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DEPT. OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
& BIOSTATISTICS

 

Daniel J. Tisch, Ph.D.


Assistant Professor
Division of Epidemiology



Office: School of Medicine, WG-37C
Phone: (216) 368-0875
Fax: (216) 368-0883
E-mail: daniel.tisch@case.edu
Education
2004. Ph.D. Department of Epidemiology, Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH. Dissertation: The epidemiologic analysis of lymphatic filariasis control.

2000. M.P.H. International Health, University of Michigan School of Public Health. Ann Arbor, MI.

1996. B.Sc., Honours. Medical and Veterinary Parasitology. University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK


Research Interests
Epidemiology of lymphatic filariasis, malaria, and schistosomiasis. Meta-analysis and mathematical modeling of parasite control strategies. Evaluation of integrated parasite control programs.


Professional Memberships
Society for Epidemiologic Research
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
American Public Health Association
American Statistical Association
Society of Clinical Research Associates, CCRP certified

Awards
2009 UCITE Learning Fellowship
2009/2010 Glennan Fellowship

Recent Publications

Malhotra I, Dent A, Mungai P, Wamachi A, Ouma JH, Narum DL, Muchiri E, Tisch DJ, King CL. Can prenatal malaria exposure produce an immune tolerant phenotype? A prospective birth cohort study in Kenya. PLoS Med. 2009 Jul;6(7):e1000116. Epub 2009 Jul 28. PubMed PMID: 19636353.

Dent AE, Chelimo K, Sumba PO, Spring MD, Crabb BS, Moormann AM, Tisch DJ, Kazura JW. Temporal stability of naturally acquired immunity to Merozoite Surface Protein-1 in Kenyan adults. Malar J. 2009 Jul 16;8(1):162. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19607717.

Bajunirwe F, Tisch DJ, King CH, Arts EJ, Debanne SM, Sethi AK. Quality of life and social support among patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Western Uganda. AIDS Care. 2009 Mar;21(3):271-9. PubMed PMID: 19280404.

Bajunirwe F, Arts EJ, Tisch DJ, King CH, Debanne SM, Sethi AK. Adherence and treatment response among HIV-1-infected adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in a rural government hospital in Southwestern Uganda. J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic Ill). 2009 Mar-Apr;8(2):139-47. Epub 2009 Mar 3. PubMed PMID: 19258526.

Tobian AA, Shirey RS, Montgomery RA, Tisch DJ, Ness PM, King KE. Therapeutic plasma exchange reduces ABO titers to permit ABO-incompatible renal transplantation. Transfusion. 2009 Feb 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19210321.

Dent AE, Bergmann-Leitner ES, Wilson DW, Tisch DJ, Kimmel R, Vulule J, Sumba PO, Beeson JG, Angov E, Moormann AM, Kazura JW. Antibody-mediated growth inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum: relationship to age and protection from parasitemia in Kenyan children and adults. PLoS One. 2008;3(10):e3557. Epub 2008 Oct 29. PubMed PMID: 18958285; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2570335.

Asiimwe S, Whalen CC, Tisch DJ, Tumwesigye E, Sethi AK. Prevalence and predictors of high-risk human papillomavirus infection in a population-based sample of women in rural Uganda. Int J STD AIDS. 2008 Sep;19(9):605-10. PubMed PMID: 18725551.

Tobian AA, Sokoll LJ, Tisch DJ, Ness PM, Shan H. N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide is a useful diagnostic marker for transfusion-associated circulatory overload. Transfusion. 2008; Feb 21 [Epub ahead of print]

Tisch DJ, Bockarie MJ, Dimber Z, Kiniboro B, Tarongka N, Hazlett FE, Kastens W, Alpers MP, Kazura JW. Mass drug administration trial to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in Papua New Guinea: changes in microfilaremia, filarial antigen, and Bm14 antibody after cessation. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2008; 78: 289-93.

Ostrout ND, McHugh MM, Tisch DJ, Moormann AM, Brusic V, Kazura JW. Long-term T cell memory to human leucocyte antigen-A2 supertype epitopes in humans vaccinated against smallpox. Clinical and Experimental Immunology. 2007; 149: 265-73.

Canaday DH, Chakravarti S, Srivastava T, Tisch DJ, Cheruvu VK, Smialek J, Harding CV, Ramachandra L. Class II MHC antigen presentation defect in neonatal monocytes is not correlated with decreased MHC-II expression. Cellular Immunolology. 2006; 243: 96-106.

Moormann AM, Chelimo K, Sumba PO, Tisch DJ, Rochford R, Kazura JW. Exposure to holoendemic malaria results in suppression of Epstein-Barr virus-specific T cell immunosurveillance in Kenyan children. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2007; 195: 799-808.

Bockarie MJ, Tavul L, Ibam I, Kastens W, Hazlett F, Tisch DJ, Alpers MP, Kazura JW. Efficacy of single-dose diethylcarbamazine compared with diethylcarbamazine combined with albendazole against Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Papua New Guinea. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2007; 76:62-6.

Malhotra I, Mungai PL, Wamachi AN, Tisch DJ, Kioko JM, Ouma JH, Muchiri E, Kazura JW, King CL. Prenatal T cell immunity to Wuchereria bancrofti and its effect on filarial immunity and infection susceptibility during childhood. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2006; 193: 1005-13.

Moormann AM, John CC, Sumba PO, Tisch DJ, Embury P, Kazura JW. Stability of interferon-gamma and interleukin-10 responses to Plasmodium falciparum liver stage antigen-1 and thrombospondin-related adhesive protein in residents of a malaria holoendemic area. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2006; 74: 585-90.

Tisch DJ , Michael E, Kazura JW. Mass chemotherapy options to control lymphatic filariasis: a systematic review. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2005; 5: 514-23.

King CH, Dickman K, Tisch DJ . Reassessment of the cost of chronic helmintic infection: a meta-analysis of disability-related outcomes in endemic schistosomiasis. The Lancet. 2005; 365: 1561-9.

Hise AG, Hazlett FE, Bockarie MJ, Zimmerman PA, Tisch DJ , Kazura JW. Polymorphisms of innate immunity genes and susceptibility to lymphatic filariasis. Genes and Immunity. 2003; 4: 524-7.

Bockarie MJ, Tisch DJ , Kastens W, Alexander NDE, Dimber Z, Bockarie F, Ibam E, Alpers MP, Kazura JW. Mass treatment to eliminate filariasis in Papua New Guinea. New England Journal of Medicine. 2002; 347: 1841-8.

Tisch DJ , Hazlett FE, Kastens W, Alpers MP, Bockarie MJ, Kazura JW. Ecologic and biologic determinants of filarial antigenemia in bancroftian filariasis in Papua New Guinea. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2001; 184: 898-904.


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Last Updated: April 29, 2008