Timothy Rodwell is a physician trained in infectious disease ecology, preventive medicine and epidemiology. He received his PhD from UC Davis, his MD from Stanford University and his MPH and Preventive Medicine Residency training from SDSU and UCSD. He is currently an associate physician and International Health Fellow at UCSD.

Dr. Rodwell has been studying tuberculosis (TB) and zoonotic disease epidemiology since 1995. He specializes in international health and development, with an emphasis on TB monitoring, control and treatment in resource-poor settings. Dr. Rodwell recently completed a comprehensive study of tuberculosis from Mycobacterium bovis in San Diego and is currently investigating HIV/TB co-infection in San Diego and TB diagnosis and drug resistant TB in Mexico.

Previous research included investigations of anthrax in elephants in Namibia, bovine tuberculosis control in African buffalo in South Africa and Lyme disease vectors in California. His experience ranges from studies at the molecular level to population level disease modeling.

Selected Publications

Rodwell TC, Moore M, Moser K, Brodine S, Strathdee S. Mycobacterium bovis Tuberculosis in Binational Communities: The Changing Landscape of TB in the US. Emerging Infectious Diseases. (In Press)

Deiss R, Garfein RS, Lozada R, Burgos JL, Brouwer KC, Abramovitz, D, Zuniga M, Rodwell TC, Ojeda VD, Strathdee SA. Cross-border mobility influences tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment among injection drug users in Tijuana, Mexico. American Journal of Public Health. (In Review)

Morris MD, Popper ST, Rodwell TC, Brodine SK, Brouwer KC. Barriers to health care access for recently resettled refugees in San Diego County, California. Social Science & Medicine. (In Review)

Rodwell, TC, I.J. Whyte, W.M. Boyce. Evaluation of population effects of bovine tuberculosis in free-ranging African buffalo (Syncerus caffer). Journal of Mammalogy 2001; 82 (1): 231-238

Rodwell, TC, N.P. Kriek, R.G. Bengis, I.J. Whyte, P.C. Viljoen, V. De Vos, W.M. Boyce. Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in African buffalo at Kruger National Park. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 2001; 37 (2): 258-264

Boyce, W.M, R. Ramey II, TC Rodwell, E.S. Rubin, R.S. Singer. 1999. Population subdivision among Bighorn Sheep (Ovis Canadensis) Ewes revealed by mitochondrial DNA analysis. Molecular Ecology. 8: 99-106

Crosbie, P.R., W.M. Boyce, TC Rodwell. 1998. DNA sequence variation in Dermacentor hunteri and estimated phylogenies of Dermacentor spp. (Acari: Ixodidae) in the new world. Journal of Medical Entomology 1998; 35 (3): 277-288.