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Jessica Leibler, DrPH, MS

Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Dept of Environmental Health

DPH/DrPH, Johns Hopkins University
MS, Harvard School of Public Health

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ORCID : 0000-0002-0605-0928

Jessica H. Leibler, DrPH ScM is an environmental epidemiologist in the Department of Environmental Health at BUSPH, and her research focuses on environmental exposures experienced by disadvantaged populations in the US, including agricultural workers and the homeless. Her work has two central themes: environmental transmission of pathogens through food systems and environmental exposures experienced by the urban poor in the US. Dr. Leibler has studied antibiotic resistant bacterial transmission among industrial food animal workers in the Midwestern United States. She has published studies identifying risk of avian influenza infection among industrial poultry workers and farm-to-farm transmission risk of avian influenza in the US. Dr. Leibler has also lead research on antibiotic resistant bacterial infections and hygiene practices among people experiencing homelessness in Boston. Dr. Leibler is actively engaged in teaching and mentoring students, and teaches the MPH core course "Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Public Health" (PH717) at SPH. Prior to joining the faculty at BU, Dr. Leibler held a research appointment in the Department of Environmental Health at the George Washington University School of Public Health. Dr. Leibler completed her doctoral degree in Environmental Health Sciences at Johns Hopkins University and her master's degree in Health Policy and Management at Harvard University.

Member
Boston University
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research

2017 Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH): Early Career Teaching Award

2013 Boston University School of Public Health: Excellence in Teaching for Introduction to Epidemiology (spring)

2013 Boston University School of Public Health: Excellence in Teaching for Introduction to Epidemiology (summer)

2005-2010 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Sommer Scholar

2005-2008 National Science Foundation: Graduate Research Fellow

BU Research

Epidemiologic and Genomic Evaluation of Influenza D Among Catlte Workers and Their Community
09/01/2018 - 08/31/2021 (PI)
HHS/CDC/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Early Life Exposures and Mesoamerican Nephropathy: Evaluating Biomarkers of Kidney Injury Kidney Injury Among Nicaraguan Children
07/01/2018 - 06/30/2020 (PI)
Renal Foundation Inigo Alvarez De Toledo

Early Life Exposures and Mesoamerican Nephropathy: Evaluating Biomarkers of Kidney Injury Kidney Injury Among Nicaraguan Children
07/01/2018 - 06/30/2019 (PI)
The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust Enterprises

Lead and Salmonella in poultry flocks in Boston: Evaluating backyard chickens as sentinels of environmental contamination and vehicles for human exposure
05/01/2016 - 04/30/2017 (Subcontract PI)
Trustees of Tufts College, Inc NIH NCATS
4UL1TR001064-04

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Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs

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Leibler JH, Ramirez-Rubio O, Velázquez JJA, Pilarte DL, Obeid W, Parikh CR, Gadupudi S, Scammell MK, Friedman DJ, Brooks DR. Biomarkers of kidney injury among children in a high-risk region for chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology. Pediatr Nephrol. 2020 Jun 05.View Related Profiles.

Brooks, Daniel
Leibler, Jessica
Scammell, Madeleine

PMID: 32504218

Yih WK, Kulldorff M, Leibler JH, Friedman DJ, Brooks DR. Comment on Sarathkumara et al.: Exposure to Hantavirus is a Risk Factor Associated with Kidney Diseases in Sri Lanka: A Cross Sectional Study. Viruses. 2019 12 11; 11(12).View Related Profiles.

Brooks, Daniel
Leibler, Jessica

PMID: 31835714

Dignard C, Leibler JH. Recent Research on Occupational Animal Exposures and Health Risks: A Narrative Review. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2019 12; 6(4):236-246. PMID: 31823248

Leibler JH, Liebschutz JM, Keosaian J, Stewart C, Monteiro J, Woodruff A, Stein MD. Homelessness, Personal Hygiene, and MRSA Nasal Colonization among Persons Who Inject Drugs. J Urban Health. 2019 10; 96(5):734-740.View Related Profiles.

Leibler, Jessica
Stein, Michael

PMID: 31493182

Yih WK, Kulldorff M, Friedman DJ, Leibler JH, Amador JJ, López-Pilarte D, Galloway RL, Ramírez-Rubio O, Riefkohl A, Brooks DR. Investigating Possible Infectious Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in a Nicaraguan Mining Community. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 09; 101(3):676-683.View Related Profiles.

Brooks, Daniel
Leibler, Jessica

PMID: 31309920

Cummings C, Hill N, Puryear W, Rogers B, Mukherjee J, Leibler JH, Rosenbaum M, Runstadler J. Evidence Of Influenza A in Wild Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) in Boston, Massachusetts. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2019; 7:36.

McDonagh A, Leibler JH, Mukherjee J, Thachil A, Goodman LB, Riekofski C, Nee A, Smyth K, Forrester J, Rosenbaum MH. Frequent human-poultry interactions and low prevalence of Salmonella in backyard chicken flocks in Massachusetts. Zoonoses Public Health. 2019 02; 66(1):92-100. PMID: 30447058

Mordarski DC, Leibler JH, Talmadge CC, Wolfus GM, Pokras MA, Rosenbaum MH. Subclinical Lead Exposure Among Backyard Chicken Flocks in Massachusetts. J Avian Med Surg. 2018 09; 32(3):185-193. PMID: 30204020

Leibler JH, Basra K, Ireland T, McDonagh A, Ressijac C, Heiger-Bernays W, Vorhees D, Rosenbaum M. Lead exposure to children from consumption of backyard chicken eggs. Environ Res. 2018 11; 167:445-452.View Related Profiles.

Vorhees, Donna
Leibler, Jessica
Heiger-Bernays, Wendy

PMID: 30125763

Underhill LJ, Fabian MP, Vermeer K, Sandel M, Adamkiewicz G, Leibler JH, Levy JI. Modeling the resiliency of energy-efficient retrofits in low-income multifamily housing. Indoor Air. 2018 05; 28(3):459-468.View Related Profiles.

Leibler, Jessica
Levy, Jonathan
Fabian, Maria
Sandel, Megan

PMID: 29280511

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Leibler JH, Robb K, Joh E, Gaeta JM, Rosenbaum M. Self-reported Animal and Ectoparasite Exposure among Urban Homeless People. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2018; 29(2):664-675.View Related Profiles.

Leibler, Jessica
Gaeta, Jessie

PMID: 29805132

Leibler JH, Nguyen DD, León C, Gaeta JM, Perez D. Personal Hygiene Practices among Urban Homeless Persons in Boston, MA. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Aug 18; 14(8).View Related Profiles.

Leibler, Jessica
Gaeta, Jessie

PMID: 28820454

Leibler JH, León C, Cardoso LJP, Morris JC, Miller NS, Nguyen DD, Gaeta JM. Prevalence and risk factors for MRSA nasal colonization among persons experiencing homelessness in Boston, MA. J Med Microbiol. 2017 Aug; 66(8):1183-1188.View Related Profiles.

Leibler, Jessica
Gaeta, Jessie
Miller, Nancy

PMID: 28771129

Riefkohl A, Ramírez-Rubio O, Laws RL, McClean MD, Weiner DE, Kaufman JS, Galloway RL, Shadomy SV, Guerra M, Amador JJ, Sánchez JM, López-Pilarte D, Parikh CR, Leibler JH, Brooks DR. Leptospira seropositivity as a risk factor for Mesoamerican Nephropathy. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2017 01; 23(1):1-10.View Related Profiles.

Riefkohl Lisci, Alejandro
Brooks, Daniel
Leibler, Jessica
McClean, Michael
Ramirez Rubio, Oriana

PMID: 28209095; DOI: 10.1080/10773525.2016.1275462;

Leibler JH, Janulewicz PA, Perry MJ. Prevalence of serious psychological distress among slaughterhouse workers at a United States beef packing plant. Work. 2017; 57(1):105-109.View Related Profiles.

Leibler, Jessica
Janulewicz, Patricia

PMID: 28506017

Leibler JH, Perry MJ. Self-reported occupational injuries among industrial beef slaughterhouse workers in the Midwestern United States. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2017 Jan; 14(1):23-30. PMID: 27715500

Lowenstein C, Waters WF, Roess A, Leibler JH, Graham JP. Animal Husbandry Practices and Perceptions of Zoonotic Infectious Disease Risks Among Livestock Keepers in a Rural Parish of Quito, Ecuador. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Dec 07; 95(6):1450-1458. PMID: 27928092

Leibler JH, Dalton K, Pekosz A, Gray GC, Silbergeld EK. Epizootics in Industrial Livestock Production: Preventable Gaps in Biosecurity and Biocontainment. Zoonoses Public Health. 2017 Mar; 64(2):137-145. PMID: 27591817; DOI: 10.1111/zph.12292;

Leibler JH, Zakhour CM, Gadhoke P, Gaeta JM. Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Infections Among Urban Homeless and Marginalized People in the United States and Europe, 1990-2014. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2016 Jul; 16(7):435-44.View Related Profiles.

Leibler, Jessica
Gaeta, Jessie

PMID: 27159039; DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2015.1863;

Leibler JH, Jordan JA, Brownstein K, Lander L, Price LB, Perry MJ. Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage among Beefpacking Workers in a Midwestern United States Slaughterhouse. PLoS One. 2016; 11(2):e0148789. PMID: 26866374; PMCID: PMC4750916; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148789;

Murray KO, Fischer RS, Chavarria D, Duttmann C, Garcia MN, Gorchakov R, Hotez PJ, Jiron W, Leibler JH, Lopez JE, Mandayam S, Marin A, Sheleby J. Mesoamerican nephropathy: a neglected tropical disease with an infectious etiology? Microbes Infect. 2015 Oct; 17(10):671-5. PMID: 26320026; DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2015.08.005;

Tobin MR, Goldshear JL, Price LB, Graham JP, Leibler JH. A Framework to Reduce Infectious Disease Risk from Urban Poultry in the United States. Public Health Rep. 2015 Jul-Aug; 130(4):380-91. PMID: 26346104; PMCID: PMC4547567

Leibler JH, Silbergeld EK, Pekosz A, Gray GC. No evidence of infection with avian influenza viruses among US poultry workers in the Delmarva Peninsula, Maryland and Virginia, USA. J Agromedicine. 2011 Jan; 16(1):52-7. PMID: 21213164; PMCID: PMC3041272; DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2011.533612;

Silbergeld E, Davis M, Feingold B, Feingold B, Goldberg A, Graham J, Leibler J, Peterson A, Price LB. New infectious diseases and industrial food animal production. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Sep; 16(9):1503; author reply 1504. PMID: 20735951; PMCID: PMC3298288; DOI: 10.3201/eid1609.100144;

Feingold BJ, Vegosen L, Davis M, Leibler J, Peterson A, Silbergeld EK. A niche for infectious disease in environmental health: rethinking the toxicological paradigm. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Aug; 118(8):1165-72. PMID: 20385515; PMCID: PMC2920090; DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901866;

Leibler JH, Carone M, Silbergeld EK. Contribution of company affiliation and social contacts to risk estimates of between-farm transmission of avian influenza. PLoS One. 2010; 5(3):e9888. PMID: 20360859; PMCID: PMC2845626; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009888;

Leibler JH, Otte J, Roland-Holst D, Pfeiffer DU, Soares Magalhaes R, Rushton J, Graham JP, Silbergeld EK. Industrial food animal production and global health risks: exploring the ecosystems and economics of avian influenza. Ecohealth. 2009 Mar; 6(1):58-70. PMID: 19437076; DOI: 10.1007/s10393-009-0226-0;

Peterson AE, Vegosen L, Leibler JH, Davis MF, Feingold B, Silbergeld EK. Sustainable Development and Environmental Health. Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Environment. PAHO. Washington DC. 2009.

Silbergeld EK, Davis M, Leibler JH, Peterson AE. One reservoir: redefining the community origins of antimicrobial-resistant infections. Med Clin North Am. 2008 Nov; 92(6):1391-407, xi. PMID: 19061758; DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2008.07.003;

Graham JP, Leibler JH, Price LB, Otte JM, Pfeiffer DU, Tiensin T, Silbergeld EK. The animal-human interface and infectious disease in industrial food animal production: rethinking biosecurity and biocontainment. Public Health Rep. 2008 May-Jun; 123(3):282-99. PMID: 19006971; PMCID: PMC2289982

Leibler JH, Zwack LM and Levy JI. Perceptions of inequality among environmental justice and risk assessment professionals. Health, Risk and Society. 2008; 11(1):55-69.

Levy JI, Chemerynski SM, Tuchmann JL. Incorporating concepts of inequality and inequity into health benefits analysis. Int J Equity Health. 2006; 5:2.View Related Profiles.

Leibler, Jessica
Levy, Jonathan

PMID: 16569243; PMCID: PMC1459160

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Bar chart showing 32 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2017 and 2018 and 2019