Jamie Eliades
Assistant Clinical Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health
Email: MJE2127@columbia.edu
Jamie Eliades, MD, MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor of Population and Family Health
Dr. Eliades is responsible for leading a new initiative on Child Survival and Health working closely with the Director of the Program on Forced Migration and Health and other child faculty leading child health research initiatives in the Heilburnn Department of Population and Family Health.
Dr. Eliades is an Emergency Medicine physician and a graduate of the International EM Fellowship at Johns Hopkins. He completed his Master of Public Health from the Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2001, and worked through the University and several INGOs in emergency health systems development in post-conflict settings. In 2004, Dr. Eliades joined the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Division of Parasitic Disease, Malaria Branch. He led epidemiologic studies in Africa and Asia focusing on vector control and malaria in pregnancy interventions to high-risk populations, children under five and pregnant women. After EIS, Dr. Eliades remained with CDC as a malaria advisor to the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative at USAID in Washington. He served as country lead for malaria activities in Kenya and Liberia, and was chief technical advisor for PMI’s malaria diagnostic activities.
Most recently Dr. Eliades has worked as a consultant for WHO, assisting in the development of the Integrated Management of Adult Illnesses manual, and designing a survey of migrant and mobile populations on the Thai-Cambodian border in the context of an anti-malarial resistance project. He has also assisted the Mailman School of Public Health Global Health Initiative in developing activities for an Institute of Public Health at Columbia University’s Global Center in Amman, Jordan, and maintains clinical activities at St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan.
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
MALARIA CONTROL: INTEGRATED VECTOR MANAGEMENT
Eliades J, Wolkon A, Hawley W, Ter Kuile F, Hightower A, Crawford S, Terlouw D. The Burden of Malaria at the Community Level of Children Less Than Five Years of Age in Togo. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 75(4), 2006, pp. 622-29; (Nominated for Shepard Award at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
Wolkon, A, Vanden Eng J, Morgah K, Eliades MJ, et al. Rapid Scale-up of Long-lasting Insecticide-Treated Bednets through Integration into Togo’s National Immunization Program during Child Health Week—2004. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 83(5), 2010, pp. 1014-1019.
Vanden Eng J, Wolkon A, Frolov A, Terlouw DJ, Eliades J, et al. Use of Handheld Computers with Global Positioning System for Probability Sampling and Data Entry in Household Surveys. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 77(8), 2007, pp. 393-399; (Nominated for Shepard Award at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
Terlouw DJ, Kodjo M, Wolkon A, Dare A, Dorkenoo A, Eliades MJ, et al. Impact of mass distribution of free long-lasting insecticidal nets on childhood malaria morbidity: The Togo National Integrated Child Health Campaign. Malaria Journal 2010, 9:199.
Thwing J, Hochberg N, Vanden Eng J, Issifi S, Eliades MJ, et al. Insecticide-treated net ownership and usage in Niger after a nationwide integrated campaign. Trop Med Intl Health Volume 13, Issue 6, March 2008; pp. 827-834.
MALARIA IN MIGRANT POPULATIONS
Khamsiriwatchara A, Wangroongsarb, P, Thwing J, Eliades J, et al. Respondent-driven Sampling on the Thailand-Cambodian Border: PART I Can We Contain Malaria Cases in Mobile Migrant Workers? Malaria Journal, 2011, 10:120
Wangroongsarb, P, Satimai, W, Thwing J, Eliades J, et al. Respondent-driven Sampling on the Thailand-Cambodian Border: PART II Knowledge, Perception, Practice, and Treatment-seeking Behavior of Migrants in Malaria Endemic Zones. Malaria Journal 2011, 10:117
HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE
Vanier V., VanRooyen M., Lis J., Eliades J., Post-War Kosovo: Part 1. Assessment of Prehospital Emergency Services, Prehosp Disast Med 2001; 16(04): 263-267.
Eliades J., Lis J., Barbosa J., VanRooyen M., et al. Post-War Kosovo: Part 2. Assessment of Emergency Medicine Leadership Development Strategy, Prehosp Disast Med 2001; 16(4): 268-274.
Lis J, Eliades J, et al, Post-War Kosovo: Part 3. Development and Rehabilitation of Emergency Services, Prehosp Disast Med 2001; 16(4): 275-280.
VanRooyen M, Eliades J, Stress M, Grabowski G, et al. Medical Relief Personnel in Complex Emergencies: Perceptions of Effectiveness in the Former Yugoslavia, Prehosp Disast Med 2001; 16(3): 104-8.
Moresky R, Eliades J, VanRooyen M. Preparing International Relief Workers for Health Care in the Field: An Evaluation of Organizational Practices, Prehosp Disast Med 2001; 16(4): 257-262.
VanRooyen M, Eliades J, Stress M, Grabowski G, et al. Perceived Effectiveness of Medical Personnel Working in Bosnia (editorial): JAMA 1999, 282(5): 428-9.
