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Allison Aiello

Allison E. Aiello, Ph.D., M.S.

Associate Professor, Epidemiology

Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health      Vcard icon
1415 Washington Heights, Room 2649A
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029

Office: 734-615-9213; Fax: 734-763-5706

E-mail: aielloa@umich.edu

Website(s): Aiello Research Group; Detroit Neighborhood Healthy Study

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Professional Summary

2010- present Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, Ann Arbor, MI

9/2010-12/2010 Yerby Visiting Associate Professor of Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

2009- 2010 John G. Searle Assistant Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Ann Arbor, MI

2005-2010 Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, Ann Arbor, MI

2003-2005 Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholar, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, Ann Arbor, MI

2002-2003 Research Fellow, Center for Infectious Disease and Epidemiological Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY

1998-1999 Emerging Infectious Diseases Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Parasitic Diseases, Molecular Vaccine Section, Immunology Branch, Atlanta, GA

Courses Taught

EPID655: Field Studies in Epidemiology
EPID813: Advanced seminar on public health and aging

Education

Ph.D., Columbia University, 2003
M.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill-School of Public Health, 1998
B.S., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1995

Research Interests & Projects

Conduct research designed to elucidate biological mechanisms underlying disparities in physical and mental health outcomes

Investigate non-pharmaceutical interventions for reducing influenza transmission

Selected Publications

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Grad YH, Lipsitch M, Aiello AE (2012). Secular trends in Helicobacter pylori seroprevalence in adults in the United States: evidence for sustained race/ethnic disparities. American Journal of Epidemiology, 175 (1), 54-9.

Simanek, A.M., Dowd, J.B., Pawelec, G., Melzer, D., Dutta, A., Aiello, A.E. (2011). Seropositivity to cytomegalovirus, inflammation, all-cause and cardiovascular disease-related mortality in the United States PLoS ONE, 6 (2), e16103.

Rees Clayton, E.M., Todd, M., Dowd, J.B., Aiello, A.E. (2011). The impact of bisphenol A and triclosan on immune parameters in the US population, NHANES 2003-2006 Environmental Health Perspectives, 119 (3), 390-6.

Aiello A.E., Murray G.F., Perez V., Coulborn R.M., Davis B.M., Uddin M., Shay D.K., Waterman S.H., Monto A.S. (2010). Mask use, hand hygiene, and seasonal influenza-like illness among young adults: a randomized intervention trial. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 201(4), 491-8.

Roberts, E.T., Haan, M.N., Dowd, J.B., Aielloa A.E. (2010). Cytomegalovirus antibody levels, inflammation and mortality among elderly Latinos over 9 years of follow-up American Journal of Epidemiology, 172 (4), 363-71.

Aiello, A.E., Kaplan, G.A. (2009). Socioeconomic position and inflammatory and immune biomarkers of cardiovascular disease: applications to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Biodemography and Social Biology, 55 (2), 178-205.

Dowd, J.B. and Aiello, A.E. (2009). Socioeconomic differentials in immune response Epidemiology, 20 (6), 902-8.

Aiello A.E., Diez-Roux A., Noone A.M., Ranjit N., Cushman M., Tsai M.Y., Szklo M. (2009). Socioeconomic and psychosocial gradients in cardiovascular pathogen burden and immune response: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 23(5), 663-71.

Professional Affiliations

Infectious Disease Society of America
Society for Epidemiological Research
American Public Health Association
Faculty Allies for Diversity
American College of Epidemiology