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Infectious Disease Specialist
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Dr.Stephanie Factor
EducationBrown University Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Occupation(s)Internist, epidemiologist
Medical career
Professionphysician
Fieldinfectious disease
InstitutionsIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Stephanie Factor is an internist who specializes in infectious diseases and an epidemiologic researcher at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and was an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer in the Respiratory Diseases Branch of CDC when she led the field investigations in the Central Asian Republics; medical epidemiologist in the CDC Bioterrorism Preparedness Response Program assigned to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop emergency response plans for New York City.

Factor is also an associate professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and assistant professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science. She earned both an MPH and MD at Johns Hopkins University.

Selected publications

  • Factor SH, LaClaire L, Bronsdon M, Suleymanova F, Altynbaeva G, Kadirov BA, et al. Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination, central Asia. Emerg Infect Dis . 2005 Sep . http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1109.040798
  • Factor SH, Galea S, de Duenas Geli LG, Saynisch M, Blumenthal S, Canales E, Poulson M, Foley M, Vlahov D. Development of a "survival" guide for substance users in Harlem, New York City. Health Educ Behav. 2002 Jun;29(3):312-25. doi: 10.1177/109019810202900304. PMID 12038741.
  • Fierer, Daniel, Stephanie Factor Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus Among HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men-New York City, 2005-2010 (Reprinted from MMWR, vol 60, pg 945-950, 2011)September 2011JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association 306(11):1194-1196

Research projects

  • Hepatitis C Virus Infection in WTC Responders

References

  1. "Stephanie Factor". Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. Factor, Stephanie (September 2005). "Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b Carriage, Central Asia". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 11 (9): 1476–1479. doi:10.3201/eid1109.040798. PMC 3310603. PMID 16229788.
  3. "Influenza and Respiratory Illnesses – Stephanie Factor, MD, MPH – Mount Sinai Hospital". Lehman College. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  4. "Hepatitis C Virus Infection in WTC Responders". World Trade Center Health Program. Retrieved 11 September 2022.


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