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  1. Brown HE, Austhof E, Ferguson D, Keith, L. Role of public health in wildfire preparedness, response, and recovery efforts: lessons from the field. EcoHealth. 2026. In press.
  2. Austhof E, Brown HE, Ferguson D, Jernberg JB. What burns in a wildfire influences cardiovascular health outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2025 Sep 15;303:118751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2025.118751
  3. Li Y, Ernst KC, Pogreba-Brown K, Austhof E, Heslin K, Shilen A, Ram S. An analytical evaluation of contact tracing systems using real-world individual-level data. Int J Med Inform. 2025 Nov;203:106020.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2025.106020
  4. ** Boyd K, Condrey K, Hernandez AR, Austhof E, Lin L, Dehnbostel J, et al. Ocular Toxoplasmosis Infection Leading to Uveitis or Chorioretinal Lesions - A Systematic Review. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2025 Oct 10. https://doi.org/10.1177/15353141251382884
  5. Pogreba-Brown K, Austhof E, McFadden C, Scranton C, Sun X, Vujkovic-Cviji I, et al. Determining the incidence, risk factors and biological drivers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) as part of the constellation of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) outcomes in the Arizona CoVHORT-GI, a longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Open. 2025 Jan 10. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095093
  6. * Austhof E, Pogreba-Brown L, White AE, Jervis RH, Weiss J, Shrum Davis S, Brown HE. Association of precipitation events, drought, and animal operations on Salmonella infections in the Southwest US, 2009-2021. One Health. One Health. 2024 Nov 19;19:100941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100941
  7. † Watkins L, Brown HE, Keith L, Austhof E, Lin Cox H, Chambers S, Tabor J, Gettel A, Guardaro M. A co-produced workflow for addressing inequities in cooling center access. Community Sci. 2024;3(4). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023CSJ000038
  8. *† Austhof E, Brown HE, White AE, Jervis RH, Weiss J, Shrum Davis S, Pogreba-Brown K. Association of precipitation events, drought, and animal operations on Campylobacter incidence in the Southwest US, 2009-2021. Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Sep;132(9):97010. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp14693
  9. Armstrong A, Hoffmann S, Boyd K, Austhof E, McFadden S, Scahefer K, Pogreba-Brown K. Exposing vibriosis: a scoping review of the literature regarding sequelae of non-cholera Vibrio infection. Archives Clin Inf Dis. 2024;19(3):e138679. https://doi.org/10.5812/archcid-138679
  10. *Austhof E, Warner S, Helfrich K, Pogreba-Brown K, Brown HE, Klimentidis YC, et al. Exploring the association of weather variability on Campylobacter - A systematic review. Environ Res. 2024 Apr 4;252(Pt 1):118796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118796
  11. Brown HE, Austhof E, Luz PM, Ferguson DB. Economics, health, or environment: What motivates individual climate action? PLOS Clim. 2023;2(8): e0000177. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000177
  12. Chambers S, Brown HE, Keith L, Austhof E. Development of a geographic human heat balance equation to support public health analyses: An Arizona urban sun corridor application. Remote Sensing App. 2023;32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2023.101009
  13. Barraza L, Austhof E, Khan SM, Kelley CP, Shilen A, Ernst K, et al. Differences in Perceptions of Individual and Government-Level COVID-19 Prevention Measures Based on Vaccine Willingness. J Health Care L & Pol’y. 2023;26(87).
  14. Jacobs ET, Catalfamo CJ, Colombo PM, Khan SM, Austhof E, Cordova-Marks F, et. al. Pre-existing conditions associated with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19. Journal of Autoimmunity. 2023 Jan 6:102991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaut.2022.102991
  15. Pogreba-Brown K, Boyd K, Schaefer K, Austhof E, Armstrong A, Owusu-Dommey A, et. al. Complications Associated with Foodborne Listeriosis: A Scoping Review. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 2022;19(11):725-743. https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2022.0012
  16. Austhof E, Brown HE. Global Warming’s Six MTurks: A Secondary Analysis of a US-Based Online Crowdsourcing Market. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jul 7;19(14):8320. http://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148320
  17. Austhof E, Bell ML, Riddle MS, Catalfamo CL, McFadden C, Cooper K, Scallan E, Jacobs ET, Pogreba-Brown K. Persisting gastrointestinal symptoms and post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome following SARS-CoV-2 infection: results from the Arizona CoVHORT. Epidemiol Infect. 2022 Jul 8;150:e136. http://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268822001200
  18. Anderson EJ, Ernst K, Garcia DO, Lopez E, Pogreba Brown K, Austhof E, et al. Knowledge of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus Among Women Who Are Pregnant or Intend to Become Pregnant, Arizona, 2017. Public Health Reports. 2021 Apr 2:333549211006986. https://doi.org/10.1177/00333549211006986
  19. Khan SM, Farland LV, Catalfamo CJ, Austhof E, Bell ML, Chen Z, et al. Elucidating symptoms of COVID-19 illness in the Arizona CoVHORT: a longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Open. 2022 Jan 1;12(1):e053403. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053403
  20. **Schaefer K, Austhof E, Boyd K, Armstrong A, Hoffman S, Pogreba-Brown K. Septicemia Due to Listeria monocytogenes Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 2021 Dec 9. http://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2021.0046
  21. Keith L, Iroz-Elardo N, Austhof E, Sami I, Arora M. Extreme Heat at Outdoor COVID-19 Vaccination Sites. The Journal of Climate Change and Health. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2021.100043
  22. Austhof E, Brown HE. Flexibility and partnerships perceived as supportive of dual hazard response: COVID-19 and Heat Related Illness, Summer 2020. The Journal of Climate Change and Health. 2021 Oct 1;4:100068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2021.100068
  23. **Austhof E, Boyd K, Schaefer K, McFadden C, Owusu-Dommey A, Hoffman S, et al. Scoping Review of Toxoplasma Postinfectious Sequelae. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 2021 Oct 1;18(10):687-701. http://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2021.0015
  24. Pogreba-Brown K, Austhof E, Tang X, Trejo MJ, Owusu-Dommey A, Boyd K, Armstrong A, Schaefer K, Bazaco MC, Batz M, Riddle M. Enteric Pathogens and Reactive Arthritis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Pathogen-Associated Reactive Arthritis. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 2021 Sep 1;18(9):627-39. https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2020.2910
  25. Pogreba-Brown K, Austhof E, Rosa-Hernandez A, McFadden C, Boyd K, Sharma J, et al. Training and Incorporating Students in SARS-CoV-2 Case Investigations and Contact Tracing. Public Health Reports. 2021 Mar;136(2):154-60. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033354920974664
  26. Catalfamo CJ, Heslin KM, Shilen A, Khan SM, Hunsaker JR, Austhof E, et al. Design of the Arizona CoVHORT: A Population-Based COVID-19 Cohort. Frontiers in Public Health. 2021 Feb 10;9:21. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.620060
  27. Austhof E, Schaefer K, Faulkner J, Bach L, Riddle M, Pogreba-Brown L. Knowledge and practices of primary care physicians or general practitioners treating post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome. BMC Gastroenterology. 2020;20(1-6). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-020-01305-z
  28. Pogreba-Brown K, Austhof E, Okello A, Weiss J, Lira R, Ernst K. Public Perceptions of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions for Influenza and Mosquito-borne Illnesses – A Statewide Survey in Arizona. Perspectives in Public Health. 2020 Jul;140(4):214-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913919886605
  29. Austhof E, Berisha V, McMahan B, Owen G, Keith L, Roach M, Brown H. Participation and Engagement of Public Health Stakeholders in Climate and Health Adaptation. Atmosphere. 2020; 11(3):265. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11030265
  30. Pogreba-Brown K, Austhof E, Ellingson K. The Case-Case Study: An Underutilized Tool in Infection Prevention.American Journal of Infection Prevention. 2020;48(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2018.11.024
  31. Pogreba-Brown K, Austhof E, Armstrong A, Schaefer K, Villa L, et al. Chronic gastrointestinal and joint-related Sequelae Associated with Common Foodborne Illnesses – A Scoping Review. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 2019;17(2). https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2019.2692
  32. Ernst K, Barrett E, Hoswell E, Hayden M.Increasing women’s engagement in vector control: a report from Accelerate to Equal project workshops. BMC Malaria Journal. 2019;17(1):326. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2477-0
  33. Barrett E, Carr D, Bell ML, Pogreba-Brown K.Post-infectious sequelae after Campylobacter enteric infection: a pilot study in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 2018;4(1):142. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-018-0335-z
  34. Pogreba-Brown K, O’Connor P, Matthews J, Barrett E, Bell ML.Case-case analysis of Campylobacter and Salmonella – using surveillance data for outbreak investigations and monitoring routine risk factors. Epidemiology and Infection. 2018;146(15):1916-1921. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268818002200
  35. Pogreba-Brown K, Barrett E. Campylobacter and Ethnicity – A case-case analysis to determine differences in disease presentation and risk factors.Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 2018;15(5)277-284. https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2017.2337
  36. Hayden M, Barrett E, Bernard G, Toko EN, Agawo M, Okello AM, Gunn J, Ernst K. Barriers and opportunities to advancing women in leadership roles in vector control: perspectives from a stakeholder survey.American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2018;98(5):1224-1227. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0693
  37. Barrett E, Barnes S, Pogreba-Brown K. An Experiential Learning Exercise in food-borne illness outbreak investigations: bridging education and experience. Pedagogy in Health Promotion. 2018;4(1):43-51. https://doi.org/10.1177/2373379917700440
  38. Oren E, Fiero MH, Barrett E, Anderson B, Nunez M, Gonzalez-Salazar. Detection of Latent Tuberculosis Infection among migrant farmworkers along the US-Mexico Border. BMC Infectious Disease 2017;16(1):630. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1959-3

White Papers

  1. Nilz M, Austhof E, Chester KG, Levy J, Cree R, Wray A, Holbrook J, Cheng Q, Zhang Q, Rice CE, Tang E, Hoferka S, Borroto R, Gonzalez S, Schultz A, Ekong P, Radhakrishnan L, Stein Z, Evans A. Overall Disability (v1) Definition Fact Sheet & Technical Brief. National Syndromic Surveillance Program Knowledge Repository. August 1, 2025.

  2. Nilz M, Austhof E, Chester KG, Levy J, Cree R, Wray A, Holbrook J, Cheng Q, Zhang Q, Rice CE, Ekong P, Radhakrishnan L, Stein Z, Evans A. Cognition and Central Nervous System Disability (v1) Definition Fact Sheet & Technical Brief. August 1, 2025.

  3. Nilz M, Austhof E, Chester KG, Levy J, Cree R, Wray A, Holbrook J, Cheng Q, Zhang Q, Rice CE, Borroto R, Gonzalez S, Schultz A, Radhakrishnan L, Stein Z, Evans A. Hearing Disability (v1) Definition Fact Sheet & Technical Brief. August 1, 2025.

  4. Nilz M, Austhof E, Chester KG, Levy J, Cree R, Wray A, Holbrook J, Cheng Q, Zhang Q, Rice CE, Tang G, Radhakrishnan L, Stein Z, Evans A. Intellectual and Developmental Disability (v1) Definition Fact Sheet & Technical Brief. August 1, 2025.

  5. Nilz M, Austhof E, Chester KG, Levy J, Cree R, Wray A, Holbrook J, Cheng Q, Zhang Q, Rice CE, Gonzalez S, Schultz A, Radhakrishnan L, Stein Z, Evans A. Mobility Disability (v1) Definition Fact Sheet & Technical Brief. August 1, 2025.

  6. Nilz M, Austhof E, Chester KG, Levy J, Cree R, Wray A, Holbrook J, Cheng Q, Zhang Q, Rice CE, Tang G, Hoferka S, Radhakrishnan L, Stein Z, Evans A. Self-Care and Independent Living Disability (v1) Definition Fact Sheet & Technical Brief. August 1, 2025.

  7. Nilz M, Austhof E, Chester KG, Levy J, Cree R, Wray A, Holbrook J, Cheng Q, Zhang Q, Rice CE, Ekong P, Hoferka S, Radhakrishnan L, Stein Z, Evans A. Specific Developmental, Behavioral, and Learning Disability (v1) Definition Fact Sheet & Technical Brief. August 1, 2025.

  8. Nilz M, Austhof E, Chester KG, Levy J, Cree R, Wray A, Holbrook J, Cheng Q, Zhang Q, Rice CE, Borroto R, Gonzalez S, Schultz A, Radhakrishnan L, Stein Z, Evans A. Vision Disability (v1) Definition Fact Sheet & Technical Brief. August 1, 2025.

  9. Goetzman J, Agroia H, Austhof E, Eaglin M, Eikmeier D, Ingram LA, Robbins A. 25-ID-02 Standardized Surveillance Case Definition for Campylobacteriosis. Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. May 8, 2025.

  10. PCHD (Robinson J) and UArizona (Brown HE, Sarko A, Austhof E, Keith L, Arora M, Cunanan A, Schweer L). 2024 Heat Season Evaluation Report: Overview, Outcomes, & Recommendations. February, 2025.

  11. Brown HE, Austhof E, Ferguson D, Keith L. Summary of 2024 Interviews on Wildfire Preparedness and Response in the US Southwest. January 18, 2025.Austhof E, Anderson C, Gettel A, Domsky I, Brown A, Hondula D, Brown HE, Nguyen H. Gap Analysis of Climate and Health Research in Arizona: A Report by the Research Action Team of Bridging Climate Change and Public Health in Cooperation with the Maricopa County Department of Public Health. 2020.

  12. Roach M, Austhof E, Berisha V, Brown H, Carr D, Harlow-Smith L, Hondula D, Snyder K. Addendum to the Arizona Climate and Health Adaptation Plan.A report prepared for the CDC Climate-Ready States and Cities Initiative. 2018.

  13. Morano LH, Jagger MA, Barrett E, Berisha V, Borjan M, Heitzinger K, Kumar R, Lane K, Lumia M, Menager H, Thie L. Syndromic Surveillance Climate and Health Guidance Document.A CSTE guidance document prepared by the CSTE Climate and Health Syndromic Surveillance Workgroup, CSTE Climate Change Subcommittee. 2017.

  14. Roach M, Barrett E, Brown HE, Dufour B, Hondula DM, Putnam H, Sosa B. Arizona’s Climate and Health Adaptation Plan. A report prepared for the CDC Climate-Ready States and Cities Initiative. 2017.