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Faculty List > Christa Fischer Walker

picture of Christa Fischer Walker Christa Fischer Walker

Assistant Scientist

Academic Degrees

Ph.D., 2005, Bloomberg School of Public Health, M.H.S., 2002, Bloomberg School of Public Health

School/Organization
Bloomberg School of Public Health

Department / Division
International Health
Global Disease Epidemiology and Control

Departmental Address
615 North Wolfe Street Rm E5608
Baltimore, MD 21205

Email: cfischer@jhsph.edu
Phone: 410-502-3478
Fax: 410-955-7159

Research and Professional Experience
  • My research is focused on decreasing diarrhea morbidity and mortality among children under 5 in developing countries. I am interested in the epidemiology and global burden of disease for the most common childhood illnesses and the interaction between infectious disease and malnutrition.

Keywords
  • International health, zinc, diarrhea, child health, global burden of disease

Honors and Awards
  • American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship (2005); The R. Bradley Sack Fellowship for Infectious Disease Research in Developing Countries (2004); The J. William Fulbright Fellowship (2003); The Robert D. Wright Scholarship for International Health and Development in Africa (2003 & 2004)

Selected Publications
  • Poropatich KO, Fischer Walker CL, Black RE. Quantifying the risk of Campylobacter Guillain-Barre Syndrome.  J Health Pop Nutr. In Press.

  • Fischer Walker CL, Sack D, Black RE. Etiology of diarrhea among older children, adolescents, and adults: a systematic review.  PLoS  Negl Trop Dis. 2010; 4(8): e768.

  • Santosham M, Chandran A, Fitzwater S, Fischer Walker C et al. Progress and barriers for the control of diarrhoeal disease. Lancet. 2010:376;63-7. 

  • Johnson HL, Liu L, Fischer Walker CL, Black RE.  Estimating the distribution of causes of child deaths in high mortality counties with incomplete death certification.  Int J Epi 2010: 10.1093/ije/dyq074.

  • Fischer Walker CL, Black RE. Diarrhea morbidity and mortality among older children, adolescents, and adults.  Epi Infect 2010:138;1215-1226. 

  • Black RE, Cousens S, Johnson H, Lawn J, Rudan I, Bassani DG, Jha P, Campbell H, Fischer Walker C et al. Global, regional and national causes of child mortality in 2008; A systematic analysis. Lancet 2010:375;1969-87.

  • Munos M, Fischer Walker CL, Black RE. The effect of Oral Rehydration Solution and Recommended Home Fluids on diarrhea mortality.  Int J Epi. 2010:39;i75-i87.

  • Munos M, Fischer Walker CL, Black RE. The effect of rotavirus vaccine on diarrhea mortality.  Int J Epi.  2010:39;i56-i62.

  • Walker N, Fischer Walker CL, Bryce JL, Bahl R, Cousens S. Standards for CHERG reviews of intervention effects on child survival. Int J Epi.  2010:39;i21-i31.

  • Fischer Walker CL, Black RE. Zinc for the treatment of diarrhea:  Effect on diarrhea mortality, diarrhea incidence, and pneumonia morbidity.  Int J Epi. 2010:39;i63-i69.

  • Traa B, Fischer Walker CL, Munos M, Black RE. Antibiotics for the treatment of dysentery in children. Int J Epi. 2010:39;i70-i74.

  • Fischer Walker CL, Fontaine O, Young M, Black RE. Zinc and Low Osmolarity ORS for Diarrhea:  A renewed call to action.  Bull WHO. 2009:87;780-86 .

  • Fischer Walker CL, Ezzati, M. Black RE.  Global and regional child mortality and burden of disease attributable to zinc deficiency. Eur J Clin Nutr 2009:63(5);591-7.

  • Fischer Walker CL, Baqui AH, Ahmed S et al. Low-dose weekly supplementation of iron and/or zinc does not affect growth among Bangladeshi infants. Eur J Clin Nutr 2009:63(1);87-92.

  • Naheed A, Fischer Walker CL, Mondal D et al. Zinc therapy for diarrhea improves growth among Bangladeshi infants 6-11 mo of age. J Ped Gast Nutr 2009:48;89-93.

  • Fischer Walker CL, Black RE, Baqui AH.  Does age affect the response to zinc therapy for diarrhea in Bangladeshi infants? J Health Pop Nutr 2008:26;105-9. 

  • Winch PJ, Gilroy KE, Fischer Walker CL.  The effect of HIV/AIDS and malaria on the context for introduction of zinc treatment and low-osmolarity ORS for childhood diarrhoea. J Health Pop Nutr 2008:26;1-11.

  • Rimoin AW, Fischer Walker CL, Chitale RA et al. Variation in clinical presentation of childhood group A streptococcal pharyngitis in four countries. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 2008:54(5);308-12.

  • Fischer Walker CL, Aboubaker S, Van de Weerdt R, Black RE. Zinc for diarrhoea management in Sub-Saharan Africa. East Afr Med Journal 2007:84;441-9. 

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