Heidi Brown

Professor and Program Director, College of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division
Faculty, Entomology and Insect Science, Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
heidibrown@arizona.edu

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Heidi Brown CV

Affiliations:

  • Graduate Interdisciplinary Program – Entomology and Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  • School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  • Graduate Interdisciplinary Program – Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  • Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Bio:

Heidi E. Brown, PhD, MPH, received her PhD from Yale University in Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases and MPH from George Washington University in International health Promotion. After post-doctoral positions in the Department of Zoology at Oxford University and the Bacterial Diseases Branch at the CDC in Fort Collins, CO, she began working at the University of Arizona. Currently, she is a professor of public health in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. In 2019, she received a Fulbright to study and teach in Brazil and in 2023, she spent a sabbatical at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health.

As an infectious disease epidemiologist, she works to understand the spatial and temporal distribution of disease and how to translate science into actions that prevent future outbreaks. Her viewing health as driven by environmental influences has led to diverse interests including vector-borne and zoonotic diseases, infectious causes of cancers, and the effects of extreme weather on health. As communities face changing environments, she works with county and state health departments and vector control agencies to develop effective adaptation plans to prepare for or prevent the future disease burden in their local region. Her technical expertise includes epidemiological and spatial analysis. 

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