Tony Kiszewski

Anthony Kiszewski is a public health entomologist specializing in sustainable and appropriate interventions against malaria and other vector-borne diseases in the developing world.

Education

• Sc.D. Harvard University
• M.Sc. Cornell University

Teaching Interests

• Public Health and Epidemiology;
• Global Health;
• Entomology;
• Mathematical Modeling

Research Interests

• Vector Ecology;
• Malaria Intervention;
• Bio-terrorism and Pandemics;
• Mathematical Modeling;
• Computer Simulation

Consulting/Practice Interests

• International Development;
• Sustainable Malaria Intervention;
• Insect Repellents;
• Mosquito Traps;
• Mosquito Control;
• Environmental Management

Publications

Journal Articles

• Kiszewski, A. E., Cleary, E., Jackson, M. J., Ledley, F. D. (2021). NIH funding for vaccine readiness before the COVID-19 pandemic.. Vaccine. 39 2458-2466.
• Kiszewski, A. E., Cleary, E., Jackson, M. J., Ledley, F. D. (2020). The role of NIH funding in vaccine readiness; foundational research and NIH funding underlying candidate SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. medRxiv.
• Gilbert, K. J., Bittleston, L. S., Kiszewski, A. E., Buenavente, C., Lohman, D. J., Pierce, N. E. (2020). Investigation of an elevational gradient reveals strong differences between bacterial and eukaryotic communities coinhabiting Nepenthes phytotelmata.. Microbial Ecology.
• Rehkopf, D., Furumoto-Dawson, A., Kiszewski, A. E., Awerbuch-Friedlander, T. (2015). Spatial Spread of Tuberculosis through Nighborhoods Segregated by Socioeconomic Position: A Stochastic Model. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, (2015) 8.
• Endo, N., Kiszewski, A. E., Eltahir, E. A. (2015). Laboratory Experiments on Stranding of Anopheles larvae under different shoreline environmental conditions. Parasites and Vectors, (2015) 12.
• Zelman, B., Kiszewski, A. E., Cotter, C., Liu, J. (2014). Costs of eliminating malaria and the impact of the Global Fund in 34 countries.. PLoS ONE.
• Kiszewski, A. E., Teffera, Z., Wondafrash, M., Ravesi, M., Pollack, R. J. (2014). Ecological succession and its impact on malaria vectors and their predators in borrow pits in western Ethiopia.. Journal of Vector Ecology, (39) 414-423.
• Kiszewski, A. E., Awerbuch-Friedlander, T. (2013). The effect of patchy host distribution on the dynamics and persistence of directly transmitted pathogens: a cellular automata study. Applied Mathematics, (4) 68-76.
• Wilson, M. D., Osei-Atweneboana, M., Boakye, D. A., Osei-Akoto, I., Obuobi, E., Wiafe, C., Kiszewski, A. E. (2013). Efficacy of DEET and non-DEET-based insect repellents against bites of Simulium damnosum vectors of onchocerciasis. Medical and Veterinary Enotomology, (27) 2 226-231.
• Reddy, M. R., Overgaard, H. J., Abaga, S., Kiszewski, A. E., Slotman, M., Caccone, A. (2011). Outdoor host-seeking behaviors among An. gambiae s.l. vectors observed after initiation of indoor residual spraying on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. Malaria Journal, (10) 184-196.
• Kiszewski, A. E., Darling, S. T. (2010). Estimating a mosquito repellent's potential to reduce malaria in communities. Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, (47) 217-221.
• Kiszewski, A. E. (2010). Blocking Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission with drugs: the gametocidal and sporontocidal properties of current and prospective antimalarials. Pharamceuticals, (4) 1 44-68.
• Teklehaimanot, H. D., Teklehaimanot, A., Kiszewski, A. E., Rampao, H. S., Sachs, J. D. (2009). Malaria in Sao Tome and Principe: On the brink of elimination after three years of effective antimalarial measures. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, (80) 1 133-140.
• Edillo, F., Kiszewski, A. E., Manjourides, J., Pagano, M., Hutchinson, M., Kyle, A. (2009). The effects of latitude and longitude on the population structure of Culex pipiens s.l., vectors of West Nile virus in North America. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, (81) 5 842-8.
• Kiszewski, A. E. (2008). Divergent Goals and Commitments in Global Malaria Intervention. PLoS Medicine, (5) 7 e159.
• Reddy, M. R., Lepore, T. J., Pollack, R. J., Kiszewski, A. E., Spielman, A., Reiter, P. (2007). Early evening questing and oviposition activity by the Culex (Diptera:Culicidae) vectors of West Nile Virus in northeastern North America. Journal of Medical Entomology, (44) 2 211-214.
• Kiszewski, A. E., Johns, B., Schapira, A., Delacollette, C., Crowell, V., Tan-Torres, T. (2007). Estimated global resources needed to attain international malaria control goals. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, (85) 8 569-648.
• Reddy, M. R., Spielman, A., Lepore, T. J., Henley, D., Kiszewski, A. E., Reiter, P. (2006). Efficacy of resmethrin aerosols applied from the road for suppressing Culex vectors of West Nile Virus. Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseasesi, (6) 2 1-5.
• Kebede, A., McCann, J. C., Kiszewski, A. E., Ye-Ebiyo, Y. (2005). Epidemic malaria and maize: new evidence of disease effects of agro-ecological change. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, (73) 676-680.
• Kiszewski, A. E., Mellinger, A., Spielman, A., Malaney, P., Sachs, S. E., Sachs, J. (2004). A global index representing the stability of malaria transmission. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, (70) 486-498.
• Kiszewski, A. E., Teklehaimanot, A. (2004). A review of the clinical and epidemiologicburdens of epidemic malaria. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, (71) 128-135.
• Ye-ebiyo, Y., Pollack, R. J., Kiszewski, A. E., Spielman, A. (2003). A component of maize pollen that stimulates larval mosquitoes (Diptera:Culicidae) to feed and increases toxicity of microbial larvicides. Journal of Medical Entomology, (40) 860-864.
• Ye-ebiyo, Y., Pollack, R. J., Kiszewski, A. E., Spielman, A. (2003). Enhancement of development of larval Anopheles arabiensis by proximity to flowering maize (Zea mays) in turbid water and when crowded. Journal of Medical Entomology, (68) 748-752.
• Kiszewski, A. E., Spielman, A. (2002). Preprandial inhibition of remating in Ixodes ticks (Acari:Ixodidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, (39) 847-853.
• Reddy, M. R., Godoy, A., Dion, K., Matias, A., Callender, K., Kiszewski, A. E., Kleinschmidt, I., Ridl, F., Powell, J., Caccone, A., Slotman, M. A. (). Insecticide resistance allele frequencies in Anopheles gambiae before and after anti-vector interventions in continental Equatorial Guinea. . American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, (88) 5 897-907.
• Dietz, K. C., Athrey, G., Reddy, M. R., Overgaard, H. J., Matias, A., Jawara, M., Della Torre, A., Petrarca, V., Pinto, J., Kiszewski, A. E. (). Genetic isolation within the malaria vector Anopheles melas. Molecular Ecology, (21) 4498-4513.

Book Chapters

• Levins, R., Awerbuch, T., Kiszewski, A. E. (2002). Surprise, nonlinearity and complex behavior In , (Eds.) . 144-171. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press