Professional Summary
2004 - pres.: Professor of Epidemiology and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
2002 - 2007: Director, Global Health Program, University of Michigan
1997 - 2004: Associate Professor of Epidemiology and of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
1991 - 1996: Assistant to Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University
1987 - 1990: Research Scientist, Department of Medical Entomology, Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal
Courses Taught
EPID554: Introduction to Globalization and Health
EPID555: Globalization and Health
EPID605: Infectious Disease Epidemiology
EPID770: Environmental Determinants of Infectious Diseases
EPID804: Population Health and its Determinants
Syllabus (PDF)
EPID822: Malaria and other important vector-borne diseases
Education
Sc.D., Harvard University, 1985
Sc.M., Harvard University, 1980
B.A., Hiram College, 1972
Research Interest & Projects
Dr. Wilson is an ecologist and epidemiologist with broad research interests in infectious diseases, including the analysis of transmission dynamics, the evolution of vector-host-parasite systems, and the determinants of human risk. Most projects address environmental and social variation in time and space as it impacts on vector and reservoir populations and pathogen transmission patterns. Recent efforts have been directed at various "emerging" diseases including malaria and schistosomiasis in Africa, leishmaniasis in the Middle East, and dengue fever in South America. In addition to standard field, lab, and statistical techniques, he has been using satellite image data and GIS to undertaken spatial analyses of environmental change and the ecology of risk. Spatial analytic tools are also being applied to non-infectious disease processes.
Selected Publications
Ernst K.C., Lindblade K.A., Koech D., Kowuor D.O., John C.C., Wilson M.L. (2009). Environmental, sociodemographic and behavioral determinants of malaria risk in the western Kenyan highlands: a case control study. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 14(10), 1258-1265.
Batterman S., Eisenberg J.N.S., Hardin R., Kruk M.E., Lemos M.C., Michalak A., Mukherjee B., Renne E., Stein H., Watkins C., Wilson M.L. (2009). Sustainable control of water-related infectious diseases: A review and proposal for interdisciplinary health-based systems research. Environmental Health Perspectives, 117(7), 1023-1032.
Rockers, P.C., Wilson, M.L., Mbaruku, G., Kruk, M.E. (2009). Antenatal care increases facility delivery in rural Tanzania: A population-based study. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 13(6), 879-885.
Lehman, E.M., Wilson, M.L. (2009). Epidemiology of hepatitis virus infections among hepatocellular carcinoma cases and healthy people in Egypt: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Cancer, 124(3), 690-697.
Ebi K.L., Balbus J., Kinney P.L., Lipp E., Mill D., O'Neill M.S., Wilson M.L. (2009). U.S. funding is insufficient to address the human health impacts of and public health responses to climate variability and change. Environmental Health Perspectives, 117(6), 1023-1032.
Chaves, L.F., Kaneko, A., Taleo, G., Pascual, M., Wilson, M.L. (2008). Malaria transmission pattern resilience to climatic variability is mediated by insecticide-treated nets Malaria Journal, 7:100 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-100
Cohen, J.M., Ernst, K.C., Lindblade, K.A., Vulule, J.M., John, C.C., Wilson, M.L. (2008). Topography-derived wetness indices are associated with household-level malaria risk in two communities in the western Kenyan highlands. Malaria Journal, 7:40 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-40
Siri, J.G., Lindblade, K.A., Rosen, D.H., Onyango, B., Vulule, J.M., Slutsker, L., Wilson, M.L. (2008). Quantitative urban classification for malaria epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria Journal, 7:34 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-34.
Chaves, L.F., Cohen, J.M., Pascual, M., Wilson, M.L. (2008). Social exclusion modifies climate and deforestation impacts on a vector-borne disease. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2(2):e176. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000176
Cohen, J.M., Wilson, M.L., Aiello, A.E. (2007). Analysis of social epidemiology research on infectious diseases: historical patterns and future opportunities. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 61, 1021-1027.
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Global Health Council
American Public Health Association
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