Vanessa Burrowes is currently a PhD student in the Global Disease Epidemiology and Control Program within the International Health Department at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research interests range from understanding the ecology and epidemiology of the gut microbiome, environmental enteropathy, and growth outcomes in Bangladeshi children, to understanding exposure assessment and health outcomes of indoor household air pollution from traditional cookstoves in Peruvian populations for her current work. She is currently conducting her dissertation research with Dr. William Checkley as part of the NIH Household Air Pollution Investigation Network (HAPIN) in Puno, Peru. Vanessa intends to continue her research in both of these areas and extend this knowledge towards therapeutic applications in the future.
Education
Johns Hopkins University – Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, MD
Ph.D. Candidate in International Health
Global Disease Epidemiology and Control Program
Projected 2020
Emory University – Rollins School of Public Health
Atlanta, GA
Master of Science in Public Health
Environmental Health & Epidemiology
Graduated May 2014
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Bachelor of Science
Biology, Spanish Minor
Graduated June 2012
Publications and Papers
George CM, Burrowes V, Perin J, Oldja L, Biswas S, Sack D, Ahmed S, Haque R, Bhuiyan NA, Parvin T, Bhuyian SI, Akter M, Li S, Natarajan G, Shahnaij M, Faruque AG, Stine OC, “Enteric Infections in Young Children are Associated with Environmental Enteropathy and Impaired Growth,” Tropical Medicine & International Health (2017): Online publication: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tmi.13002/abstract
Kibria GM, Burrowes V, Majumder S, Sharmeen A, Barsha RAA, Hossen S, “Scaling up contraceptives use in the division with lowest contraceptives use in Bangladesh: sources, methods, and determinants,” Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology (2017): Online publication: https://mhnpjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40748-017-0049-x
Burrowes V, Perin J, Monira S, Sack DA, Rashid M, Mahmud T, Rahman Z, Mustafiz M, Bhuyian SI, Begum F, Zohura F, Biswas S, Parvin T, Hasan MT, Zhang X, Sack RB, Saif-Ur-Rahman KM, Alam M, George CM, “Risk Factors for Household Transmission of Vibrio cholerae in Dhaka, Bangladesh (CHoBI7 Trial),” American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2017): Online publication: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0871
Rashid MU, Rahman Z, Burrowes V, Perin J, Mustafiz M, Monira S, Saif-Ur-Rahman KM, Bhuyian SI, Mahmud MT, Sack RB, Sack D, Alam M, George CM, “Rapid dipstick detection of Vibrio cholerae in household stored and municipal water in Dhaka, Bangladesh: CHoBI7 trial,” Tropical Medicine & International Health (2017): 22(2):205-209
Heredia N, Caballero C, Cárdenas C, Molina K, García R, Solís L, Burrowes V, Bartz FE, de Aceituno AF, Jaykus LA, García S, Leon J, “Microbial Indicator Profiling of Fresh Produce and Environmental Samples from Farms and Packing Facilities in Northern Mexico,” Journal of Food Protection (2016): 79(7):1197-209
Marion J, Burrowes V, Lee CS, Lee J, “Changes in Microbial Water Quality Associated with an Extreme Recreational Water Event in Ohio, United States,” Water Quality, Exposure, and Health (2015): 7(4): 491-501, Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12403-015-0164-8
Kim DW, Feng J, Chen H, Kweon O, Gao Y, Yu LR, Burrowes VJ, Sutherland JB, “Identification of the enzyme responsible for N-acetylation of norfloxacin by Microbacterium sp. Strain 4N2-2,” Applied Environmental Microbiology (2013): 79(1):314-21
Presentations and Posters
Burrowes V, Perin J, Monira S, Sack DA, Rashid M, Mahmud T, Rahman Z, Mustafiz M, Bhuyian SI, Begum F, Zohura F, Biswas S, Parvin T, Hasan MT, Zhang X, Sack RB, Saif-Ur-Rahman KM, Alam M, George CM. Risk Factors for Household Transmission of Vibrio Cholerae in Dhaka, Bangladesh (CHoBI7 Trial). American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, November 2017
Burrowes V, Perin J, Monira S, Sack DA, Rashid M, Mahmud T, Rahman Z, Mustafiz M, Bhuyian SI, Begum F, Zohura F, Biswas S, Parvin T, Hasan MT, Zhang X, Sack RB, Saif-Ur-Rahman KM, Alam M, George CM. Risk Factors for Household Transmission of Vibrio Cholerae in Dhaka, Bangladesh (CHoBI7 Trial). Global Health Day, Bloomberg School of Public Health, March 2017
Burrowes V. Prepared for the Next Storm? Lessons Learned from Ebola. Southeastern Association for Clinical Microbiology Meeting. 2015 April. Charlotte, NC.
Burrowes V, Tran T, Zimmerman S, Pettit D. Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies Associated with Testing Persons Under Investigation for Ebola Virus Disease. International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015 September. Atlanta, GA.
Burrowes V, Global Field Experience Award and Public Presentation for project “Batched Plasma and Buffy Coat HIV Antigen Testing to Assess Effectiveness of CVCT on Prevention of HIV Transmission” in Lusaka, Zambia, 2013
Burrowes V, Marion J, Lee CS, Lee J. Intense Human Impact on Microbial Contamination During the OSU Mirror Lake Jump 2010. American Society for Microbiology General Meeting. 2011 May; New Orleans, LA.
Research Experience
-2017-Present: Graduate Research Assistant (JHU and PRISMA project site in Puno, Peru) for the Household Air Pollution Investigation Network (HAPIN) Trial, Dept. of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (PI: Dr. William Checkley)
– 2015-2017: Graduate Research Assistant (JHU and icddr,b in Dhaka, Bangladesh) for the CHoBI7 Project (Cholera Hospital-Based Intervention for 7 Days), Dept. of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (PI: Dr. Christine Marie George)
– 2014-2015: CDC-APHL Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory Fellow, North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health, Raleigh, NC (PI: Dr. Dee Pettit)
– 2012-2014: Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (PI: Dr. Michael Farrell)
– Summer of 2013: Summer Student and Project Coordinator, Rwanda-Zambia HIV Research Group, Lusaka, Zambia (PI: Dr. Susan Allen and Dr. Eric Hunter)
– 2009-2012: Independent Undergraduate Student Researcher, Ohio State College of Public Health, Columbus, OH (PI: Dr. Jiyoung Lee)
– Summer of 2010, 2011: ORISE Summer Student Researcher, FDA Natl. Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR (PI: Dr. John Sutherland)
– Summer of 2009: Intern in Env. Health Services, Cuyahoga County Board of Health, Parma, OH
Awards and Honors
– 2015: JHU Center for Global Health – Global Health Field Research Award for dissertation work in Dhaka, Bangladesh
– 2015: National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education & Research Traineeship
– 2014: CDC-APHL Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory Fellow
– 2013: Global Field Research Experience Grant from O.C. Hubert Fellows in International Health for research in Lusaka, Zambia
– 2012: National Institutes of Occupational Safety and Health MSPH Training Grant
– 2011: Undergraduate Student Government’s Academic Enrichment Grant
– 2011: Dean’s Undergraduate Research Grant
Other Experiences and Professional Memberships
– 2014-Present: Member, Association for Public Health Laboratories
– 2012-Present: Phi Beta Kappa National Honors Society
– 2011-Present: Member, American Society for Microbiology
– 2012-2014: Member, Rollins School of Public Health – Student Outbreak Response Team (SORT)
