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Jenna Coalson
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Adjunct or Visiting, Epidemiology
Jenna Coalson is an epidemiologist specializing in the transmission dynamics of vector-borne diseases. She joined the Carter Center’s River Blindness, Lymphatic Filariasis, and Schistosomiasis Program in 2021, providing technical support for study design, data collection, data management, and statistical analyses related to program activities in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Uganda, and Sudan. Her research emphasizes cross-disciplinary collaborations to identify infectious disease reservoirs and develop efficient strategies for reducing disease burden.
Areas of Interest
- Epidemiology
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease
Education
- PhD 2015, University of Michigan
- MPH 2011, University of Michigan
- BA 2007, Stanford University
Affiliations & Activities
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2012 – pres. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2018 – 2019 American Geophysical Union
Publications
- Anderson EJ, Coalson JE, Agawo M, Munga S, Hayden M, Santos EM, Little AC, Tamari N, Ernst KC, 2022, Factors related to long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) use during travel in western Kenya: A descriptive analysis., Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 47:102291,
- Cohee LM, Peterson I, Buchwald AG, Coalson JE, Valim C, Chilombe M, Ngwira A, Bauleni A, Schaffer-DeRoo S, Seydel KB, Wilson ML, Taylor TE, Mathanga DP, Laufer MK, 2022, School-based malaria screening and treatment reduces Plasmodium falciparum infection and anemia prevalence in two transmission settings in Malawi. , Journal of Infectious Diseases, 226(1):138-146,
- Yimgang DP, Buchwald AG, Coalson JE, Walldorf JA, Bauleni A, Kapito-Tembo A, Mathanga DP, Taylor TE, Laufer MK, Cohee LM, 2021, Population attributable fraction of anemia associated with P. falciparum infection in children in Southern Malawi., American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 104(3):1013-1017,
- Cohee LM, Valim C, Coalson JE, Nyambalo A, Chilombe M, Ngwira A, Bauleni A, Seydel KB, Wilson ML, Taylor TE, Mathanga DP, Laufer MK, 2021, School-based screening and treatment may reduce P. falciparum transmission., Scientific Reports, 11:6905,
- Coalson JE, Anderson EJ, Santos EM, Garcia VM, Romine JK, Luzingu JK, Dominguez B, Richard DM, Little AC, Hayden MH, Ernst KC, 2021, The complex epidemiologic relationship between flooding events and human outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases: a scoping literature review. Environmental Health Perspectives, Environmental Health Perspectives, 129(9):96002. Erratum: 2021;129(12):129001,
- Santos EM, Coalson JE, Munga S, Agawo M, Jacobs ET, Klimentidis YC, Hayden MH, Ernst KC, 2020, After those nets are torn, most people use them for other purposes”: An examination of alternative bed net use in western Kenya., Malaria Journal, 2020;19(1):272,
- Coalson JE, Santos EM, Little AC, Anderson EJ, Stroupe N, Agawo M, Hayden M, Munga S, Ernst KC, 2020, Insufficient ratio of long-lasting insecticidal nets to household members limited universal usage in Western Kenya: A 2015 cross-sectional study., American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 102(6):1328-1342,
- Vareta J, Buchwald AG, Barrall A, Cohee LM, Walldorf JA, Coalson JE, Seydel K, Sixpence A, Mathanga DP, Taylor TE, Laufer MK, 2020, Submicroscopic malaria infection is not associated with fever in cross-sectional studies in Malawi., Malaria Journal, 19(1):233,