Operations Director, Neglected Tropical Disease Control

Mary Linehan

Expertise

Project Management
Infectious Diseases
Neglected Tropical Diseases

Biography

Mary Linehan is a senior international health specialist in the International Development Group and operations director of the Neglected Tropical Disease Control Program. Ms. Linehan has more than 18 years of international work experience in program management; technical assistance to ministries of health; and research for maternal, infant, and child health and nutrition. Special areas of expertise include program development and management, training, infectious disease surveillance and field research, malaria and neglected tropical diseases, and local capacity development. Ms. Linehan was instrumental in the design, implementation, and early success of the Nepal National Vitamin A Program. She has extensive Asia regional experience, including 12 years of residence in Nepal, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Education

MPH, International Health, Columbia University School of Public Health; MA, Asian Studies, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs; BA, History, Georgetown University.

Selected Publications

Omer, S.B., Sutanto, A., Sarwo, H., Linehan, M., Djelantik, I.G.G., Mercer, D., Moniaga, V., Moulton, L.H., Widjaya, A., Muljati, P., Gessner, B.D., & Steinhoff, M.C. (2008). Climatic, temporal, and geographic characteristics of respiratory syncytial virus disease in a tropical island population. Epidemiology and Infection, 136 (10):1319-1327.

Thapa, S., Hollander, J., Linehan, M., Cox-Singh, J., Bista, M.B., Thakur, G.D., Davis, W.A., & Davis, T.M.E. (Sep 2007). Comparison of artemether-lumefantrine with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in eastern Nepal. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 77 (3):423-430.

Gessner, B.D., Sutanto, A., Linehan, M., Djelantik, I.G.G., Fletcher, T., Gerudug, I.K., Ingerani, Mercer, D., Moniaga, V., Moulton, L.H., Mulholland, K., Nelson, C., Soemohardjo, S., Steinhoff, M., Widjaya, A., Stoeckel, P., Maynard, J., & Arjoso, S. (2005). Incidences of vaccine-preventable Haemophilus influenzae type b pneumonia and meningitis in Indonesian children: Hamlet-randomised vaccine-probe trial. Lancet, 365 (9453):43-52.

Djelantik, I.G.G., Gessner, B.D., Sutanto, A., Steinhoff, M., Linehan, M., Moulton, L.H., & Arjoso, S. (2003). Case fatality proportions and predictive factors for mortality among children hospitalized with severe pneumonia in a rural developing country setting. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 49 (6):327-332.

Djelantik, I.G.G., Gessner, B.D., Soewignjo, S., Steinhoff, M., Sutanto, A., Widjaya, A., Linehan, M., Moniaga, V., & Ingerani (2003). Incidence and clinical features of hospitalization because of respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory illness among children less than two years of age in a rural Asian setting. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 22 (2):150-156.

Schaumberg, D.A., Linehan, M., Hawley, G., O'Connor, J., Dreyfuss, M., & Semba, R.D. (1995). Vitamin A deficiency in the South Pacific. Public Health, 109 (5):311-317.

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