CURRICULUM VITAE University of Idaho NAME: Marco Mesa-Frias DATE: 12/20/2017 RANK OR TITLE: Assistant Professor DEPARTMENT: Statistical Science OFFICE LOCATION AND CAMPUS ZIP: OFFICE PHONE: 208-885-1519 Brink Hall 411, Moscow, ID 83844 EMAIL: marco@uidaho.edu DATE OF FIRST EMPLOYMENT AT UI: 08/15/2016 DATE OF PRESENT RANK OR TITLE: 12/20/2017 EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, PhD. Public Health & Policy, mathematical epidemiology concentration. 2013 London Metropolitan University, BS Mathematical Sciences with a minor in finance. 2009 EXPERIENCE: Assistant Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistical Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho Joint appointment University of Washington Medical Education Program WWAMI in Idaho, August 2016 Present Senior Service Fellow / Prevention Effectiveness Fellow, Office of the Associate Director for Policy (Office of the Director), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. October 2013 August 2016 Research Associate (Modeling), UK Health Forum, London, England. January 2013 -September 2013 Research Fellow in Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London. June 2012 - January 2013 Health Economic Modeling Consultant, HTA Unit, Health Services Research, Government of the Canary Islands, Spain. July 2011 - December 2011
MESA-FRIAS, Marco Page 2 TEACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: (Academic and Extension teaching) Areas of Specialization: Epidemiology, Biostatistics Courses Taught: STAT 422: Survey Sampling Methods - FALL 2017 WWAMI: Epidemiology and Biostatistics Mind, Brain, and Behavior Block FALL 2017 WWAMI: Epidemiology and Biostatistics - Lifecycle and Reproduction Block -FALL 2017 WWAMI: Epidemiology and Biostatistics Circulatory Systems Block -SPRING 2017 WWAMI: Epidemiology and Biostatistics Blood and Cancer Block -SPRING 2017 WWAMI: Epidemiology and Biostatistics Energetics and Homeostasis -SPRING 2017 WWAMI: Epidemiology and Biostatistics Mind, Brain, and Behavior Block FALL 2016 WWAMI: Epidemiology and Biostatistics - Lifecycle and Reproduction Block -FALL 2016 WWAMI: Epidemiology and Biostatistics Invaders and Defenders -FALL 2016 WWAMI: Epidemiology and Biostatistics Molecular and Cellular Basis of Disease -FALL 2016 Students Advised: Graduate Students: Brynn Hathaway Epi/Biostatistics Project 2nd-Year WWAMI Student Andrew Burchak- Epi/Biostatistics Project 2 nd - Year WWAMI Student Courses Developed: Epidemiology and Biostatistics thread components of the following WWAMI courses: Invaders and Defenders, Mind, Brain and Behavior and Energetics and Homeostasis Non-credit Classes, Workshops, Seminars, Invited Lectures, etc.: Statistics Seminar Heart attacks, Salts, and Health Disparities Meta-Analysis or Sausage-Making? Idaho, November 2017 Idaho Division of Public Health invited talk Small area Estimation of Obesity Indicators by Idaho Counties Idaho, November 2017 Statistics Seminar Assessing Framing Assumptions in Quantitative Health Impact Assessments Idaho, December 2016 CDC - Laying the Groundwork for Economic & Budgetary Impact Analysis, Technical Assistance Presentation, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Atlanta, March 2015 CDC - Modeling the Spread and Control of Ebola in West Africa, Georgia Tech, Modeling and Policy (Moderator), Atlanta, January 2015 CDC - Cost Effectiveness Analysis Applied in the Context of Barbados, Presentation Global Standardized Hypertension Treatment Initiative, Ministry of Health, Barbados, June 2014 HIA 2013 International Conference, Assessing Framing Assumptions in Quantitative Health Impact Assessments: A Housing Intervention Example, Geneva, Switzerland, October 2013 Society for Social Medicine, Presentation Non-Communicable Disease Modeling Workshop, Brighton, UK, September 2013
MESA-FRIAS, Marco Page 3 Honors and Awards: NIH funded center CMCI seed Grant September 2017 NIH funded center CMCI Modeling Access Grant January 2017 Outstanding Contribution to Policy Award, Office of the Associate Director for Policy, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2015 UK EPRSC Grant - EP/F007132/1, Mesa-Frias (PI), Pollutants in the Urban Environment, England, Unite Kingdom 09/01/09-08/31/13 SCHOLARSHIP ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Publications: Mesa-Frias M, Chalabi Z, Foss AM: Quantifying uncertainty in health impact assessment: A case-study example on indoor housing ventilation. Environment International, January 2014 Mesa-Frias M, Chalabi Z, Foss AM: Assessing framing assumptions in quantitative health impact assessment: A housing intervention example. Environment International, June 2013 Mesa-Frias M, Chalabi Z, Vanni T, Foss AM: Uncertainty in environmental health impact assessment: Quantitative methods and perspectives. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, February 2012 Vanni T, Mendes L P, Foss A, Mesa-Frias M, Legood R: Economic modelling assessment of the HPV quadrivalent vaccine in Brazil: A dynamic individual-based approach. Vaccine, May 2012 Vanni T, Mendes L P, Grinstejn B, Veloso VG, Foss A, Mesa-Frias M, Legood R: Cervical cancer screening among HIV-infected women: An economic evaluation in a middle-income country. International Journal of Cancer, September 2011 Sánchez-Santos MT, Mesa-Frias M, Choi M, Nüesh E, Asúnsolo-Del Barco A, Amuzu A, Davey-Smith G, Ebrahim S, Prieto-Merino D, Casas JP: Area-level deprivation and overall and cause-specific mortality: 12 years observation on British women and systematic review of prospective studies. PloS One, September 2013 Choi M, Mesa-Frias M, Nuesh E, Prieto-Merino D, Davey-Smith G, Ebrahim S, Casas JP: Social capital, mortality, cardiovascular events and cancer: A systematic review and a meta-analysis of prospective studies. International Journal of Epidemiology, September 2014 Vanni T, Mesa-Frias M, Sanchez-Garcia R, Roesler R, Schwartsmann G, Zubaran-Goldani, M, Foss AM: International scientific collaboration in HIV and HPV: a network analysis. PloS One, March 2014 Albertorio-Diaz J, Eberhardt M, Oquendo M, Mesa-Frias M, Hei J, Jonas B, Kang K. Prevalence and Association of the Repertoire of Subthreshold Depressive States Among Adults With Diabetes: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007 2012, Diabetes Research Clinical Practice, March 2017 Mesa-Frias M, Roy K, Hong Y: Modeling the potential impacts of achieving the Million Hearts Target with blood pressure control, Forthcoming Mesa-Frias M, Cogswell M, Will J, Roy K, Hong Y: Modeling the effect of sodium reduction on disease burden and costs, Forthcoming Mesa-Frias, M, Mental health care, social support, and suicidal ideation among adults: A meta-analysis of prospective studies, Submitted Mesa-Frias, M, Wiest, M, Freeman, L. Trends in suicidal ideation among Hispanics in America: NHANES 2003-2014, in preparation
MESA-FRIAS, Marco Page 4 Research Projects Modeling the health and economic impacts of achieving the US Million Hearts initiative to prevent a million heart attacks and strokes by 2017. 2013 July 2016 Projecting the health and economic benefits of reducing sodium intake in the US population, in collaboration with the National Heart Blood & Lung Institute. 2013 current Cost-benefit analysis and budgetary impact analysis of colorectal cancer screening, in collaboration with the CDC Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. 2015 July 2016current Budgetary impact analysis of increased use of long-acting reversible contraception in the Medicaid population, in collaboration with the Office of the Population Affairs in the US Department of Health and Human Services. 2015 August 2016 SERVICE: Monitoring and tracking key CDC health indicators to detect ACA related changes in coverage, utilization and health status, in collaboration with the National Center for Health Statistics. 2014- March 2016 Cost effectiveness analysis of the Global Standardized Hypertension Treatment Protocol, in collaboration with Barbados Ministry of Health. 2013 2014 Modeling the potential impact of environmental determinants of physical activity and obesity in older adults, UK Health Forum. 2013-. Estimating the impact of social and environmental determinants on cardiovascular disease in older women, British Women Heart and Heath Study, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. 2012-2013 Evaluating the epidemiological and economic impact of HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening for different populations in Brazil, in collaboration with Fiocruz foundation and Minister of Health of Brazil. 2011 2012 Major Committee Assignments: Department of Statistical Science STAT 150 Course Committee -2016-2017 Professional and Scholarly Organizations Member of the London Mathematical Society, 2010 Present Editorial Board Member. Clinical & Biomedical Research (BR) Journal, School of Medicine of Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 2014-2016 Outreach Service: CDC Polaris Policy Resource and Training ASTHO Delivery and Payment Reform Technical Assistance workshop, Office of the Associate Director for Policy -2016 Community Service: Board Member. Total Health Physician Group, Moscow Idaho. 2016 - Present
MESA-FRIAS, Marco Page 5 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: (workshops and seminars attended) EPI 4 Epidemiology Methods 4, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Completed December 2014 EPI 3 Epidemiology Methods 3, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Completed December 2014 Regulatory Impact Analysis, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Completed December 2014 Methods of Cost Analysis, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Completed December 2013 Cost Effectiveness and Decision Analysis, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Completed December 2013 Writing a Policy Brief, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Completed November 2013 Project Management for PE Research, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Completed October 2013 Recent Development in the Econometrics of Program Evaluation, Institute of Fiscal Studies, London UK, Completed July 2013