Natalie Wodniak, MPH

MPH, George Washington University, 2021
BA, Fordham University, 2018

My research interests include the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases in relation to climate and environmental factors. I hope to use epidemiologic research to improve global health security, heighten public awareness of disease transmission, and aid local, state, and national public health agencies in the surveillance of emerging infectious diseases.

Patthammavong, C., Wodniak, N., Phounphenghack, K., Tengbriacheu, C., Soumphonphakdy, B., Phixay, V., Vongkhamsao, C., Khanthamaly, V., Patel, J. C., Montgomery, M. P., McCarron, M., Davis, W. W., Carlton, J., Bazant, E. S., Moen, A. C., & Nouanthong, P. (2025). Factors associated with influenza and COVID-19 vaccination among health workers in Lao PDR, 2023. Vaccine, 54, 127006. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127006; PMID: 40088512

Wodniak, N., Gharpure, R., Feng, L., Lai, X., Fang, H., Tian, J., Zhang, T., Zhao, G., Salcedo-Mejía, F., Alvis-Zakzuk, N. J., Jara, J., Dawood, F., Emukule, G. O., Ndegwa, L. K., Sam, I. C., Mend, T., Jantsansengee, B., Tempia, S., Cohen, C., Walaza, S., … Davis, W. W. (2025). Costs of Influenza Illness and Acute Respiratory Infections by Household Income Level: Catastrophic Health Expenditures and Implications for Health Equity. Influenza and other respiratory viruses, 19(1), e70059. https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.70059; PMID: 39789855

Wodniak, N., Vilivong, K., Khamphaphongphane, B., Sengkeopraseuth, B., Somoulay, V., Chiew, M., Ketmayoon, P, Otsu, S., Leuangvilay, P., Kim, C. D., Phimmasine, S., Jiao, M. M. A., Khanthamaly, V., Davis, W. W., Montgomery, M. P., & Xangsayyarath, P. (2024). Epidemiologic and virologic characteristics of influenza in Lao PDR, 2016–2023. Influenza and other respiratory viruses, 18(8), e13353. https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.13353; PMID: 39104091

Runge, M., Karimian, Z., Kheirandish, M., Borghi, G., Wodniak, N., Fahmy, K., Mantel, C., Cherian, T., Nabil Ahmed Said, Z., Najafi, F. et al (2024). COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Studies against Symptomatic and Severe Outcomes during the Omicron Period in Four Countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Vaccines, 12(8):906. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12080906; PMID: 39204033 

Wodniak, N. R., Bhengsri, S., Skaggs, B., Uttayamakul, S., Sawatwong, P., Sangwichian, O., Gregory, C. J., Chuenchom, N., Peanumlom, P., Khemla, S., Lertwitayakumjorn, T., Chaoprasert, S., Piralam, B., Simmali, T., Chara, C., Bloss, E., MacArthur, J. R., & Heffelfinger, J. D. (2024). Demographic and clinical factors associated with bacterial or non-bacterial etiologies of acute undifferentiated febrile illness: Findings from a 3-year observational study in Thailand, 2017-2020. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 111(3):650-660. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.23-0731; PMID: 39013380

Tsukayama, R., Wodniak, N., Hinjoy, S., Bunthi, C., Akarasewi, P., Jiaranairungroj, W., Pueyo, W., Masunglong, W., Kleblumjeak, P., MacArthur, J. R., & Bloss, E. (2023). Public Health Emergency Operations Center Operations and coordination among Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Global Security: Health, Science and Policy, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23779497.2023.2216267; PMID: 39234412

Dunajcik, A., Haire, K., Thomas, J. D., Moriarty, L. F., Springer, Y., Villanueva, J. M., MacNeil, A., Silk, B., Nemhauser, J. B., Byrkit, R., Taylor, M., Queen, K., Tong, S., Lee, J., Batra, D., Paden, C., Henderson, T., Kunkes, A., Ojo, M., Firestone, M., … Wodniak, N., … Anderson, M. (2023). Travel history among persons infected with SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in the United States, December 2020-February 2021. PLOS global public health, 3(3), e0001252. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001252; PMID: 36989218