Education:

2006 - PhD Epidemiology - University of Michigan

2001 - MPH Epidemiology - University of Michigan

1997 - B.A. Chemistry/ Biology - Lawrence University

Publications:

 *Cohen JM, Ernst KC, Lindblade KA, Vulule JM, John CC, Wilson ML. (2008)Topography, land-cover, and elevation predict areas at risk for malaria within communities in a highland region of western Kenya. Mal Journal 17:40.

Menge DM, Ernst KC, Vulule JM, Zimmerman PA, Guo H, John CC. (2008) Microscopy underestimates the frequency of Plasmodium falciparum infection in symptomatic individuals in a low transmission highland area. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 79 (2):173-7.

Cohen JM, Ernst KC, Lindblade KA, Vulule JM, John CC, Wilson ML Topography, land-cover, and elevation predict areas at risk for malaria within communities in a highland region of western Kenya. (Submitted November 2007).Languages Spoken:

English

Biography:

Kacey C. Ernst, PhD MPH joined the faculty of the College of Public Health in 2008. She has begun developing projects related to the epidemiology of infectious diseases with partners at Arizona Department of Health Services as well as investigators in the Departments of Geography and Biology. She also plans to continue research on the ties between environment and vector-borne diseases.

Her doctoral dissertation research focused on malaria in the highlands of western Kenya. She resided in Kenya for over two years designing and administering a case-control study that examined environmental, behavioral and socio-economic determinants of malaria. Her work also included assessments of the spatial and spatio-temporal patterns of malaria cases.