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Kimberly C. Brouwer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Division of International Health &
Cross Cultural Medicine

Telephone: (858) 822-6467
Facsimile: (858) 534-4642

E-Mail: kbrouwer@ucsd.edu

Ash Building, Room 117
Mail Code 0622
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0622
U.S.A.
Kimberly C. Brouwer pursues research in the spatial and molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases. Her interests lie in studying the dynamic between the host and environment, and how this relates to susceptibility to and spread of infections. Dr. Brouwer is currently collaborating with Mexican officials in studies of HIV/AIDS and injection drug use in cities along the Mexico/U.S. border, in an effort to inform public health interventions. As principal investigator of a five-year grant to explore social and environmental factors affecting disease transmission and risk behaviors in Tijuana, Mexico, her group is building a geographic information system (GIS) model to measure disease clustering and recommend better distribution of health services.

Dr. Brouwer's research interests also encompass the epidemiology and molecular epidemiology of tropical infectious diseases. She is co-investigator on a project to explore factors affecting malaria and leptospirosis transmission in the Peruvian Amazon and is leading a qualitative study of health needs of refugees in San Diego.

Dr. Brouwer has extensive experience designing and conducting field studies. She earned her Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health and was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to investigate factors relating to disease severity of schistosomiasis in Zimbabwe. Prior to her appointment at UCSD, Dr. Brouwer worked in the Division of Parasitic Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigating HIV/malaria interactions in western Kenya.

Selected Publications:

  1. Brouwer KC, Strathdee SA, Magis-Rodríguez C, Bravo-García E, Gayet C, Bertozzi SM, Hogg RS. (2006) Estimated Numbers of Men and Women infected with HIV/AIDS in Tijuana, Mexico. Journal of Urban Health 83(2):299-307.

  2. Brouwer KC, Case P, Ramos R, Magis-Rodriguez C, Bucardo J, Patterson TL, Strathdee SA. (2006)Trends in production, trafficking and consumption of methamphetamine and cocaine in Mexico. Substance Use and Misuse 41(5):707-27.

  3. Brouwer KC, Mirel LB, Yang C, Kolczak MS, Lal RB, Van Eijk AM, Ayisi J, Otieno J, Nahlen BL, Steketee R, Lal AA. (2007) Subclinical Plasmodium falciparum Infection and HIV-1 viral load early in life. Emerging Infectious Diseases 13 (2): 351-353.

  4. Brouwer KC, Lal RB, Mirel LB, Yang C, Eijk AM, Ayisi J, Otieno J, Nahlen BL, Steketee R, Lal AA, Shi YP. (2004) Polymorphism of Fc receptor IIa for IgG in infants is associated with susceptibility to perinatal HIV-1 infection. AIDS. 18(8):1187-1194.

  5. Brouwer KC, Ndhlovu PD, Wagatsuma Y, Munatsi A, Shiff CJ. (2003) Epidemiological assessment of Schistosoma haematobium-induced kidney and bladder pathology in rural Zimbabwe. Acta Tropica. 85(3):339-47.

  6. Brouwer KC, Ndhlovu PD, Wagatsuma Y, Munatsi A, Shiff CJ. (2003) Urinary tract pathology attributed to Schistosoma haematobium: does parasite genetics play a role? American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 68(4):456-462.
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