mary hayden
Mary Hayden (ASP postdoctoral fellow and visiting scientist in ISSE) has been working for the past 5 years as project director and co-principal investigator of a NOAA funded study investigating the roles of climate variability and human-environmental interactions on the potential for dengue fever to emerge along the US/Mexico border in Arizona and Sonora, MX. In collaboration with the University of Colorado at Denver, ISSE, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Office of Border Health, and the Oficina de la Salud Publica in Nogales, Sonora, she is researching the re-invasion of the tropical mosquito vector for dengue fever, Aedes aegypti, into a desert climate.
In collaboration with the CDC's Border Infectious Disease Surveillance program, she was part of an investigation of an outbreak of dengue fever that was undertaken in December 2005 in Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico documenting the first case of locally acquired dengue hemorrhagic fever in the United States.
Mary has been collaborating with the Border Infectious Disease Surveillance program, CDC, and US/Mexico Border Health Commission in developing West Nile Virus (WNV) prevention materials for use with more vulnerable populations such as migrant workers in CA and AZ. These materials, including a fotonovela and radio spots, are being widely disseminated in response to WNV outbreaks in both of these states. She and colleagues recently were recognized by the American Public Health Association for these materials.
Currently, she is working with the Pan American Health Organization on a project investigating the role of waste tires as breeding sites for disease vectors in Brownsville, TX and Matamoros, MX. She is also collaborating with CDC's Dengue Branch in San Juan, Puerto Rico on a study examining dry season transmission of dengue fever.
For the past three years, Mary has been collaborating with University of Colorado at Colorado Springs on "The Warning Project", examining geographical and psychological components of weather warnings for short fuse events such as flash floods and tornadoes in Denver, CO and Austin, TX. In keeping with her interests in integrating physical and social science, she has presented seminars on qualitative methods at NCAR's Weather and Society Integrated Study (WAS*IS) workshops in Boulder, CO, Norman, OK and Mt. Macedon, Australia.
Mary has also collaborated with NCAR on recent projects including the ASP Summer Climate and Health Colloquia in 2004 and 2006 and has served as a mentor for students in the SOARS summer program in 2005 and 2007 on climate and health related topics.
Publications
Spiegel J, Bennett S, Hattersley L, Hayden MH , Kittayapong P, Nalim S, Wang D, Zielinski-Gutierrez E, and Gubler D. (2005). Barriers and bridges to prevention and control of dengue: the need for a social-ecological approach. EcoHealth 2 (4): 273-290
Zielinski-Gutierrez EC and Hayden MH. (2006) A model for defining West Nile virus risk perception based on ecology and proximity. EcoHealth 3(1) : 28-34
Moreno R, Hayden MH , Janes C, and Anderson G. (2006). A web-based multimedia spatial information system to document Aedes aegypti breeding sites and dengue fever risk along the US-Mexico border. Health and Place 12(4):715-27
Barnes LR, Gruntfest EC, Hayden MH , Schultz DM and Benight, C. (2007) False Alarms and Close Calls: A Conceptual Model of Warning Accuracy. Weather and Forecasting 22(5): 1140-1147
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever - U.S. - Mexico Border, 2005. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. August 10, 2007 / 56(31);785-789
Moreno-Sanchez R, Anderson G, Cruz J and Hayden MH (2007, in press) The potential for the use of Open Source Software and Open Specifications in creating web-based cross-border health spatial information systems. The International Journal of Geographical Information Science
Hayden MH, Drobot S, Radil S, Benight C, Gruntfest EC and Barnes LR. (2007, in press) Information Sources for Flash Flood Warnings in Denver , CO and Austin , TX . Environmental Hazards
Benight C, Gruntfest E, Hayden MH, Drobot S. (2007, in press) Trauma and Short-Fuse Weather Warning Perceptions. Environmental Hazards
Recent Selected Presentations
Hayden M and Uejio C . Arizona Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases Conference. May 1-2, 2007 . Mesa , AZ. “ The Re-Invasion of Aedes aegypti in southern Arizona /northern Mexico ”.
Hayden M, Ramos M, Mohammad H, Zielinski-Gutierrez E, and Waterman S. Arizona Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases Conference. May 1-2, 2007 . Mesa, AZ “ Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever on the Texas/Mexico Border— Brownsville and Matamoros , 2005”.
Hayden M, Zielinski-Gutierrez E, Fonseca-Ford, M, Gleckler E and Waterman S. Arizona Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases Conference. May 1-2, 2007. Mesa, AZ “ West Nile Virus Prevention, Education and Outreach to Migrant Workers”.
Hayden M. US-MX Border Health Association Annual Meeting. May 20-22, 2007. South Padre Island, TX. “Dengue Fever Outbreak in Brownsville, TX and Matamoros, Tamaulipas”.
Hayden M, Zielinski-Gutierrez E, Fonseca-Ford M, and Waterman S. Conference of Latin American Geographers. May 31- June 2, 2007. Colorado Springs, CO. “WNV Educational Materials for Low Literacy Audiences”.
Hayden M and Zielinski-Gutierrez E. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Atlanta GA November 11-16, 2006. Symposium co-chair: “Walking the Line: Emerging Infectious Diseases along the US-Mexico Border”.
Ramos M, Robles JL, Smith B, Burton R, Hayden M , Zielinski-Gutierrez E, Mohammed H, Biggerstaff B, Wenzel S, Ayala A, Brunkard J, Sosa I, Waterman S, Muñoz J, Beatty M. US/MX Border Health Association. Monterey, MX. May 2006. “ Dengue at the US–Mexico Border— Brownsville and Matamoros, December 2005”.
Zielinski-Gutierrez E, Hayden M, Fonseca M, Gleckler E and Waterman S. International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases. Atlanta , GA. March 19-22, 2006 . Peer-reviewed poster. “ Increasing Insect Repellent Use Among Latinos: Production of Appropriate Educational Materials”.
Hayden M, Gruntfest E, Benight C, Barnes L, Williams E, Jenkins C, Drobot S and Schultz, D. Association of American Geographers. Chicago , IL , March 7-11, 2006. “The Warning Project: Sources of Information for Flash Flood and Tornado Warnings”.
Hayden MH, and Uejio CK. American Meteorological Society. Atlanta , GA , Jan 29- Feb 3, 2006. “The Re-invasion of Aedes aegypti in southern Arizona /northern Mexico ”.
Hayden M and Zielinski-Gutierrez E. American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Washington , DC . Dec. 11-15, 2005. Symposium co-chair: “The Role of Human Ecology in the Transmission of Vector-Borne Diseases”.
Hayden M and Zielinski-Gutierrez E. National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Boulder, CO. Nov. 7-11, 2005. Weather and Society Integrated Studies ( WAS*IS ) Workshop. “Qualitative Research Methods”.
Hayden M, Gruntfest E, Benight, C, Barnes, L, Williams, E, Jenkins, C, and Thurman, M. International Society for the Study of Traumatic Stress. Toronto , Canada . Nov. 2-5, 2005 . “False Alarms and Short-Fuse Disasters”.
Hayden M, Barnes L, Benight C, Thurman M. and Gruntfest E. National Hydrologic Warning Council. Sacramento , CA. May 17-20, 2005 . “ The Warning Project: Using Geographic and Psychological Components to Understand Warning Response and Improve Warning Messages for Short-Fuse Weather Events”.
Hayden M, Zielinski-Gutierrez E, Fonseca-Ford M, Navarro E, Nava L, and Waterman S. National West Nile Virus Conference. San Jose , CA. February 8-9, 2005 . Peer-reviewed poster presentation. “Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Concerning West Nile Virus on the California/Baja California Border”.
Hayden M and Trtanj J. American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Miami , FL. November 7-11, 2004. Symposium co-Chair: “Infectious Disease Prediction, Prevention, and Preparedness”.
Hayden M and Moreno R. American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Miami , FL. November 7-11, 2004. Oral Presentation: “A Web-Based Model for Incorporating Environmental Factors in Aedes aegypti Surveillance in the Desert Southwest”.
Hayden M . Climate and Health Summer Colloquium, National Center for Atmospheric Research. Boulder, CO. July 21-28, 2004. “An Interdisciplinary Model for Dengue Fever Research”.
Hayden M . Arizona Department of Health Services Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Disease Conference . Mesa , AZ. April 13-15, 2004 . “Dengue in the Desert? The Re-Invasion of Aedes aegypti in the Desert Southwest”.
Moreno R and Hayden M . Association of American Geographers . Philadelphia , PA. March 14-19, 2004 . “Web-based Spatial Information System for Documenting Aedes aegypti Breeding Sites along the US/Mexico Border.”
Zielinski-Gutierrez E and Hayden M . International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases . Atlanta , GA. February 29- March 3, 2004 . Peer-reviewed poster presentation. “The Evolution of WNV Prevention Messages in the US : the Move Westward”.
Hayden M . American Public Health Association . San Francisco , CA. November 15-19, 2003 . International Health Division. “The Potential for the Re-Emergence of Dengue Fever along the U.S. Mexico Border in the southwestern United States.
Hayden M . Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Border Infectious Disease Surveillance (BIDS) Project . Cuernavaca, MX. September 2003. “Dengue along the U.S. Mexico Border.”
Funding Sources
This research is supported by the National Science Foundation through its support of ASP and ACD.