Scott JN McNabb
Professor
Research Professor
Faculty, Global Health
Jointly Appointed, Epidemiology
Before joining the U.S. CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) and serving the 2-year EIS residency in New Orleans, LA, Dr. McNabb worked for 13 years at the Oklahoma State Health Department. Most of his professional efforts have focused on serving those in underdeveloped, underserved global settings. Promoted to Distinguished Consultant and nominated for the CDC Charles C. Shepard Award, he completed the Senior Executive Services (SES) candidate development program and is certified by the Office of Personnel Management. From 2006 – 2008, he directed the Division of Integrated Surveillance Systems and Services, National Center for Public Health Informatics, CDC. Before retirement from CDC, he was Associate Director for Science; Public Health Informatics and Technology Program Office; Office for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services.
Now Research Professor at Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, he directed the King Abdullah Fellowship Program (http://kingabdullahfellowship.com) and was PI of the exciting, new Africa CDC Institute for Workforce Development (https://www.africacdc.training/). Jointly appointed in the Hubert Department of Global Health and the Department of Epidemiology at Emory, he holds an Adjunct appointment as Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and at the University of Georgia, School of Public Health.
Teaching three classes at Emory: GH 504 Effective Oral Communication; GH 592 Successful Scientific Writing; and GH/EPI 515 Transforming Public Health Surveillance, he directs the Research Skills Development Course (www.researchskillsdevelopment.com) and the Case Study Design and Development Course (https://casestudydevelopment.com/). He teaches Transforming Public Health Surveillance (https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0013-0020-8e2219adfc6440c1a4ed39c6cc1eafe9) at the University of Georgia School of Public Health online MPH program and Scientific Communication for Leaders (https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0013-0020-1795b6635aee409d9d056301cf3bfced) at Columbia University EpiSummer@Columbia (https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/research/episummercolumbia).
He has mentored 97 students through their MPH or PhD, plus 14 fellows through the CDC Public Health Prevention Specialists program and serves on the Editorial Board, Epidemiology and Global Health and in private practice at Public Health Practice, LLC (http://www.publichealthpractice.com).
Contact Information
127 Rhododendron Dr.
Highlands , NC 28741
Phone: 404.725.8000
Fax: Really?
Email: scottjnmcnabb@emory.edu
URL: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fzMHGFEAAAAJ&hl=en
Areas of Interest
- Bioinformatics
- Disease Surveillance
- Evaluation
- Global Health
- Health Economics
- Infectious Disease
- Program Management
- Public Health Leadership
Education
- Ph.D. 1986, University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center
- M.S. 1979, University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center
- B.S 1972, University of Oklahoma
Affiliations & Activities
WHO; APHA; EMPHINET
Publications
- SJN McNabb, M Magowe, N Shaw, AM Berrian, M Wilkes, A Shaikh, O Gachuno, LA Perrone, BL Murray, E Berman, and B Hansoti, 2021, Delivering Modern Global Health Learning Requires New Obligations and Approaches, Annals of Global Health, 87(1), 1–9
- McNabb, SJN, P Ryland, J Sylvester, and A Shaikh, 2017, Informatics Enables Public Health Surveillance, J Health Spec , Jun 10, 55-9
- A Shaikh, L Ferland, R Hood-Cree, L Shaffer, and SJN McNabb, 2015, Disruptive Innovation Can Prevent the Next Pandemic, Frontiers in Public Health, 23 Sept 2015,
- Balkhy, H., T.L. Miller, S. Muzaffar, J.B. Nuzzo, K. Kentenyants, A. El-Saed, and S.J.N. McNabb, 2014, Compliance with Post-exposure Screening and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Feb;35(2):176-81. doi: 10.1086/674855. Epub 2013 Dec 13, Feb 35(2), 176-81
- McNabb, SJN, AT Shaikh, JB Nuzzo, AI Zumla, and DL Heymann, 2014, Triumps, Trials, and Tribulations of the Global Response of the Global Response to MERS Coronovirus, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2;6, 436-37
- Meeks, H.N., Haile, B. H., Erondu, N., Ferland, L., Park, M., Shaikh, A. and McNabb, S.J.N., 2013, Monitoring and Evaluating Laboratory Biosafety Programs, in Biosecurity: Understanding, Assessing, and Preventing the Threat (ed R. Burnette), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA, ,
- Khan, K., S.J.N. McNabb, Z.A. Memish, R. Eckhardt, W. Hu, D. Kossowsky, J. Sears, J. Arino, A. Johansson, M. Barbeschi, B. McCloskey, B. Henry, M. Cetron, and J. Brownstein, 2012, Infectious Disease Surveillance and Modelling Across Geographic Frontiers and Scientific Disciplines, Lancet Infectious Diseases, S1473-3099(11), 70313-9
- Gleason, J.A., S.J.N. McNabb, N. Abduljadayel, M. Salama, and Z.A. Memish, 2012, Tuberculosis Trends in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2005 – 2009, Ann Epidemiol, 4, 264-9
- McNabb, S.J.N., 2010, Comprehensive Effective and Efficient Global Public Health Surveillance, BMC Public Health 2010: 10(Suppl 1):S3., 10(Supp 1), S3
- Katz R.L., J.A. Fernandez, and S.J.N. McNabb, 2010, Disease surveillance, capacity building and implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR[2005]), BMC Public Health, 10(Suppl 1), S1
- Phillips, V.L., B. Teweldemedhin, S. Ahmedov, J. Cobb, and S.J.N. McNabb, 2010, Evaluation Program Performance and Expenditures in a Report of Performance Measures (RPM) Via a Case Study of Two Florida County Tuberculosis Programs, Eval and Prog Planning, doi:10.1016/EPP-875, 6
- Pasipanodya, J.G., S.J.N McNabb, P. Hisenrath, S. Bae, K. Lykens, E. Vecino, G. Munguia, T.L. Miller, S.E. Weis, and G Drewyer, 2010, Pulmonary Impairment After Tuberculosis and Its Contribution to TB Burden, BMC Public Health, 10, 259
- Schneider, D., S.J.N. McNabb, V. Davidyants, L. Niazyan, and S. Orbelyan, 2010, Reasons for Delay in Seeking Care for Tuberculosis, Republic of Armenia, 2006 –2007, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, Article ID 412624, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2010/412624,
- Miller, T.L., S.J.N. McNabb, P.E. Hilsenrath, J.G. Pasipanodya, G. Drewyer, and S.E. Weis, 2010, The Societal Cost of Tuberculosis: Tarrant County, Texas, 2002, Ann Epidemiol, 20(1), 1-7
- Lazarus, R., M. Klompas, F.X. Campion, S.J.N. McNabb, X. Hou, J. Daniel, G. Haney, A. DeMaria, L. Lenert, R. Platt, 2009, Electronic Support for Public Health: Validated Case Finding and Reporting for Notifiable Diseases using Electronic Medical Data, J Am Med Inform Assoc, 16, 18-24
- Memish Z.A., S.J.N. McNabb, F. Mahoney, F. Alrabiah, N. Marano, Q.A. Ahmed, J. Mahjour, R.A. Hajjeh, P. Formenty, F.H. Harmanci, H. El Bushra, T.M. Uyeki, M. Nunn, N. Isla, M. Barbeschi, and the Jeddah Hajj Consultancy Group, 2009, Establishment of Public Health Security in Saudi Arabia for the 2009 Hajj in Response to Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1), Lancet, 374, 1786-91
- Ebrahim, S.H., Z.A. Memish, T.M. Uyeki, T.A.M. Khoja, N. Marano, and S.J.N. McNabb, 2009, Pandemic H1N1 and the 2009 Hajj, Science, 13 Nov, 938-40
- Miller, T.L., S.J.N. McNabb, P. Hilsenrath, J. Pasipanodya, S.E. Weis, 2009, Personal and Societal Health Quality Lost to Tuberculosis, PLoS ONE, 4(4),
- Klompas, M., R. Lazarus, R. Platt, X. Hou, F.X. Campion, B. Kruskal, W. Dumas, J. Daniel, A. DeMaria, and S.J.N. McNabb, 2008, Automated Detection and Reporting of Notifiable Conditions using Electronic Medical Records versus Passive Surveillance — Massachusetts, 2006–2007, MMWR, April 11, 2008. 57(14), 373-6
- Dunlop, A.L., E. Reichrtova, P. Ciznar, L. Palcovicova, and S.J.N. McNabb, 2006, Environmental and Dietary Risk Factors for Infantile Atopic Eczema among a Slovak Birth Cohort , Ped Allergy and Immunol, 17, 103-11
- McNabb, S.J.N., D. Koo, R.W. Pinner, and J.D. Seligman, 2006, Informatics and Public Health at CDC, MMWR, December 22, 2006. 55(Sup02), 25-8
- Miller, T.L., P. Hilsenrath, K. Lykens, S.J.N. McNabb, P.K. Moonan, and S.E. Weis , 2006, Using Costs and Health Impacts to Prioritize the Targeted Testing of Tuberculosis in the United States, Ann Epidemiol, 16(4), 305-12
- Kammerer, J.S., S.J.N. McNabb, J.E. Becerra, L. Rosenblum, N. Shang, M.F. Iademarco, and T.R. Navin, 2005, Tuberculosis Transmission in Nontraditional Settings: A Decision Tree Approach , Am J Prev Med, 28(2), 201-7
- McNabb, S.J.N., J. S. Kammerer, A.C. Hickey, C.R. Braden, L. Rosenblum, N. Shang, and T.R. Navin, 2004, Added Epidemiologic Value to Tuberculosis Prevention and Control of the Investigation of Clustered Genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates, Am J Epid, 160, 589-97
- McNabb, S.J.N., A. Surdo, A. Redmond, J. Cobb, J. Wiley, S. Chakrabarti, H. Duncan, N. Qualls, and M. Moore, 2004, Applying a New Conceptual Framework to Evaluate Public Health Surveillance and Action, Hillsborough County, Florida, 2002 , Ann Epidemiol, 14(9), 640-45
- McNabb, S.J.N., E. Reichrtova, P. Ciznar, L. Palkovicova, A. Adamcakova, and A.L. Dunlop, 2003, Predictors of Allergic Diseases Among Pregnant Women, Slovak Republic, 1997-1998 , Allergy Clin Immunol Int, 15(1), 30-6
- Wuhib, T., B.J. McCarthy, T.L. Chorba, T.A. Sinitsina, I.V. Ivasiv, and S.J.N. McNabb, 2003, Underestimation of Infant Mortality Rates in One Republic of the Former Soviet Union, Pediatrics, 111(5), e596-600
- McNabb S.J.N., S. Chungong, M. Ryan, T. Wuhib, P. Nsubuga, W. Alemu, V. Carande-Kulis, and G. Rodier, 2002, Conceptual Framework of Public Health Surveillance and Action and its Application in Health Sector Reform, BMC Public Health, 2, 2
- McNabb S.J.N., C. R. Braden, and T.R. Navin, 2002, DNA Fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Lessons Learned and Implication for the Future, EID, 8 (11), 1314-19