Dr Amish Talwar

Contacts

MD (Columbia University), MPH (San Diego State University), BA (Rutgers University)
PhD Candidate
Research Assistant

Biography

Amish is a US-trained physician and graduate of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Epidemic Intelligence Service training program. Before starting his PhD program at Australian National University, Amish worked at CDC in public health intelligence and participated in the COVID-19 response.

Amish’s PhD research will employ a mixed methods approach to develop a model for predicting likely outbreak reporting outcomes when faced with a new pandemic. This will be an interdisciplinary study that combines public health, health policy, and international law

Research

Research interests

  • Global health security
  • International health law
  • Infectious disease epidemiology
  • Public health medicine

Projects

Publications

  1. Talwar A, Li R, Langer AJ. Association between Birth Region and Time to Tuberculosis Diagnosis among Non-US-Born Persons in the United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021;27(6):1645-1653. doi:10.3201/eid2706.203663
  2. Labuda SM, McDaniel C, Talwar A, et al. Tuberculosis Outbreak Associated With Delayed Diagnosis and Long Infectious Periods in Rural Arkansas, 2010-2018 [published online ahead of print, 2021 Mar 17]. Public Health Rep. 2021;33354921999167.
  3. Lee JT, Hesse EM, Paulin HN, Datta D, Katz LS, Talwar A, et al. Clinical and Laboratory Findings in Patients with Potential SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection, May-July 2020 [published online ahead of print, 2021 Feb 18]. Clin Infect Dis. 2021;ciab148. doi:10.1093/cid/ciab148
  4. Datta SD, Talwar A, Lee JT. A Proposed Framework and Timeline of the Spectrum of Disease Due to SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Illness Beyond Acute Infection and Public Health Implications. JAMA. 2020;324(22):2251-2252. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.22717
  5. Talwar A, Stewart R, Althomsons SP, et al. Notes from the Field: Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Among Workers at Two Food Processing Facilities - Ohio, 2018-2019. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020;69(32):1104-1105. Published 2020 Aug 14. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6932a6
  6. Talwar A, Mielenz TJ, Hill LL, et al. Relationship Between Physical Activity and Motor Vehicle Crashes Among Older Adult Drivers. J Prim Care Community Health. 2019;10:2150132719859997. doi:10.1177/2150132719859997
  7. Talwar A, Hill LL, DiGuiseppi C, et al. Patterns of Self-Reported Driving While Intoxicated Among Older Adults. J Appl Gerontol. 2020;39(9):944-953. doi:10.1177/0733464819854005
  8. Talwar A, Tsang CA, Price SF, et al. Tuberculosis — United States, 2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019;68(11):257-262. Published 2019 Mar 22. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6811a2
  9. Toth ML, Melentijevic I, Shah L, Bhatia A, Lu K, Talwar A, et al. Neurite sprouting and synapse deterioration in the aging Caenorhabditis elegans nervous system. J Neurosci. 2012;32(26):8778-8790. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1494-11.2012
    Carniol PJ, Talwar A, Carniol ET. Laser treatment of facial scars. Facial Plast Surg. 2010;26(6):519-521. doi:10.1055/s-0030-1267727