Tamara Rissman, MPH
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Program Manager, FoodNet, Connecticut Emerging Infections Program
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Epidemiologist 3, Manager
Program Manager, FoodNet, Connecticut Emerging Infections Program
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- MPH
- Southern Connecticut State University (2015)
- BS
- Southern Connecticut State University, Public Health (2012)
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8Publications
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2024
Reported Incidence of Infections Caused by Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food: Impact of Increased Use of Culture-Independent Diagnostic Tests — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 1996–2023
Shah H, Jervis R, Wymore K, Rissman T, LaClair B, Boyle M, Smith K, Lathrop S, McGuire S, Trevejo R, McMillian M, Harris S, Kufel J, Houck K, Lau C, Devine C, Boxrud D, Weller D. Reported Incidence of Infections Caused by Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food: Impact of Increased Use of Culture-Independent Diagnostic Tests — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 1996–2023. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2024, 73: 584-593. PMID: 38959172, PMCID: PMC11221634, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7326a1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCulture-independent diagnostic testsFoodborne Diseases Active Surveillance NetworkActive Surveillance NetworkShiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infectionDisease incidenceFoodborne disease incidentsPercentage of infectionDiagnosis of infectionIncidence of infectionPercentage of casesSurveillance networkDiagnostic practiceCulture-independentPublic health priorityImpact of increased useContinuous surveillanceDiagnostic testsTargeted prevention effortsInfectionFoodNet dataDiseaseFoodNetIncidenceHealth priorityDisease trendsSyndromic Gastrointestinal Panel Diagnostic Tests Have Changed our Understanding of the Epidemiology of Yersiniosis—Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 2010-2021
Ray L, Payne D, Rounds J, Trevejo R, Wilson E, Burzlaff K, Garman K, Lathrop S, Rissman T, Wymore K, Wozny S, Wilson S, Watkins L, Bruce B, Weller D. Syndromic Gastrointestinal Panel Diagnostic Tests Have Changed our Understanding of the Epidemiology of Yersiniosis—Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 2010-2021. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2024, 11: ofae199. PMID: 38868306, PMCID: PMC11167669, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae199.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActive Surveillance NetworkCommunity-level social determinants of healthCulture methodLaboratory-diagnosed infectionsSocial determinants of healthCulture-independent diagnostic testsDiagnostic testsDeterminants of healthFoodborne Diseases Active Surveillance NetworkState health departmentsLocation of residenceAfrican American infantsSurveillance networkYersinia enterocoliticaProportion of infectionsDetect Y. enterocoliticaHealth departmentsAssociated with winter monthsAsian childrenAmerican infantsInfectionDiarrheal diseaseAsian personsWinter monthsDiagnostic methods
2023
Preliminary Incidence and Trends of Infections Caused by Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2022
Delahoy M, Shah H, Weller D, Ray L, Smith K, McGuire S, Trevejo R, Walter E, Wymore K, Rissman T, McMillian M, Lathrop S, LaClair B, Boyle M, Harris S, Zablotsky-Kufel J, Houck K, Devine C, Lau C, Tauxe R, Bruce B, Griffin P, Payne D. Preliminary Incidence and Trends of Infections Caused by Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2022. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2023, 72: 701-706. PMID: 37384552, PMCID: PMC10328488, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7226a1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAverage annual incidenceActive Surveillance NetworkShiga toxin-producing Escherichia coliAnnual incidenceEnteric infectionsFood — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance NetworkFoodborne Diseases Active Surveillance NetworkLaboratory-diagnosed infectionsToxin-producing Escherichia coliPublic health interventionsTrend of infectionSurveillance networkPreliminary IncidenceMajor foodborne pathogenHealth interventionsInfectionIncidenceIllnessBehavioral modificationCOVID-19 pandemicU.S. sitesInternational travelPandemic interventionsInterventionFoodborne pathogens
2022
Preliminary Incidence and Trends of Infections Caused by Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2016–2021
Collins J, Shah H, Weller D, Ray L, Smith K, McGuire S, Trevejo R, Jervis R, Vugia D, Rissman T, Garman K, Lathrop S, LaClair B, Boyle M, Harris S, Kufel J, Tauxe R, Bruce B, Rose E, Griffin P, Payne D. Preliminary Incidence and Trends of Infections Caused by Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2016–2021. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2022, 71: 1260-1264. PMID: 36201372, PMCID: PMC9541031, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7140a2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHealthy People 2030 goalIncidence of infectionActive Surveillance NetworkShiga toxin-producing Escherichia coliAnnual incidenceEnteric infectionsFood — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance NetworkFoodborne Diseases Active Surveillance NetworkActive population-based surveillanceLaboratory-diagnosed infectionsPopulation-based surveillanceAverage annual incidenceToxin-producing Escherichia coliPublic health interventionsTrend of infectionSurveillance networkPreliminary IncidenceCampylobacter infectionSalmonella infectionHealth interventionsInfectionIncidenceBehavioral modificationCOVID-19 pandemicU.S. sites
2021
Decreased Incidence of Infections Caused by Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food During the COVID-19 Pandemic — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2017–2020
Ray LC, Collins JP, Griffin PM, Shah HJ, Boyle MM, Cieslak PR, Dunn J, Lathrop S, McGuire S, Rissman T, Walter E, Smith K, Tobin-D’Angelo M, Wymore K, Kufel JZ, Wolpert BJ, Tauxe R, Payne DC. Decreased Incidence of Infections Caused by Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food During the COVID-19 Pandemic — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2017–2020. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2021, 70: 1332-1336. PMID: 34555002, PMCID: PMC8459900, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7038a4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsEmerging Infections ProgramActive Surveillance NetworkIncidence of infectionFoodborne illnessCDC's Emerging Infections ProgramFoodborne Diseases Active Surveillance NetworkHealth care-seeking behaviorPreventable public health problemFederal travel restrictionsLaboratory-diagnosed infectionsCare-seeking behaviorPublic health problemState health departmentsPublic health interventionsSARS-CoV-2Surveillance networkLaboratory testing practicesHealth care deliveryEnteric infectionsInfections ProgramMost infectionsCase detectionHealth departmentsDrug AdministrationHealth problemsPatterns of Virus Exposure and Presumed Household Transmission among Persons with Coronavirus Disease, United States, January-April 2020.
Burke RM, Calderwood L, Killerby ME, Ashworth CE, Berns AL, Brennan S, Bressler JM, Morano LH, Lewis NM, Markus TM, Newton S, Read JS, Rissman T, Taylor J, Tate JE, Midgley CM. Patterns of Virus Exposure and Presumed Household Transmission among Persons with Coronavirus Disease, United States, January-April 2020. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2021, 27 PMID: 34193337, DOI: 10.3201/eid2709.204577.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Symptom Profiles of a Convenience Sample of Patients with COVID-19 - United States, January-April 2020.
Burke RM, Killerby ME, Newton S, Ashworth CE, Berns AL, Brennan S, Bressler JM, Bye E, Crawford R, Harduar Morano L, Lewis NM, Markus TM, Read JS, Rissman T, Taylor J, Tate JE, Midgley CM. Symptom Profiles of a Convenience Sample of Patients with COVID-19 - United States, January-April 2020. MMWR. Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2020, 69: 904-908. PMID: 32673296, PMCID: PMC7366851, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6928a2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPreliminary Incidence and Trends of Infections with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2016–2019
Tack DM, Ray L, Griffin PM, Cieslak PR, Dunn J, Rissman T, Jervis R, Lathrop S, Muse A, Duwell M, Smith K, Tobin-D’Angelo M, Vugia DJ, Kufel J, Wolpert BJ, Tauxe R, Payne DC. Preliminary Incidence and Trends of Infections with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2016–2019. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2020, 69: 509-514. PMID: 32352955, PMCID: PMC7206985, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6917a1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsEmerging Infections ProgramActive Surveillance NetworkFood — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance NetworkCDC's Emerging Infections ProgramFoodborne Diseases Active Surveillance NetworkLaboratory-diagnosed infectionsWhole-genome sequencingPublic health laboratoriesTrend of infectionSurveillance networkTesting of isolatesPotential of WGSPreliminary IncidenceSalmonella serotype TyphimuriumEnteric infectionsInfections ProgramEnteric illnessHealth laboratoriesMajor foodborne pathogenFoodNet sitesHuman infectionsIncidenceInfectionIllnessSource of pathogens
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