Millicent Eidson Associate Professor School of Public Health, SUNY State Public Health Veterinarian and Director, Zoonoses Program NYS Department of Health Address: New York State Department of Health 621 Corning Tower Empire State Plaza Albany NY 12237 Phone: 518-474-3186 Fax: 518-473-6590 E-mail: mxe04@health.state.ny.us

Education:

• D.V.M., Colorado State University
• M.A., University of Colorado; Social Psychology

Courses Frequently Taught:

• EPI 625 Zoonoses

Research Interests:

• Zoonotic diseases

Selected Publications:

Eidson M, Miller J, Kramer L, Cherry B, Hagiwara Y. Dead crow densities and human cases of West Nile virus, New York State, 2000. Emerging Infectious Diseases, Jul-Aug 2001; 7(4): 662-664

Gotham IJ, Eidson M, White DJ, Wallace BJ, et al. West Nile virus: A case study in how NY State health information infrastructure facilitates preparation and response to disease outbreaks. J Pub Hlth Mgmt and Practice, 2001; 7(5):79-89.

Eidson M. Neon needles in a haystack: The advantages of passive surveillance for West Nile Virus. In: White DJ, Morse DL, eds. West Nile Virus: Detection, Surveillance, and Control, New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 2001;951:38-53.

Eidson M. Psittacosis/avian chlamydiosis. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 2002:221:1710-2.

Eidson M, Schmit K, Keegan M, Trimarchi CV, Tserenpuntsag B, Willsey A. Development of bat rabies education materials. Evidence-based Preventive Medicine, 2004:1:85-91.

Robbins A, Eidson M, Keegan M, Sackett D, Laniewicz B. Bat Incidents at Children's Camps, New York State, 1998-2002. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005;11:302-5.

Eidson M, Matthews S, Willsey A, Cherry B, Rudd B, Trimarchi C. Rabies in a pet guinea pig and seven pet rabbits. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 2005;227:932-5.

Eidson M, Schmit K, Hagiwara Y, Anand M, Backenson PB, Gotham I, Kramer L. Dead crow density and West Nile virus monitoring, New York. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2005;11:662-4.

Zeng D, Chen H, Eidson M, Gotham I, Lynch C. Disease Informatics and Outbreak Detection. In: Chen H, Fuller S, McCray A, eds. Advances in Medical Informatics: Knowledge Management and Data Mining in Biomedicine. Springer-Verlag, 2005, pp. 359-395.

Johnson G D, Eidson M, Schmit K, Ellis A, Kulldorff M. Geographic Prediction of Human Onset of West Nile Virus Using Dead Crow Clusters: An Evaluation of Year 2002 Data in New York State. Am J Epidemiol 2006; 163:171-180.