Stephanie Factor is an internist who specializes in infectious diseases and an epidemiologic researcher at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai[1] and was an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer in the Respiratory Diseases Branch of CDC when she led the field investigations in the Central Asian Republics; medical epidemiologist in the CDC Bioterrorism Preparedness Response Program assigned to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop emergency response plans for New York City.[2]
Dr. Stephanie Factor | |
|---|---|
| Education | Brown University Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
| Occupation(s) | Internist, epidemiologist |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | physician |
| Field | infectious disease |
| Institutions | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
Factor is also an associate professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and assistant professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science.[3] She earned both an MPH and MD at Johns Hopkins University.
Selected publications
edit- Factor SH, LaClaire L, Bronsdon M, Suleymanova F, Altynbaeva G, Kadirov BA, et al. Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination, central Asia. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2005 Sep [date cited]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1109.040798
- Factor SH, Galea S, de Duenas Geli LG, Saynisch M, Blumenthal S, Canales E, Poulson M, Foley M, Vlahov D. Development of a "survival" guide for substance users in Harlem, New York City. Health Educ Behav. 2002 Jun;29(3):312-25. doi: 10.1177/109019810202900304. PMID 12038741.
- Fierer, Daniel, Stephanie Factor Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus Among HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men-New York City, 2005-2010 (Reprinted from MMWR, vol 60, pg 945-950, 2011)September 2011JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association 306(11):1194-1196
Research projects
edit- Hepatitis C Virus Infection in WTC Responders[4]
References
edit- ^ "Stephanie Factor". Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Factor, Stephanie (September 2005). "Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b Carriage, Central Asia". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 11 (9): 1476–1479. doi:10.3201/eid1109.040798. PMC 3310603. PMID 16229788.
- ^ "Influenza and Respiratory Illnesses – Stephanie Factor, MD, MPH – Mount Sinai Hospital". Lehman College. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "Hepatitis C Virus Infection in WTC Responders". World Trade Center Health Program. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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