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Brite, Jennifer

Overview

Curriculum Vitae

  1. Education


    Degree Institution Field Dates
    DrPH  City University of New York  epidemiology and biostatistics  2017 
    MS  Columbia University (MPH)  epidemiology  2012 
    BA  New York University  journalism  2002 

  2. Full-Time Academic Experience


    Institution Rank Field Dates
    York College  Assistant Professor  Public Health  Fall 2021 to present 
    York College  Substitute Assistant Professor  Public Health  Fall 2020 to Fall 2021 

  3. Part-Time Academic Experience


    Institution Rank Field Dates
    New York University  Adjunct  Statistics  Fall 2018 to present 
    City University of New York School of Public Health  Adjunct  Public Health  Summer 2012 to Spring 2018 
    Adelphi University  Adjunct  Public Health  Summer 2014 
    Columbia University  Teaching assistant  Biostatistics  Spring 2011 

  4. Non Academic Experience


    Place of Employment Title Date
    New York City Department of Health, World Trade Center Health Registry  Manager, Emerging Medical Conditions  May 2018 to September 2020 
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center  Epidemiolgist  February 2015 to April 2018 

  5. Employment Record At This Institution

  6. Publications In Field Of Expertise

    1. Books:
    2. Papers in Professional Journals:
      1. Articles:

        Brite, J., Miller-Archie, S.A., Cone, J.. "The Relationship between 9/11 Exposure, Systemic Autoimmune Disease, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Mediational Analysis.." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19 2022: 6514.

        Brite, J.. "The Association Between Educational Attainment and Mortality: Examining Absolute and Relative Effects by Race/Ethnicity." Ethnicity & Disease. 32 2022: 1-10.

        Brite, J., Miller-Archie, S.A., Cone, J.. "The Relationship between 9/11 Exposure, Systemic Autoimmune Disease, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Mediational Analysis." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19 2022: 6514.

        Pollari, Cristina D., Jennifer Brite, Robert M. Brackbill, Lisa M. Gargano, Shane W. Adams, Pninit Russo-Netzer, Jonathan Davidov, Victoria Banyard, and James E. Cone.. "World Trade Center Exposure and Posttraumatic Growth: Assessing Positive Psychological Change 15 Years after 9/11.." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18 2021: 104.

        Alper, H.E., Brite, J., Cone, J.E., Brackbill, R.. "Comparison of Prevalence and Exposure-disease Associations Using Self-report and Hospitalization Data Among Enrollees of the World Trade Center Health Registry." BMC Medical Research Methodology. 21 2021: 62.

        Gargano, L. M., Locke, S. H., Alper, H. E., & Brite, J.. "Hospitalizations among World Trade Center Health Registry Enrollees Who Were under 18 Years of Age on 9/11, 2001–2016." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 14 2021: 7527.

        Alper, H.E.; Tuly, R.A.; Seil, K.; Brite, J.. "Post-9/11 Mental Health Comorbidity Predicts Self-Reported Confusion or Memory Loss in World Trade Center Health Registry Enrollees.." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17 2020: 7330.

        Asher, J., Resnick, D, Brite, J., Brackbill, R., Cone, J.. "An Introduction to Probabilistic Record Linkage with a Focus on Linkage Processing for WTC Registries." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17 2020: 6937.

        Brite, J., Friedman, S., Takemoto, E., Locke, S., Alper, H., Cone, J. "The Association Between Socioeconomic Status and Asthma Inpatient Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among World Trade Center Rescue Workers and Survivors.." JAMA Open Network.. 3 2020: .

        Lim, S., Liu, S., Jacobson, M., Poirot, E., Crossa, A., Locke, S., Brite, J., Hamby, E., Farquhar, S.. "Housing Stability and Diabetes Among New York City Public Housing Residents Who Were Affected by 9/11 Disaster.." Social Science & Medicine – Population Health. 11 2020: 100605.

        Takemoto, E., Van Oss, K., Chamany, S., Brite, J., Brackbill, R.. "Post-traumatic stress disorder and the association with overweight, obesity, and weight change among individuals exposed to the World Trade Center disaster, 2003–2016.." Psychological Medicine. 10 2020: 1-10.

        Brite, J., Friedman, S., de la Hoz, R. E., Reibman, J., & Cone, J.. "Mental health, long-term medication adherence, and the control of asthma symptoms among persons exposed to the WTC 9/11 disaster.." Journal of Asthma. 57 2020: 1253-1262.

        Miller-Archie, S., Izmirly, P., Berman, J., Brite, J., Walker, D., Dasilva, R., Petrsoric, L., Cone, J.. "Systemic Autoimmune Disease Among Adults Exposed to the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attack." Arthritis & Rheumatology. 72 2019: 849-859.

        Cone, J., Stein, C., Lee, D., Flamme, G., Brite, J.. "Persistent Hearing Loss among World Trade Center Health Registry Residents, Passersby and Area Workers, 2006–2007." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16 2019: 3864.

        Brite, J., Bowers, K., Yeung, E., Laughon, K., Grewal, U., Zhang, C.. "Height and the Risk of Gestational Diabetes: Variations by Race/ethnicity." Diabetic Medicine. 31 2014: 332-340.

        Brite, J., Mills, J., Troendle, J., Laughon, SK.. "Maternal Obesity and Risk of Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring." International Journal of Obesity. 91 2014: 1543-1549.

        Bowers, K., Laughon, SK., Kim, S., Mumford, S., Brite, J., Kiely, M., Zhang, C. "The Association Between a Medical History Of Depression And Gestational Diabetes in a Large Multi-Ethnic Cohort Of The United States.." Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 27 2013: 323-328.

        Dowd, J., Palermo, T., Brite, J., McDade, T., Aiello, A.. "Seroprevalence of Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in U.S. Children Ages 6-19, 2003-2010.." PLoS ONE. 8 2013: e64921.

        Bowers, K., Laughon, SK., Kim, S., Mumford, S., Brite, J., Kiely, M., Zhang, C.. "Gestational Diabetes, Pre-Pregnancy Obesity, and Pregnancy Weight Gain in Relation To Excess Fetal Growth: Variations by Race/Ethnicity.." Diabetologia. 56 2012: 1263-1271.

      2. Proceedings:
        1. Refereed Proceedings

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        2. Non-Refereed Proceedings
    3. Chapters in Books:
    4. Government Reports or Monographs
    5. Book Reviews:

  7. Other Publications

    1. Books:
    2. Papers in Professional Journals:
      1. Articles:

        Kamboj, M., McMillen, T., Syed, M., Chow, H.Y., Jani, K., Aslam, A., Brite, J., Fanelli, B., Hasan, N.A., Dadlani, M. and Westblade, L.. "Evaluation of a combined Multi-Locus Sequence Typing and Whole-Genome Sequencing Two-step Algorithm for Routine typing of Clostridioides difficile.." Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 59 2020: e01955-20.

        Kamboj, M., Gennarelli, R., Brite, J., Sepkowitz, K., Lipitz-Snyderman, A.. "Risk for Clostridioides difficile Infection among Older Adults with Cancer." Emerging Infectious Diseases. 25 2019: 1683-1689.

        Brite, J., McMillen, T., Robilotti, Sepkowitz, K., Babady, E., Kamboj, M.. "Effectiveness of UV Disinfection in Reducing Hospital Acquired C. difficile and VRE on a Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Unit." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 39 2018: 1301-1306..

        Kamboj, M., Brite, J., Aslam, A., Kennington, J., Babady, E., Calfee, D., Furuya, Y., Chen, D., Augenbraun, M., Ostrowsky, B., Mircescu, M., Patel, G., Kak, V., Tuma, R., Karre, T., Cantu, S., Hsieh, C, Warren , N., Martin, S., Willson, J., Knight, J., Delahanty, K., Tegtmeier, B., Korenstein, D., Eagan, J., and Sepkowitz, K.. "Artificial Differences in Clostridium Difficile Infection Rates Associated with Disparity in Testing." Emerging Infectious Diseases.. 24 2018: 584.

        Kamboj, M., Brite, J., McMillen, T., Robilotti, E., Herrera, A., Sepkowitz, K., Babady, E.. "Potential of Real-time PCR Threshold Cycle (CT) to Predict Presence of Free Toxin and Clinically Relevant C. difficile Infection (CDI) in Patients with Cancer." Journal of Infection. 76 2018: 369-375.

        Kamboj, M., Mcmillen, T., Chow, H, Brite, J., Babady, E.. "Toxin Detection by Cell Culture Neutralization Assay [CYT] and Toxin based EIA [Tox EIA] among Recurrent Episodes of CDI Diagnosed by PCR." Open Forum Infect Dis.. 4 2017: S395.

        Richardson, L., Brite, J., Del Castillo, M., Childers, T., Sheahan, A., Huang, Y.-T., Dougherty, E., Babady, N.E., Sepkowitz, K., Kamboj, M.. "Comparison of Respiratory Virus Shedding By Conventional and Molecular Testing Methods in Patients With Haematological Malignancy." Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 22 2015: 380.

        Romo, M., McCrillis, A., Brite, J., Reales, D., Dowd, J., Schooling, CM.. "Effect of Pharmacologic Androgen Deprivation Therapy on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Men with Prostate Cancer: a Systematic Review.." European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 45 2015: 475-484.

      2. Proceedings:
        1. Refereed Proceedings
        2. Non-Refereed Proceedings
    3. Chapters in Books:
    4. Government Reports or Monographs
    5. Book Reviews:

  8. Presented Papers, Lectures, And Exhibitions And Performances

  9. Patents

    None

  10. Work In Progress

    1. Books in progress:
    2. Papers in Progress:
    3. Papers submitted to journals for consideration:
    4. Research in progress:

  11. Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships

  12. Grants-In-Aid

    PSC-CUNY, Rehospitalization risk among persons exposed to the September 11, 2001, disaster: A machine-learning approach. 7/1/2021-7/1/2022: $3,500.

    NIH, The Impact of COVID-19 on New York's Poorest: An Analysis of Excess Mortality during the Pandemic using Burial Records from Hart Island. 12/2/21-11/30/23: $168,000.

    PSC-CUNY, Life and Death Among the Poorest Americans: An Examination of Indigent Burial. 7/1/2021-7/1/2022: $3,500.

    CUNY IRG, Life and Death Among the Poorest Americans: An Examination of Indigent Burial. 2/3/2022-2/3/2023: $40,000.

  13. Institutional Service

    1. Service to the Department

      Member of the Public Health Admission, Retention and Completion Committee (PHARC): 9/1/2021-present.

      Member of the York College-CUNY Graduate School of Public Health 4+1 Admission Committee.: 9/1/2021-present.

    2. Service to the School
    3. Service to the College
    4. Service to the Graduate Center
    5. Service to the University

  14. Offices Held In Professional Societies

  15. Other Professional Activities And Public Service

  16. Teaching Activities At This Institution

    1. Courses Taught (List)
      Course Description
          
    2. New courses/programs developed (list):