Amy C Morrison

Amy C Morrison

Project Scientist

Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology


Education
1994, PHD, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, New Haven, CT
1985, MSPH, University of California (UCLA) School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
1983, BS, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
Active Research Grants
Co-Principal Investigator, Combining Aedes aegypti genomic and modeling to improve gene drive strategies and our understanding of resistance evolution, Fred Gould - NCSU (Principal Investigator), NIH/NiAID
Collaborator, Advancing Spatial Repellents for WHO recommendation for Vector-borne Disease Control, John Greico (Principal Investigator), UNITAID-Notre Dame University
Principal Investigator, Finalization and validation of a PRO instrument for measurement of Dengue disease burden, (Principal Investigator), Adelphi Values, LTD/Merck Sharpe & Dohme
Principal Investigator, Interagency Personnel Agreement to serve as Scientific Director NAMRU-6 Iquitos Laboratory, (Principal Investigator), PMI Naval Medical Research Center
Principal Investigator, Epidemiology of dengue virus infection and disease in Iquitos, Peru. , (Principal Investigator), Military Infectious Disease Program (MIDRP)-DOD
Collaborator, Zika and Dengue Co-circulation Under Environmental Change and Urbanization, Joseph Eisenberg (Principal Investigator), NIH/NIAID
Principal Investigator, Contract: Transmission of Field Forward Diagnostic results via the Bio-surveillance Ecosystem in South America (now Med Echelon Diagnostics) , (Principal Investigator), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2010 Scott TW, Morrison AC: Vector dynamics and transmission of dengue virus: Implications for dengue surveillance and prevention strategies, Rothman AL, (ed), Dengue Virus, Berlin Heidelberg. 115-128.
2008 Scott TW, Morrison AC: Longitudinal field studies will guide a paradigm shift in dengue prevention, , Vector-borne Diseases: Understanding the Environmental, Human Health, and Ecological Connections, Washington, DC. 132-149.
2003 Scott TW, Morrison AC: Aedes aegypti density and the risk of dengue virus transmission, Takken W, Scott TW, (ed), Ecological Aspects for Application of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes, . 187-206.
2001 Sorvello F, Morrison AC, Berlin O: Vector-Borne Transmission (Chapter 12), Thomas JC, Weber DJ, (ed), Epidemiologic Methods for the study of Infectious Diseases, New York. 249-266.
1995 Morrison AC, Munstermann LE, Ferro C, Pardo R, Torres M: An ecological and genetic study of Lutzomyia longipalpis in a central Colombian focus of visceral leishmaniasis, Marquardt WH, (ed), Biology of Disease Vectors, . 235-248.
Ten Recent Publications

2021
Morrison AC, Schwarz J, Mckenney JL, Cordova J, Rios JE, Quiroz WL, Vizcarra SA, Sopheab H, Bauer KM, Chhea C, Saphonn V, Hontz RD, Gorbach PM, Paz-Soldan VA
Potential for community based surveillance of febrile diseases: Feasibility of self-administered rapid diagnostic tests in Iquitos, Peru and Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

2021
Schaber KL, Perkins TA, Lloyd AL, Waller LA, Kitron U, Paz-Soldan VA, Elder JP, Rothman AL, Civitello DJ, Elson WH, Morrison AC, Scott TW, Vazquez-Prokopec GM
Disease-driven reduction in human mobility influences human-mosquito contacts and dengue transmission dynamics.

2020
Elson WH, Reiner RC, Siles C, Bazan I, Vilcarromero S, Powell AR, Kawiecki AB, Astete H, Hontz RD, Barker CM, Vasquez-Prokopec GM, Morrison AC, Scott TW, Elder JP, Rothman AL,Paz-Soldan VA
Heterogeneity of Dengue Illness in Community-Based Prospective Study, Iquitos, Peru

2020
Elson WHD, Riley-Powell AR, Morrison AC, Gotlieb EE, Groessl E, Cordova J, Rios JE, Lorena Quiroz WL, Vizcarra SA, Reiner RC, Barker CM, Vazquez-Prokopec GM, Rothman AL, Scott TW, Elder JP, Paz-Soldan VA
Measuring health related quality of life for dengue patients in Iquitos, Peru

2020
Siles C, Elson WH, Vilcarromero S, Morrison AC, Hontz RD, Alava F, Valdivia H, Felices V, Guevara C, Jenkins S, Abente EJ, Ampuero JS
Guaroa Virus and Plasmodium vivax Co-Infections, Peruvian Amazon

2020
Cavany SM, España G, Lloyd AL, Waller LA, Kitron U, Astete H, Elson WH, Vazquez-Prokopec GM, Scott TW, Morrison AC, Reiner RC, Perkins TA
Optimizing the deployment of ultra-low volume and targeted indoor residual spraying for dengue outbreak response.

2020
Lenhart A, Morrison AC^, Paz-Soldan VA, Forshey BM, Cordova-Lopez JJ, Astete H, Elder JP, Sihuincha M, Gotlieb EE, Halsey ES, Kochel TJ, Scott TW, Alexander N, McCall PJ
The impact of insecticide treated curtains on dengue virus transmission: A cluster randomized trial in Iquitos, Peru.

2020
Cavany SM, España G, Lloyd AL, Waller LA, Kitron U, Astete H, Elson WH, Vazquez-Prokopec GM, Scott TW, Morrison AC, Reiner RC, Perkins TA
Optimizing the deployment of ultra-low volume and targeted indoor residual spraying for dengue outbreak response.

2019
Schaber KL, Paz-Soldan VA, Morrison AC, Elson WHD, Rothman AL, Mores CN, Astete-Vega H, Scott TW, Waller LA, Kitron U, Elder JP, Barker CM, Perkins TA, Vazquez-Prokopec GM
Dengue illness impacts daily human mobility patterns in Iquitos, Peru.

2019
Guagliardo SAJ, Lee Y, Pierce AA, Wong J, Chu YY, Morrison AC, Astete H, Brosi B, Vazquez-Prokopec G, Scott TW, Kitron U, Stoddard ST
The genetic structure of Aedes aegypti populations is driven by boat traffic in the Peruvian Amazon.