Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2017
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Improving Response to Malaria Outbreaks in Amazon-Basin Countries awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2026
  • A Satellite Informed Malaria Early Warning System for Malaria Elimination Settings awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2022 - 2025
  • The Impact of Land Use Change on Transmission Potential Networks and Disease Spread in Rural Madagascar awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2024
  • A County-level spatiotemporal multi-dimensional database to define risk modifiers of environmentally triggered severe asthma exacerbations in children awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2021
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Janko, Mark M., G Cristina Recalde-Coronel, Camila P. Damasceno, Gabriela Salmón-Mulanovich, Alisson F. Barbieri, Andrés G. Lescano, Benjamin F. Zaitchik, and William K. Pan. “The impact of sustained malaria control in the Loreto region of Peru: a retrospective, observational, spatially-varying interrupted time series analysis of the PAMAFRO program.” Lancet Regional Health. Americas 20 (April 2023): 100477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2023.100477.
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    • Fernández, Daniel, Iago Giné-Vázquez, Marianthi Morena, A. I. Koyanagi, Mark M. Janko, Josep Maria Haro, Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Alex Molassiotis, William K. Pan, and Stefanos Tyrovolas. “Government interventions and control policies to contain the first COVID-19 outbreak: An analysis of evidence.” Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, March 2023, 14034948231156968. https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948231156969.
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    • García, Guillermo A., Mark Janko, Dianna E. B. Hergott, Olivier T. Donfack, Jordan M. Smith, Jeremías Nzamío Mba Eyono, Kylie R. DeBoer, et al. “Identifying individual, household and environmental risk factors for malaria infection on Bioko Island to inform interventions.” Malaria Journal 22, no. 1 (March 2023): 72. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04504-7.
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    • Matulis, Graham A., Doniddemberel Altantogtokh, Paul M. Lantos, Jordan H. Jones, Rachel N. Wofford, Mark Janko, Nyamdorj Tsogbadrakh, et al. “Hotspots in a cold land-reported cases of rabies in wildlife and livestock in Mongolia from 2012-2018.” Zoonoses Public Health 69, no. 6 (September 2022): 655–62. https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.12954.
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    • Janko, Mark M., Jonah Joffe, Danielle Michael, Lauren Earl, Katherine L. Rosettie, Gianna W. Sparks, Samuel B. Albertson, et al. “Cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination in children under five years of age in 195 countries: A meta-regression analysis.” Vaccine 40, no. 28 (June 2022): 3903–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.05.042.
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    • Mitchell, Cedar L., Billy Ngasala, Mark M. Janko, Frank Chacky, Jessie K. Edwards, Brian W. Pence, Ally Mohamed, et al. “Evaluating malaria prevalence and land cover across varying transmission intensity in Tanzania using a cross-sectional survey of school-aged children.” Malaria Journal 21, no. 1 (March 2022): 80. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-022-04107-8.
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    • Mitchell, Cedar L., Mark M. Janko, Melchior K. Mwandagalirwa, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Jessie K. Edwards, Brian W. Pence, Jonathan J. Juliano, and Michael Emch. “Impact of extractive industries on malaria prevalence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a population-based cross-sectional study.” Scientific Reports 12, no. 1 (February 2022): 1737. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05777-9.
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    • Lantos, Paul M., Jean Tsao, Mark Janko, Ali Arab, Michael E. von Fricken, Paul G. Auwaerter, Lise E. Nigrovic, et al. “Environmental Correlates of Lyme Disease Emergence in Southwest Virginia, 2005-2014.” J Med Entomol 58, no. 4 (July 16, 2021): 1680–85. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab038.
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    • Tyrovolas, Stefanos, Iago Giné-Vázquez, Daniel Fernández, Marianthi Morena, Ai Koyanagi, Mark Janko, Josep Maria Haro, et al. “Estimating the COVID-19 Spread Through Real-time Population Mobility Patterns: Surveillance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.” Journal of Medical Internet Research 23, no. 6 (June 2021): e22999. https://doi.org/10.2196/22999.
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    • Cobert, Julien, Paul M. Lantos, Mark M. Janko, David G. A. Williams, Karthik Raghunathan, Vijay Krishnamoorthy, Eric A. JohnBull, Atilio Barbeito, and Padma Gulur. “Geospatial Variations and Neighborhood Deprivation in Drug-Related Admissions and Overdoses.” J Urban Health 97, no. 6 (December 2020): 814–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-020-00436-8.
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    • Gunderson, Annika K., Rani E. Kumar, Cristina Recalde-Coronel, Luis E. Vasco, Andree Valle-Campos, Carlos F. Mena, Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Andres G. Lescano, William K. Pan, and Mark M. Janko. “Malaria Transmission and Spillover across the Peru-Ecuador Border: A Spatiotemporal Analysis.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 20 (October 2020): E7434. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207434.
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    • Tyrovolas, Stefanos, Iago Giné-Vázquez, Daniel Fernández, Marianthi Morena, Ai Koyanagi, Mark Janko, Josep Maria Haro, et al. “Estimating the COVID-19 Spread Through Real-time Population Mobility Patterns: Surveillance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (Preprint),” July 29, 2020. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.22999.
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    • Wang, Angela, Andrew M. Fine, Erin Buchanan, Mark Janko, Lise E. Nigrovic, and Paul M. Lantos. “A Bayesian Spatiotemporal Analysis of Pediatric Group A Streptococcal Infections.” Open Forum Infect Dis 6, no. 12 (December 2019): ofz524. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz524.
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    • Janko, Mark, Varun Goel, and Michael Emch. “Extending multilevel spatial models to include spatially varying coefficients.” Health & Place 60 (November 2019): 102235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102235.
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    • Watson, O. J., K. M. Sumner, M. Janko, V. Goel, P. Winskill, H. C. Slater, A. Ghani, S. R. Meshnick, and J. B. Parr. “False-negative malaria rapid diagnostic test results and their impact on community-based malaria surveys in sub-Saharan Africa.” Bmj Global Health 4, no. 4 (July 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001582.
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    • Wheeler, Sarahn, Anna DeNoble, Clara Wynn, Kristin Weaver, Geeta Swamy, Mark Janko, and Paul Lantos. “Beyond the Window: Patient Characteristics and Geographic Locations Associated with Late Prenatal Care in Women Eligible for 17-P Preterm Birth Prevention.” J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 6, no. 3 (June 2019): 563–69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-018-00555-8.
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    • Janko, Mark M., Thomas S. Churcher, Michael E. Emch, and Steven R. Meshnick. “Strengthening long-lasting insecticidal nets effectiveness monitoring using retrospective analysis of cross-sectional, population-based surveys across sub-Saharan Africa.” Scientific Reports 8, no. 1 (November 2018): 17110. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35353-z.
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    • Aydemir, Ozkan, Mark Janko, Nick J. Hathaway, Robert Verity, Melchior Kashamuka Mwandagalirwa, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Sofonias K. Tessema, et al. “Drug-Resistance and Population Structure of Plasmodium falciparum Across the Democratic Republic of Congo Using High-Throughput Molecular Inversion Probes.” The Journal of Infectious Diseases 218, no. 6 (August 2018): 946–55. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiy223.
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    • Mwandagalirwa, Melchior Kashamuka, Lauren Levitz, Kyaw L. Thwai, Jonathan B. Parr, Varun Goel, Mark Janko, Antoinette Tshefu, Michael Emch, Steven R. Meshnick, and Margaret Carrel. “Correction to: Individual and household characteristics of persons with Plasmodium falciparum malaria in sites with varying endemicities in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.” Malaria Journal 17, no. 1 (August 2018): 287. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2429-8.
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    • Dannenberg, M. P., E. K. Wise, M. Janko, T. Hwang, and W. K. Smith. “Atmospheric teleconnection influence on North American land surface phenology.” Environmental Research Letters 13, no. 3 (March 1, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaa85a.
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    • Janko, Mark M., Seth R. Irish, Brian J. Reich, Marc Peterson, Stephanie M. Doctor, Melchior Kashamuka Mwandagalirwa, Joris L. Likwela, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Steven R. Meshnick, and Michael E. Emch. “The links between agriculture, Anopheles mosquitoes, and malaria risk in children younger than 5 years in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a population-based, cross-sectional, spatial study.” The Lancet. Planetary Health 2, no. 2 (February 2018): e74–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2542-5196(18)30009-3.
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    • Levitz, Lauren, Mark Janko, Kashamuka Mwandagalirwa, Kyaw L. Thwai, Joris L. Likwela, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Michael Emch, and Steven R. Meshnick. “Effect of individual and community-level bed net usage on malaria prevalence among under-fives in the Democratic Republic of Congo.” Malaria Journal 17, no. 1 (January 2018): 39. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2183-y.
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    • Doctor, Stephanie M., Yunhao Liu, Amy Whitesell, Kyaw L. Thwai, Steve M. Taylor, Mark Janko, Michael Emch, et al. “Corrigendum to "Malaria surveillance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Comparison of microscopy, PCR, and rapid diagnostic test" [Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016 May;85(1):16-8. doi: 10.1016/j.Diagmicrobio.2016.01.004. Epub 2016 Jan 9].” Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 89, no. 3 (November 2017): 251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.08.006.
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    • Mwandagalirwa, Melchior Kashamuka, Lauren Levitz, Kyaw L. Thwai, Jonathan B. Parr, Varun Goel, Mark Janko, Antoinette Tshefu, Michael Emch, Steven R. Meshnick, and Margaret Carrel. “Individual and household characteristics of persons with Plasmodium falciparum malaria in sites with varying endemicities in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.” Malaria Journal 16, no. 1 (November 2017): 456. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-2110-7.
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    • Parr, Jonathan B., Robert Verity, Stephanie M. Doctor, Mark Janko, Kelly Carey-Ewend, Breanna J. Turman, Corinna Keeler, et al. “Pfhrp2-Deleted Plasmodium falciparum Parasites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A National Cross-sectional Survey.” The Journal of Infectious Diseases 216, no. 1 (July 2017): 36–44. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiw538.
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    • Carrel, Margaret, Mark Janko, Melchior Kashamuka Mwandagalirwa, Camille Morgan, Franck Fwamba, Jérémie Muwonga, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Steven Meshnick, and Michael Emch. “Changing spatial patterns and increasing rurality of HIV prevalence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 2007 and 2013.” Health & Place 39 (May 2016): 79–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.02.009.
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    • Doctor, Stephanie M., Yunhao Liu, Amy Whitesell, Kyaw L. Thwai, Steve M. Taylor, Mark Janko, Michael Emch, et al. “Malaria surveillance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: comparison of microscopy, PCR, and rapid diagnostic test.” Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 85, no. 1 (May 2016): 16–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.01.004.
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    • Carrel, Margaret, Jaymin Patel, Steve M. Taylor, Mark Janko, Melchior Kashamuka Mwandagalirwa, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Ananias A. Escalante, et al. “The geography of malaria genetics in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A complex and fragmented landscape.” Soc Sci Med 133 (May 2015): 233–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.10.037.
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    • Antonia, Alejandro L., Steve M. Taylor, Mark Janko, Michael Emch, Antoinette K. Tshefu, and Steven R. Meshnick. “A cross-sectional survey of Plasmodium falciparum pfcrt mutant haplotypes in the Democratic Republic of Congo.” Am J Trop Med Hyg 90, no. 6 (June 2014): 1094–97. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.13-0378.
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    • Patel, Jaymin C., Steve M. Taylor, Patricia C. Juliao, Christian M. Parobek, Mark Janko, Luis Demetrio Gonzalez, Lucia Ortiz, et al. “Genetic Evidence of Importation of Drug-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum to Guatemala from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.” Emerg Infect Dis 20, no. 6 (June 2014): 932–40. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2006.131204.
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    • Taylor, Steve M., Alejandro L. Antonia, Christian M. Parobek, Jonathan J. Juliano, Mark Janko, Michael Emch, Md Tauqeer Alam, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Antoinette K. Tshefu, and Steven R. Meshnick. “Plasmodium falciparum sulfadoxine resistance is geographically and genetically clustered within the DR Congo.” Sci Rep 3 (2013): 1165. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep01165.
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  • Book Sections

    • Janko, M., and M. Emch. “The geography of malaria control in the democratic republic of Congo.” In Population Health Intervention Research: Geographical Perspectives, 91–104, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315601502.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Mutucumarana, Charmaine P., Champica K. Bodinayake, Ajith Nagahawatte, Vasantha Devasiri, Ruvini Kurukulasooriya, Thamali Anuradha, Aruna Dharshan De Silva, et al. “Geospatial analysis of dengue emergence in rural areas in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka.” In Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 114:408–14, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trz123.
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