Song, and P. Romero-Gomez. Solute Transport in a Pressurized
Pipe Network with Multiple Cross Junctions. ASCE Journal of Hydraulic
Engineering (Currently under Review).
- Pujoli, J. M., J.
E. Eisenberg, C. N. Haas, and J. S. Koopman. The Effect of Ongoing
Exposure Dynamics in Dose Response Relationships. PLoS Computational
Biology (Currently under Review).
- Eisenberg, J. E. A
Dynamic Dose-Response Model for Modelling Infection Transmission.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface (Currently under Review).
- Li,
S. Dynamics and Control of Infections Transmitted from Person to Person
Through the Environment. American Journal of Epidemiology (Currently
under Review).
- Weir, M. H. and C. N. Haas. Quantification of the Effects of Age on the Dose Response of Variola major in Suckling Mice. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (Currently under Review).
- Huang, Y., T. A. Bartrand, and C. N. Haas. Incorporating time post inoculation into a dose response model for Yersinia pestis in mice. Journal of Applied Microbiology (Currently under Review).
- Huang,
Y. and C. N. Haas. Time-to-dose-response Models for Microbial Risk
Assessment. Risk Analysis (Currently under Review).
- Huang,
Y., T. Hong, T. Bartrand, P. L. Gurian, C. N. Haas, R. Liu, and S.
Tamrakar. How Sensitive is Safe? Risk-based Targets for Ambient
Monitoring of Pathogens. IEEE Sensors Journal (Currently under Review).
- Durham,
D. and E. Casman. Threshold Conditions for Bubonic Plague Persistence
in Urban Rats. PNAS (Currently under Review).
- Boone, S.
A. and C. P. Gerba 2007. The significance of fomites in the spread of
respiratory and gastrointestinal disease. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology, 73:1687-1696.
- Weber, R. O. "Addressing
Failure Factors in Knowledge Management," (2007). Electronic Journal of
Knowledge Management, 5(3): pp. 333-346. Online:
http://www.ejkm.com/volume-5/v5-i3/Weber.pdf
- Weber, R. O.
& Gunawardena, S. Designing Multifunctional Knowledge Management
Systems. Accepted for publication in the proceedings of the Hawaii
International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-41), January 2008.
- Weber,
R. O., Gunawardena, S. & Proctor, J. M. Generating Reports from
Case-Based Knowledge Artifacts. In D. Wilson & G. Sutcliffe (Eds.),
Proceedings of the Twentieth International Florida Artificial
Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS 2007) Menlo Park CA:
AAAI Press.
- Romero, P., C. K. Ho, and C. Y. Choi, 2007,
Mixing at Cross Junctions in Water Distribution Systems – Part I. A
Numerical Study, ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and
Management (in press).
- Austin, R. G., B. van Bloemen
Waanders, S. McKenna and C. Y. Choi, 2007, Mixing at Cross Junctions in
Water Distribution Systems – Part II. An Experimental Study, ASCE
Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (in press).
- Pujol
JM, Eisenberg JNS1, Haas CN; Koopman JS. 2007. The Effect of Ongoing
Exposure Dynamics in Dose Response Relationships. Submitted to PNAS.
- Sinclair,
R., S. Boone, C. P. Gerba, D. Greenberg, D. Wagner and P. Keim. 2007.
Persistence of select agents category A in the environment. Accepted
Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
- Verónica
Corella-Barud, Kristina D. Mena, Shawn G. Gibbs, Patrick L. Gurian, and
Alberto Barud. 2007. Evaluation of Neighborhood Treatment Systems for
Potable Water Supply, submitted to International Journal of
Environmental Health Research.
- Haas et al. Dose-Response
Models for Inhalation of Bacillus anthracis Spores: Interspecies
Comparisons. Risk Analysis (Currently under Review)
- Haas
et al.Quantification of the Effects of Age on Dose Response of Variola
major in Suckling Mice. Risk Analysis. (Currently under Review)
- Haas et al.Dose Response Model for Lassa Virus. International Journal of Human Ecology & Risk Assessment (In Press)
(Peer Reviewed Proceedings)
- Gunawardena,
S., & Weber, R. (2009). Discovering Patterns of Collaboration for
Recommendation. In Proceedings 22th International FLAIRS Conference,
FLAIRS`09. AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California, 2009.
- Gunawardena,
S., & Weber, R. Paper presented at FLAIRS conference. (2009)
Discovering Patterns of Collaboration for Recommendation. Proceedings:
22nd International FLAIRS Conference, FLAIRS`09. AAAI Press, Menlo
Park, California, 2009.
- Weber, R. O., S. Gunawardena,
and C. MacDonald. 2008. Horizontal Case Representation. In: Advances in
Case-Based Reasoning: Proceedings of the European Conference on
Case-Based Reasoning. Althoff, K.-D., R. Bergmann, M. Minor, and A.
Hanft, eds. pp. 548-561. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg. Abstract | Publisher's Site
- Weber,
R. O. and S. Gunawardena. 2008. Designing Multifunctional Knowledge
Management Systems. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International
Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-41):368-377. Abstract | Publisher's Site
- Weber,
R. O., S. Gunawardena, and G. Abraham 2008. Representing and Retrieving
Knowledge Artifacts. In: Proceedings of the 7th International
Conference on Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management (PAKM). T.
Yamagchi ed. pp. 86-97. Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg (In press).
(Book Chapters)
- Pepper,
I. L., C. Y. Choi, and C. P. Gerba. Microorganisms and bioterrorism.
In: Environmental Microbiology. R. M. Maier, I. L. Pepper and C. P.
Gerba, eds. pp. 565-574. Academic Press, San Diego.
(Theses / Dissertations)
- Ms.
Surakshya Dhakal, University of California Berkeley, 2009 Masters
Thesis. Exploring the Relationships between Time-to-Mixing, Turbulence
Intensity, and the Turbulent Diffusion Coefficient. Supervised by
Professor Mark Nicas.
- Tao Hong, Drexel University, 2009
Masters Thesis. Estimating risk of exposure to Bacillus anthracis based
on environmental concentrations. Supervised by Patrick Gurian
- Mark
H. Weir, Drexel University, 2009. Doctoral Dissertation. Development of
a Physiologically Based Pathogen Transport and Kinetics Model for
Inhalation of Bacillus anthracis spores. Supervised by Charles N. Haas
- Henley,
J. B. 2008. Thesis for Master of Science. Determining the Inactivation
Rates of Viruses on Indoor Surfaces. College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences, Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science,
University of Arizona.
- Herzog, A. 2008. Thesis for
Master of Engineering. Factors to Consider in the Evaluation of Risk at
the Environmental Detection Limit. Center for Microbial Ecology,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State
University
- Jones, R. M. 2008. Dissertation for Doctor of
Philosophy. Experimental Evaluation of a Markov Model of Contamination
Transport in Indoor Experiments with Application to Tuberculosis
Transmission in Commercial Passenger Aircraft. School of Public
Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of
California, Berkeley.
(Un-refereed documents)
- White Paper Submitted in Support of the Physiologic Assessment of Microbial Effects (PhAME) Project.
- White-Paper
was submitted to USACCHPM and is currently pending security clearance
for public release of the information. Jade Mitchell-Blackwood and
Patrick L. Gurian, Development of Dose-Response Curves for Bacillus
anthracis (Inhalation Anthrax) Using a Bayesian Approach on Historic
Data.
- White Paper Submitted in Support of the Physiologic
Assessment of Microbial Effects (PhAME) Project, Limited Distribution
through the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive
Medicine, Environmental Health Risk Assessment Program (MCHB-TS-REH),
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland (2008).
- Masago, Y, Jones, R, Bartrand, TA, Haas, CN, Rose, JB. 2008. Estimates of risk associated with a tuberculosis patient and air travel. CAMRA TB Alert Report.
- Rose, J. B., C. N. Haas, P. L. Gurian, and J. S. Koopman. 2008. Instruction manual for quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA). CAMRA 3rd QMRA Summer Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
- Herzog,
A., C. Rodriguez, K. Enger, M. Milbrath, O. Bucher, P. Okelo, S.
Luster-Teasley, and Y. Huang. 2008. Risk Assessment on Anthrax release
in IRS Building. Group A Case Study: CAMRA 3rd QMRA Summer Institute,
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
- Pandey,
A., W. Betacourt, A. Baynton, A. Wright, K. Bush, S. Khan, K. Shaw, A.
Coulliette. 2008. Adventure Vacations: Leaving Norovirus at the Dock: A
QMRA Assessment of Norovirus Outbreaks on Houseboats. Group B Case
Study: CAMRA 3rd QMRA Summer Institute, Michigan State University, East
Lansing, MI.
- Mendoza-Sanchez, I., F.
Simmons, C. O’Donnell, M. Sato, A. Rajić, B. Mayer, A. Jenkins, J. B.
Rose, and G. Medema. Tularemia in Water: A Quantitative Microbial Risk
Assessment. Group C Case Study: CAMRA 3rd QMRA Summer Institute,
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
- Gurian,
P., I. Young, M. T. Pepe Razzolini, R. Johnson, B. Schmidt, C.
Flemming, T. Hong, and A. Smith. Risk Assessment for H5N1 Influenza A:
Border Inspection of Smuggled Goods Exposure. Group D Case Study: CAMRA
3rd QMRA Summer Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
- Shibata,
T., Gurian, P, Rose JB., Haas, CN., Choi, C., Nicas, M., and Koopman,
J., 2007. Instruction manual for quantitative microbial risk assessment
(QMRA). CAMRA 2nd QMRA Summer Institute, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, MI.