Research Analyst
Department of Global Health and Population
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
"Ambition and love are the wings to great deeds. Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
ABOUT ME
I seek out opportunities to utilize quantitative methods in order to better investigate the health disparities of the modern world. In order to effectively address modern health disparities, we must examine these problems with a multi-focal lens that merges the discoveries of Natural Sciences with input from the Social Sciences and Humanities as well. This intersection is where my interests lie.
In my current position I use mathematical models to examine the dynamics of tuberculosis in the United States. I also work with a group on the application of econometric methods to better estimate the causal relationship between ambient air pollution and health outcomes.
Education
I completed a dual MSPH program in epidemiology and environmental health at Emory University as a NIOSH trainee. My primary area of interest was at the intersection of infectious respiratory disease and air pollution. To this end, I supplemented my courses at Emory with courses at Georgia Institute of Technology in the Earth and Atmospheric Science program. Prior to this training, I completed five bachelor degrees in the following fields: Mathematics, Microbiology, German Studies, History, and Religious Studies, at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville. I also developed a thesis in mathematics exploring the insufficiencies of the EPA AERMOD for surface mining, such as mountaintop removal. I also wrote a joint history-religious studies thesis which explored the development of the Institutum Judaicum in early modern Europe.
MY SKILLS
R & C++ PROGRAMMING
MATHEMATICAL MODELING
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION
PUBLICATIONS
Selected peer-reviewed publications
Swartwood NA, Testa C, Cohen T, Marks SM, Hill AN, Cochran J, Cranston K, Randall LM, Tibbs A, Salomon JA, Menzies NA. Tabby2: A User-Friendly Web Tool for Forecasting State-Level TB Outcomes in the United States. Accepted at BMC Medicine 2023. Awaiting print.
Menzies, N.A., Swartwood, NA., Testa, C., Malyuta, Y., Hill, A.N., Marks, S.M., Cohen, T. and Salomon, J.A., 2021. Time Since Infection and Risks of Future Disease for Individuals with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in the United States. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.), 32(1), p.70.
Menzies, NA, Bellerose, M, Testa, C, Swartwood, NA, Malyuta, Y, Cohen, T, Marks, SM, Hill, AN, Date, AA, Maloney, SA and Bowden, SE, 2020. Impact of Effective Global Tuberculosis Control on Health and Economic Outcomes in the United States. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, (ja).
Pre-prints
Sheffield, SR, York, A, Swartwood, NA, Bilinski, A, Williamson, A and Fitzpatrick, MC, 2020. Strict Physical Distancing May Be More Efficient: A Mathematical Argument for Making Lockdowns Count. medRxiv.
Bilinski A, Birger R, Burn S, Chitwood M, Clarke-Deelder E, Copple T, Eaton J, Ehrlich H, Erlendsdottir M, Eshghi S, Farid M, Fitzpatrick M, Giardina J, Gonsalves G, Hsieh YL, Iloglu, Kao Y, MacKay E, Menzies N, Mulaney B, Paltiel D, Perniciaro S, Phillips M, Rich K, Salomon J, Sherak R, Shioda K, Swartwood N, Testa C, Thornhill T, White E, Williamson A, York A, Zhu J, and Zhu L., 2020. Defining high-value information for COVID-19 decision-making. medRxiv.
Selected conference presentations
Swartwood, NA, Li, Y, Reagan, M, Marks, SM, Barham, T, Beeler-Asay, GR, Cohen, T, Hill, AN, Horsburgh Jr, CR, Khan, AD, McCree, DH, Myles, R, Salomon, JA, Self, JL, Menzies, NA. Investigating the impact of closing disparities in TB incidence and case fatality rates across U.S.-born race-ethnicities in the United States. Oral abstract presentation at North American Regional Meeting of International Union for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. February 23, 2023.
Swartwood, NA, Cohen, T, Marks, SM, Hill, AN, Beeler-Asay, GR, Horsburgh Jr, CR, Langer, A, Self, JL, Salomon, JA, Menzies, NA. Estimating the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on future TB in the United States. Oral abstract presentation at the National Tuberculosis Conference. May 24, 2022.
Swartwood NA, Testa C, Cohen T, Marks SM, Hill AN, Cochran J, Cranston K, Randall LM, Tibbs A, Salomon JA, Menzies NA. The contribution of latent TB treatment to TB prevention in the United States: results of a transmission dynamic model. Poster presented at the main meeting of the International Union for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. October 21, 2021.
Swartwood NA, Testa C, Cohen T, Marks SM, Hill AN, Cochran J, Cranston K, Randall LM, Tibbs A, Salomon JA, Menzies NA. MITUS (Modeling interventions for TB in the United States): a flexible framework for modelling TB epidemiology and policy efforts. Poster presented at National TB Controllers Association meeting; April 23-24, 2019; Atlanta, GA.
Testa C, Swartwood NA, Cohen T, Marks SM, Hill AN, Cochran J, Cranston K, Randall LM, Tibbs A, Salomon JA, Menzies NA. Tabby2: A user-friendly tool for comparing state-level B intervention options. Poster presented at National TB Controllers Association meeting; April 23-24, 2019; Atlanta, GA.
Swartwood NA. Water Pollution and Public Health: A Geochemical Study of ‘Ayn Gharandal. Oral presentation given at the American Schools of Oriental Research meeting; November 2015. Atlanta, GA.
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