Center for Global Health Faculty

Associate Scientist

Academic Degrees

• PhD
• MHS

Departmental Affiliation

• Name:

  International Health

  Affiliation Type:

  Primary

  Division:

  Global Disease Epidemiology and Control

Departmental Address

Contact Information

Email:

cfischer+jhsph.edu

Phone:

410-502-3478

Fax:

410-955-7159

Link:

SciVal Experts Research Profile

Research and Professional Experience

My research is focused on decreasing diarrhea morbidity and mortality among children under 5 in developing countries. I am interested in the epidemiology and global burden of disease for the most common childhood illnesses and the interaction between infectious disease and malnutrition.

Keywords

International health, zinc, diarrhea, child health, global burden of disease

Honors and Awards

Delta Omega Honor Society; National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program Recipient;  American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship (2005); The R. Bradley Sack Fellowship for Infectious Disease Research in Developing Countries (2004); The J. William Fulbright Fellowship (2003); The Robert D. Wright Scholarship for International Health and Development in Africa (2003 & 2004)

Selected Publications

Lamberti LM, Fischer Walker CL, Noiman A, Victora C, Black RE. Breastfeeding and the risk for diarrhea morbidity and mortality.  BMC Public Health. 2011:11(Suppl 3):S15

Fischer Walker CL, Black RE. Rotavirus Vaccine and Diarrhea Mortality: Quantifying Regional Variation in Effect Size. BMC Public Health.  2011:11(Suppl 3)S16.

Fischer Walker CL, Friberg IK, Binkin N, Young M, Walker PN, Fontaine O, Weisman E, Black RE. Scaling Up Diarrhea Prevention and Treatment Interventions: a Lives Saved Tool Analysis. PLoS Med. 8(3):31000428.doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.100428.

Rimoin AW, Fischer Walker CL, Hamza HS et al. The utility of rapid antigen detection testing for the diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis in low-resource settings. Int J Infect Dis 2010:10.1016/j.ijid.2010.02.2269.

Poropatich KO, Fischer Walker CL, Black RE. Quantifying the risk of Campylobacter infection and Guillain-Barre Syndrome: A systematic review.  J Health Pop Nutr. 2010:28;545-552.

Fischer Walker CL, Sack D, Black RE. Etiology of diarrhea among older children, adolescents, and adults: a systematic review.  PLoS  Negl Trop Dis. 2010; 4(8): e768.

Santosham M, Chandran A, Fitzwater S, Fischer Walker C et al. Progress and barriers for the control of diarrhoeal disease. Lancet. 2010:376;63-7. 

Johnson HL, Liu L, Fischer Walker CL, Black RE.  Estimating the distribution of causes of child deaths in high mortality counties with incomplete death certification.  Int J Epi 2010: 10.1093/ije/dyq074.

Fischer Walker CL, Black RE. Diarrhea morbidity and mortality among older children, adolescents, and adults.  Epi Infect 2010:138;1215-1226. 

Black RE, Cousens S, Johnson H, Lawn J, Rudan I, Bassani DG, Jha P, Campbell H, Fischer Walker C et al. Global, regional and national causes of child mortality in 2008; A systematic analysis. Lancet 2010:375;1969-87.

Munos M, Fischer Walker CL, Black RE. The effect of Oral Rehydration Solution and Recommended Home Fluids on diarrhea mortality.  Int J Epi. 2010:39;i75-i87.

Munos M, Fischer Walker CL, Black RE. The effect of rotavirus vaccine on diarrhea mortality.  Int J Epi.  2010:39;i56-i62.

Walker N, Fischer Walker CL, Bryce JL, Bahl R, Cousens S. Standards for CHERG reviews of intervention effects on child survival. Int J Epi.  2010:39;i21-i31.

Fischer Walker CL, Black RE. Zinc for the treatment of diarrhea:  Effect on diarrhea mortality, diarrhea incidence, and pneumonia morbidity.  Int J Epi. 2010:39;i63-i69.

Traa B, Fischer Walker CL, Munos M, Black RE. Antibiotics for the treatment of dysentery in children. Int J Epi. 2010:39;i70-i74.

Fischer Walker CL, Fontaine O, Young M, Black RE. Zinc and Low Osmolarity ORS for Diarrhea:  A renewed call to action.  Bull WHO. 2009:87;780-86 .

Fischer Walker CL, Ezzati, M. Black RE.  Global and regional child mortality and burden of disease attributable to zinc deficiency. Eur J Clin Nutr 2009:63(5);591-7.

Fischer Walker CL, Baqui AH, Ahmed S et al. Low-dose weekly supplementation of iron and/or zinc does not affect growth among Bangladeshi infants. Eur J Clin Nutr 2009:63(1);87-92.

Naheed A, Fischer Walker CL, Mondal D et al. Zinc therapy for diarrhea improves growth among Bangladeshi infants 6-11 mo of age. J Ped Gast Nutr 2009:48;89-93.

Fischer Walker CL, Black RE, Baqui AH.  Does age affect the response to zinc therapy for diarrhea in Bangladeshi infants? J Health Pop Nutr 2008:26;105-9.