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Dr. Roess is a professor of Global Health and Epidemiology at ÐÔÊӽ紫ý's College of Public Health, Department of Global and Community Health.ÌýShe is an epidemiologist with expertise in infectious diseases epidemiology, multi-disciplinary and multi-species field research and evaluating interventions to reduce the transmission and impact of infectious diseases. Dr. Roess currently oversees several longitudinal studies to understand emergence and transmission of zoonotic infectious diseases globally, including the emergence and transmission of Campylobacter (with support from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), MERS-CoV (with support from the US National Science Foundation), and the development of the microbiome during the first year of life. She studies breastfeeding patterns and their association with future health disparities and has also studied theÌýimpact of hurricanes on morbidity and mortality in the United States, links between food animal production and emerging infectious and zoonotic disease emergence globally, and mHealthÌý(especially apps)Ìýtechnology integration and evaluations to reduce the impact of infectious diseases outbreaks, promote health care and health reduce disparities.Ìý

Dr. Roess holds a PhD in global disease epidemiology and control from Johns Hopkins University.Ìý Her current studies are in the US, Bangladesh, Egypt, and Ethiopia. Prior to joining academia, Dr. Roess served as the Science Director for the Pew Commission on Industrial Food Animal Production at Johns Hopkins, and was an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer at the CDC.Ìý She has served as consultant for the United States Agency for International Development, the World Bank, and Westat Inc.Ìý She has a master degree from the UMDNJ/ Rutgers University School of Public Health.

Research

Research Interests

• Infectious diseaseÌýepidemiology
• Multi-disciplinary and multi-species field research
• Evaluating interventions to reduce the transmission and impact of infectious diseases

Select Publications

• Schindler-Ruwisch, J., Roess, A., Robert, R. C., & Napolitano, M. (2019). Limitations of Workplace Lactation Support: The Case for DC WIC Recipients.ÌýJournal of Human Lactation, 0890334419887369.

• Obaidat, M. M., Malania, L., Imnadze, P., Roess, A.A., Bani Salman, A.E., & Arner, R.M. (2019). Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Coxiella burnetii in Jordan. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 101(1): 40-44. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0049

• Sandberg, J., Santos-Burgoa, C., Roess, A., Golman-Hawes, A., Perez, C.M., Garcia-Meza, A., & Goldman, L.R. (2019). The Authors Respond. Epidemiology. 30(6): e36-e37. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001098

• Colon-Ramos, U., Roess, A.A. Robien, K., Marghella, P.D., Waldman, R.J., & Merrigan, K.A. (2019). Foods distributed during federal disaster relief response in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María did not fully meet federal nutrition recommendations. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2019.03.015

• Obaidat, M. M., & Roess, A. A. (2019). Nationwide seroprevalence, spatial distribution and risk factors of Leishmania in Jordan. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 9(6), 227. doi: 10.4103/2221-1691.260394

• Schindler-Ruwisch, J., Roess, A.A., Robert, R.C., Napolitano, M., Woody, E., Thompson, P., & Ilakkuvan, V. (2019). Determinants of Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration Among African American DC WIC Recipients: Perspectives of Recent Mothers. Women's Health Issues. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2019.07.003

• Obaidat, M. M., & Roess, A. A. (2019). First nationwide seroepidemiology and risk factors report ofÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Helicobater pylori in Jordan. Helicobacter. https://doi.org/10.1111/hel.12572

• Sandberg, J., Santos-Burgoa, C., Roess, A., Goldman-Hawes, A., Pérez, C. M., Garcia-Meza, A., & Goldman, L. R. (2019). All over the place? Differences in and consistency of excess mortality estimates in Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria.ÌýEpidemiology. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000970 PMID: 30640732

• Noykhovich, E., Mookherji, S., & Roess, A. (2019). The risk of Tuberculosis among populations living in slum settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Urban Health. doi:10.1007/s11524-018-0319-6 PMID: 30341562

• Roess, A.A. Lahm, A.A. Kabbash, I.A. Saad-Hussein, A. Shaalan, A., Rasslan, O., & Mohamed, M. (2018). Responding to emerging diseases requires multi-disciplinary andÌýoneÌýhealth training,ÌýEgypt.Ìý Annals of Global Health, 84(4), 650–653.

Affiliations

• Member

  Member since 2017
• Member

  Member since 2004Ìý
• Member

  Member since 2001
• Board Member, Member

  Public Health Student Caucus Board Member 2004-2005 Member since 1999
• Member

  Member 2004-2012
• Member

  Member 2000-2003
• Member

  MemberÌý2000-2005

Degrees

• PhD, Global Disease Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University
• MPH, Public Health, Rutgers University