Rebecca Fischer, PhD, MPH, DTMH

Education

• DTMH, Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine, 2018
• PostDoc Training, Tropical Medicine Baylor, College of Medicine, 2018
• PhD, Field Epidemiology The University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health, 2014
• MPH, Infectious Disease Epidemiology The University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health, 2009
• BS, Biology: Ecology, Evolution & Conservation The University of Texas at Austin, 1998

Research Interests

• Epidemiology of Tropical Diseases
• Epidemic Investigations
• Global Health
• Risk Factors for Infectious Diseases
• Clinical Disease Characterization in Emerging Tropical Diseases
• Infectious Disease Diagnosis and Surveillance in Resource-Limited Settings
• Utilizing Trained Students for Epidemiologic Surge Capacity Needs

Teaching Interests

• Infectious Disease Epidemiology
• Tropical Diseases
• Rapid Epidemiologic Assessment
• Outbreak Investigation
• Global Health
• International Field Epidemiology

Websites

• Google Scholar Profile
• Scholars@TAMU Profile