Velma K. Lopez.

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1 AREAS OF INTEREST: Health of children under five in developing countries; Diarrheal disease; Water, sanitation, and hygiene; Global health disparities; Infectious diseases. EDUCATION: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology Emphasis in Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Global Health Expected Graduation: 2018 Mentor: Joseph N. Eisenberg, PhD Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA Master of Public Health, International Health and Development Mentor: Joseph Keating, PhD 2009 Ohio University, Athens, Ohio Bachelor of Science in Microbiology 2008 ICF International, Rockville, MD Survey Manager & Biomarker Specialist PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Provided technical assistance to local survey implementing organizations (typically statistical agencies) on survey implementation within the MEASURE Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) project Responsibilities included working with stakeholders on survey design, questionnaire design, preparation of IRB submission documents, preparation of training materials, monitoring fieldwork, developing country-specific tabulation plans, data-checking, and writing and editing final reports Managed local cost budgets with host country implementing organizations Provided technical assistance to DHS staff and local survey implementing organizations on the procedures and biomarker collection techniques for specific biological specimens included in the DHS surveys. Common tests requiring biomarker collection: HIV, malaria, micronutrients, hemoglobin, and anthropometry. Provided leadership at the project level in specific areas of health by researching and developing questions for inclusion in survey instruments. Developed biomarker testing protocols for communicable and non-communicable diseases to meet emerging data needs. Spearheaded novel inclusion of HIV-incidence testing in Zambia DHS survey to include homebased testing and counseling for HIV, CD4 testing using the portable PIMA machine, laboratory HIV incidence testing, and assessment of viral load. Protocol development for this survey included sample size calculations for national and subnational HIV-incidence estimates as well

2 as considerations for ethical issues resulting from inclusion of home-based HIV testing and counseling in the ZDHS fieldwork. Led and/or facilitated interviewer training sessions to teach the survey instruments and tools to hundreds of field staff personnel over tenure at the DHS project. Coordinated the DHS project activities in bacteriological testing of water in population-based surveys Represented the DHS project on WHO and UNICEF technical working groups charged with monitoring drinking water quality at the global level and developing new indicators of water, sanitation, and hygiene. Had on-the-ground DHS survey experience in training and fieldwork monitoring in the following countries: Angola, Ghana, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Tulane University Department of Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA Graduate Lab Assistant Managed a serosurvey (epidemiology research) of southeastern Louisiana for Chagas Disease including household questionnaire, environmental assessment, visual search for triatomine insects, rapid Chagas testing, and epidemiological data analysis in order to determine associated risks with participant seropositivity under Dr. Dawn Wesson Ohio University Tropical Disease Institute, Manabí, Ecuador Field Researcher Summer 2008/2009 Conducted a Cross-Sectional Household Survey of Diarrheal Prevalence in children under 5 years old within select communities of the coastal province of Manabí, Ecuador. Epidemiological analysis of data was used for a Master s level thesis. Headed survey teams to collect basic household demographic and research related information for Chagas disease related research conducted by Dr. Mario Grijalva Traveled with the Tropical Disease Institute under Drs. Joan Cunningham and Bill Romoser in the coastal province of Manabí, Ecuador to examine issues hindering community socioeconomic development and the impacts of Malaria and Dengue Fever incidence and prevalence, as well as water quality on the community Collected specific data on water and water management from household water drinking sources using a portable OXFAM Delagua Kit including thermotolerant coliform counts, chlorine levels, organophosphate and nitrate levels, ph, and turbidity of samples in order to determine security of community drinking water TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Graduate Student Instructor at the University of Michigan Health and Society: Introduction to Public Health: Fall 2014 Genetics Laboratory: Winter 2013 Substitute Teacher Recovery School District in New Orleans, LA: Spring 2010 Teaching Assistant at Tulane University Public Nutrition: Assessment and Advanced Analysis: Spring 2010

3 Field Methodology Monitoring & Evaluation: Fall 2009 Principles in Population, Health, and Nutrition: Fall 2009 INVITED LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, AND LED SYMPOSIUMS: Everybody Poops: Use of a Mixed Methods Approach to Measuring Sanitation Practices. University of Michigan: Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health The Influence of Behavior & Culture within WASH Interventions and Environmental Disease Transmission Symposium Co-chair. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Conference Rural Sustainable Development: The Influence of Roads on an Emerging Double Burden of Malnutrition in Ecuadorian Children from Dow Sustainability Fellows Seminar Globalization, Economic Development, & Health: HIV & Cervical Cancer Case Studies from Zambia and Zimbabwe. University of Michigan: EPID 816 Global Social Epidemiology WASH Interventions and the Diarrhea-Malnutrition Feedback System: Steps Towards Understanding Causality. University of Michigan: The Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases The DHS Project: Demographic and Health Surveys. University of Michigan: EPID 664 Field Methods for Epidemiology in Developing Countries. Yearly presentation: Heterogeneity of Open Defecation Practices: A Conceptual Framework. University of Michigan: The Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases Feasibility of Water Quality Testing within Population-Based Surveys. Joint Monitoring Program/UNICEF Post-2015 Drinking Water Working Group Meeting Monitoring Water Quality through DHS Surveys. Joint Monitoring Program/UNICEF Sampling Methodology for Rapid Assessment of Drinking Water Quality survey (RADWQ) Meeting Monitoring Water Quality through DHS Surveys. Joint Monitoring Program/UNICEF Post-2015 Drinking Water Working Group Meeting PUBLICATIONS: Bhavnani, D., de los Ángeles Bayas, R., Lopez, V.K., Zhang, L., Trueba, G., Foxman, B.,... & Eisenberg, J. N. (2016). Distribution of Enteroinvasive and Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Across Space and Time in Northwestern Ecuador. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 94(2), Moudy, R. M., Michaels, S., Jameson, S. B., Londono, B., Lopez, V., Caillouet, K. A.,... & Wesson, D. M. (2014). Factors associated with peridomestic Triatoma sanguisuga (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) presence in southeastern Louisiana. Journal of medical entomology, 51(5), PUBLICATIONS UNDER REVIEW: Lopez, V.K.*, Dombecki, C*., Trostle, J., Mogrovejo, P., Cevallos, W., Castro, N., Goldstick, J., Jones, A.D., Eisenberg, J.N. Nutritional Trends in Communities with Differential Access to Roads: An Emerging Double Burden of Child Malnutrition in rural Ecuador, Under review.

4 Atherton, R., Romero, D., Gottsfried, L., Lopez, V.K., Valvarde, G., Manuel Calvopiña, M. Prevalence of intestinal parasite infection and associated risk factors in the Tsachilas communities of Santo Domingo, Ecuador. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Under review. PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS: Lopez, V.K., Berrocal, V., Eisenberg, J.N. Everybody Poops: Social and Cultural Norms as Proxy Measurements of Individual-level Defecation Practices. In progress. Lopez, V.K., Clarke, P.J., Eisenberg, J.N. A Multi-Dimensional Measurement of Latrine Use Behavior. In progress. PRESENTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS: Lopez, V.K., Eisenberg, M.C., Eisenberg, J.N. Understanding how the feedback between Diarrheal Disease and Malnutrition impacts the dynamics of Enteric Pathogen Transmission: A Mathematical Modeling Approach. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Conference Lopez, V.K., Clarke, P.J., Eisenberg, M.C., Eisenberg, J.N. Unpacking Latrine Use: Use of a Mixed Methods Approach to Measuring Behavior. Dow Sustainability Fellowship Symposium Lopez, V.K., Clarke, P.J., Eisenberg, J.N. Unpacking Latrine Use: Opportunities for Behavior Change with Sanitation Interventions. Water and Health Conference Lopez, V.K., Eisenberg, M.C., Eisenberg, J.N. Systems Models of Enteric Pathogen Transmission: Understanding the Determinants of Latrine Use. Modeling Infectious Disease Agents Study Conference Lopez, V.K., Dombecki, C., Trostle, J., Mogrovejo, P., Cevallos, W., Castro, N., Goldstick, J., Jones, A.D., Eisenberg, J.N. A Double Burden of Child Malnutrition in Communities with Differential Access to Roads: Analysis in rural Ecuador, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Conference Lopez, V.K., Dombecki, C., Trostle, J., Jaramillo, A., Cevallos, W., Goldstick, J., Eisenberg, J.N.. Road Connectivity and Child Malnutrition: Remote Ecuadorian Villages Have Lower Odds of Child Stunting. Society for Epidemiologic Research Conference Lopez, V.K., Dombecki, C., Trostle, J., Jaramillo, A., Cevallos, W., Goldstick, J., Eisenberg, J.N.. Road Connectivity and Child Malnutrition: Remote Ecuadorian Villages Have Lower Odds of Child Stunting. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Conference Lopez, V., Londono, B., Michaels, S., Caillout, K., Loy M., Hallmark, C. Boegler, K.A., Saeger, J., Estrada, G., Duncan, L., Foppa, I., Dorn, P., Wesson, D.M. Chagas Serosurvey Near Autochthonous Human Case in Louisiana, USA. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Conference Londono, B. Lopez, V., Michaels, S., Wesson, D.M. Screening for Chagas Antibodies using Blood Collected and Stored on Filter Paper. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Conference Peven, K.*, Lopez, V.*, Heron, L.* Factors Affecting Diarrhea Among Children in Madhya Pradesh, India. American Public Health Association Conference Cunningham, J.V., Lopez, V., McAvoy, A., Brooks, M., Sikes, R., O Donnell, J., Romoser, M.A., Wojno, A., Bates, B., Costales, J., Grijalva, M., Romoser, W. S. Drinking Water Safety in Rural Ecuadorian

5 Communities. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Conference Hallmark, C., Loy, M. Lopez, V., Michaels, S. Estrada, G., Wesson, D.M. Continued Surveillance for Chagas disease vectors in southeastern Louisiana. Louisiana Mosquito Control Association Conference Michaels, S., Lopez, V., Rider, M.A., Wesson, D.M. Bloodmeal host identification in Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Louisiana Mosquito Control Association Conference Lopez, V., Biegalke, BJ. Human Cytomegalovirus and the Nuclear Localization of pul34. University of Puerto Rico at Humacao McNair Research Symposium Conference ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDED FUNDING: NIGMS Administrative Supplement Award for U01 GM current Funding allocated to support pre-doctoral training activities, including coursework, training and workshop participations, and manuscript development and publication Dow Sustainability Fellow, Graham Institute, University of Michigan 2015-current Fellowship funds to support doctoral research activities, including primary data collection for dissertation research to examine the role of social and behavioral determinants of diarrheal disease transmission McNair Scholar, Ohio University Federally funded program dedicated to exposure undergraduate students to research and scholarly activities King Chavez Parks Scholar, Ohio University Scholarship program to support University attendance AFFILIATIONS AND LEADERSHIP: Reviewer, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene current American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Student Member current Society for Epidemiologic Research Student Member 2015 Epidemiology Doctoral Student Organization Co-chair 2015 Graduate Employee's Organization School of Public Health Steward 2014-current Bi-Lingual in Spanish and English SKILLS: Experienced using R programming language