Rebecca Fischer, PHD, MPH, DTMH

Education and Training

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