Curriculum Vitae

For Faculty Members Being Considered for Appointment or Promotion

by an SMPH Faculty Appointments and Promotions Committee

Faculty Member Name: Parvathy Pillai, MD, MPH

Personal Data

Office Address:

Rm. 4262 Health Sciences Learning Center

750 Highland Avenue

Madison, WI 53705

Office Telephone: (608) 263-2870

E-mail:

Education

Undergraduate

6/95-5/97The University of Akron, Akron, OH:Bachelor of Science in Natural Science, graduated summa cum laude

Graduate/Medical School

8/97-5/01 Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH:
Doctor of Medicine

9/07-12/08University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI:
Masters in Public Health in Department of Epidemiology

Residency

7/01-6/04Pediatric Residency, Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, OH

9/07-6/09Preventive Medicine Residency, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Postgraduate/Fellowship

7/04-6/07Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Other

7/09-6/11Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (stationed at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services)

9/11-8/12Post-Epidemic Intelligence Service Practicum (PEP) Scholar, SciMetrika, LLC contractor to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (assigned to Wisconsin Department of Health Services)

Certification and Licensure

Specialty/Subspecialty Certification

Board Certified in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine (2010-2020)

Board Certified in Pediatric Infectious Disease (2007-2014)

Board Certified in Pediatrics (2004-2011)

Medical or Other Professional Licensure

#4301083574, Michigan, active to January 31, 2020

Present Appointment/Position

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

3/14-presentAssistant Professor (CHS), Department of Population Health Sciences,

3/14-presentPath of Distinction in Public Health Program Faculty Director

7/14-present Associate Program Director Preventive Medicine Residency

7/15-presentCourse Director, Population Health Sciences 917: Public Health Field Experience Elective; work with faculty from Department of Population Health and local public health agencies to as co-instructor for M4 elective. (1-3 students enrolled/year; 4 credits)

1/15-present Course Director, PHS 715 (formerly, Population Health Sciences 650-070): Introduction to Community Engagement. Co-led the development of blended course and lead instructor for M1/M2 elective (6-8 students enrolled/year; 1 credit)

11/15-presentUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Curriculum

Thread Co-Designer

7/17-present Patient Centered Education (PaCE) Case facilitator in Medical Education Curriculum (fall semester)

PastAppointments/Positions

7/07-6/08Clinical Lecturer/Research Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

12/11-6/13Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

6/13-3/14Faculty Associate, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

1/14- 6/14Course Co-Director, Population Health Sciences 650-070: Public Health Toolkit. Primary instructor for M1 elective (8 students; 1 credit), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

6/14-12/15Assistant Course Director, Population Health Sciences 717: Principles of Population Medicine and Epidemiology (required course for approximately 175 M1 students; 3 credits), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

4/16-6/17Longitudinal Teacher Coach in Medical Education Curriculum

ProfessionalSocietyMemberships

American College of Preventive Medicine

Association for Prevention Teaching and Research

Association of American Medical Colleges

Honors and Awards

6/95-5/97 Ohio Regents Scholar, The University of Akron

6/04Nicholas Libertin Award, Exemplary Peer Resident Award, Akron Children’s Hospital

6/04James Kramer Award for Outstanding Senior Pediatric Research Thesis, Akron Children’s Hospital

4/08EIS Alumni Scholarship Recipient

5/12WIPOD Symposium Poster Award of Excellence

5/14-5/15TeachOnline@UW Participant, University of Wisconsin-Madison

9/15-6/16Blended Learning Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison

7/16Selected to participate in the AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar

Publications

Refereed Articles

  1. Pillai, P, Tan, JS, DiPersio, JR, Myers, JP. Streptococcus sanguinis Endocarditis in a Patient Who Received Clindamycin for Dental Prophylaxis. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 2005;13(2):73-7
  1. Smith TC, Roehl SA, Pillai P, Li S, Marrs CF, Foxman B. Distribution of novel and previously investigated virulence genes in colonizing and invasive isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae. Epidemiol Infect. 2007;135(6):1046-54.
  1. Zhang L, Reddi U, Srinivasan U, Li S, Borchardt SM, Pillai P, DeBusscher J, Marrs CF, Foxman B. Combining microarray technology and molecular epidemiology to identify genes associated with invasive group B streptococcus. Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis. Epub 2008 Feb 25.
  1. Foxman B, de Azevedo CL, Buxton M, DeBusscher J, Pillai P, De Carvalho NS, Barbosa-Cesnik C. Acquisition and transmission of group B Streptococcus during pregnancy. J Infect Dis. 2008;198(9):1375-8.
  1. Pillai P, Srinivasan U, Zhang L, Borchardt SM, Debusscher J, Marrs CF, Foxman B. Streptococcus agalactiae pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns cross capsular types. Epidemiol Infect. 2009; 137(10):1420-5.
  1. Sharp TM, Pillai P, Hunsperger E, Santiago GA, Anderson T, Vap T, Collinson J, Buss BF, Safranek TJ, Sotir MJ, Jentes ES, Munoz-Jordan JL, Arguello DF. A Cluster of Dengue Cases in American Missionaries Returning from Haiti, 2010. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 2012; 86(1):16–22. Co-lead author.
  1. Pillai P, Saunders A, Bateman T, Heimann GA, Edelson PJ, Kim C. Contact Investigation of Bus Travelers Exposed to Passenger with Contagious Tuberculosis. MJPH. 2011; 5(1): 11-23.
  1. Kattan JA, Apostolou A Al-Samarrai T, El Bcheraoui C, Kay MM, Khaokham CB, Pillai P, Sapkota S, Jani A, Koo D, Taylor WC. Beyond Content: Leadership Development Through a Journal Club. Am J Prev Med. 2014;47(5 Suppl 3):S301-05.
  1. Lindberg S, Anderson C, Pillai P, Tandias A, Arndt B, Hanrahan L. Prevalence and predictors of unhealthy weight gain in pregnancy. Wisconsin Medical Journal, 2016; 115: 233-237.
  1. Ryan K, Pillai P, Malecki K, Remington PL, Lindberg SM. The State of Obesity in Wisconsin: Causes, Consequences, and Health Policies.Wisconsin Medical Journal, 2016; 115: 224-227
  1. Rongstad R, Neuman, M, Pillai P, Birstler J, Hanrahan L. Predictors and Co-morbidities of Food Insecurity: A Pilot Screen Analysis. Accepted for publication to WMJ.

Non-Refereed Articles

  1. Reardon CL, Davis S, Jacklitz J, Navsaria D, Pillai P, Schapiro R, Seibert C.

Letter to the Editor: Beyond the Controversy about Advocacy. Academic Medicine

Chapters in Books

  1. Social Determinants. Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control, 4th ed.

Hood, C. M., Pillai, P., & Lantz, P. (2016). The Social Determinants of Chronic Disease. InChronic Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control (4th ed.). Washington DC: APHA.

Monographs or Books

N/A

Technical Reports/Other Publications

  1. Dengue Virus Infections Among Travelers Returning from Haiti — Nebraska and Georgia, October 2010. MMWR 2011; 60(27):914-917. Co-lead author.

Abstracts

N/A

Invited Research Presentations

Local

  1. Pillai P, Adams A, Tandias A, Arndt B, Guilbert T, Hanrahan L. Surveillance for Pediatric Obesity by Using the University of Wisconsin Electronic Health Record-Public Health Information Exchange. 4th Annual Wisconsin Initiative for Prevention of Obesity and Diabetes (WIPOD) symposium, Madison, WI May 2012.

Regional

  1. Pillai P, Murphy L, Pederson K, Brock T, Katcher M. Evaluation of Wisconsin’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children Breastfeeding Peer- Counseling Program. 2012 Wisconsin WIC Conference, Middleton, WI June 2012.

National/International

  1. Pillai P, Murphy L, Pederson K, Brock T, Katcher M. Evaluation of Wisconsin’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children Breastfeeding Peer- Counseling Program. 2012 MCH Epidemiology Conference, San Antonio, TX December 2012.
  1. Pillai P, Sharp T, Buss B, Safranek T, Williams R, Leschinsky D, Bredthauer A, Anderson T, Collinson J, Vap T, Gabel J, Sotir M, Jentes E, Muñoz-Jordán J, Hunsperger E, Argüello D. Dengue Infections Among Travelers Returning from Haiti — Nebraska and Georgia, 2010. 60th Annual EIS Conference, Atlanta, GA April 2011; and 2011 Annual CSTE Conference, Pittsburgh, PA June 2011.
  1. Pillai P, Buss B, Safranek T. Prevention Strategies for the Perinatal Period Among Nebraska Birthing Facilities, 2010. 60th Annual EIS Conference, Atlanta, GA April 2011; and 2011 Annual CSTE Conference, Pittsburgh, PA June 2011.
  1. Pillai P, Williams M, O’Connell H, Brown-Elliott B, McNulty S, McGlasson M, Mann L, Vasireddy R, Wallace Jr. R, Buss B. Outbreak of Mycobacterium goodii Surgical Site Infections — Midwest Region, 2007–2009. The Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections, Atlanta, GA March 2010; and 59th Annual EIS Conference, Atlanta, GA April 2010.
  1. Pillai P, Buss B, Safranek T. Influenza Surveillance by Using Emergency Department Health Records — Nebraska, September 2009. 59th Annual EIS Conference, Atlanta,

GA April 2010; and 2010 Annual CSTE Conference, Portland, OR June 2010

Patents

N/A

EducationalActivities & Presentations

Classroom Teaching

2011-2015 Small Group Facilitator, Population Health Sciences 717: Principles of Population Medicine and Epidemiology (required sessions of PHS 717, 9 cases last 1-4 sessions; ~30-40 M1 students/group)

Topics include:

Outbreak investigation

Study Design

Principles of Screening

Community Health Assessment

Evidence-Based Public Health Programs

US and Global Health Systems

Healthcare Quality Improvement

Global Health

2012, 2014-Small Group Facilitator, Population Health Sciences 370: Introduction to Public present Health: Local to Global Perspectives (~15 undergraduate students/group)

Topics include:

Global Health

Infectious Disease

Chronic Disease

Injury Control

Environmental Health

Health Systems

Public Health in the News

2013-2015 Lecturer, Population Health Sciences 717: Principles of Population Medicine and Epidemiology. “Population Health and the Role of Physicians” (~175 M1 students)

2014-2017 Small Group Facilitator, Integrative cases (required curricular activity for M1/M2 students, which integrate basic science, clinical science and public health topics ~15-20 M1/M2 students/group)

Topics include:

Driving Under the Influence

Upstream from the Emergency Department

2014-presentLecturer, Preventive Medicine Didactic Rounds (Present on various preventive medicine-related topics to 2-4 residents)

Topics Include:

Principles of Screening

Key Concepts in Chronic Diseases

Breastfeeding Support Practices

Principles of Vaccination

Measles

Influenza

Travel Medicine

2015 Lecturer, Population Health Sciences 717: Principles of Population Medicine and Epidemiology. “Epidemiology and the Natural History of Disease” (~175 M1 students)

2015, 2016GuestLecturer, Physician Assistant Program 610: Clinical Prevention and Community Practice I. Overview of Epidemiology and Public Health (~30-40 PA students)

2015, 2016GuestLecturer, Medical Sciences 740: Overview of Rural Health. Community Health Needs Assessment: Listening to the Community and Taking Action” (~15-20 M1/M2 students and PA students)

2016GuestLecturer, Population Health Sciences 370: Introduction to Public Health: Local to Global Perspectives. Foodborne Illness (~300 undergraduate students)

Invited National Teaching Session:

2017Race in Medicine Webinar. AMSA Health Equity Week of Action. January 2017.

2016Lecturer, Patients, Professionalism and Public Health. Epidemiology and the Natural History of Disease (~175 M1 students)

2016Lecturer, Patients, Professionalism and Public Health. Introduction to Population Health (~175 M1 students)

2016Lecturer, Patients, Professionalism and Public Health. Portrayal of Race in Medical Education (~175 M1 students)

2016Guest Co-Speaker, Physician Assistant Program: Race-based Medicine (~40 students)

2016Small Group Facilitator, Healthcare Disparities Core Day Facilitator (required curricular activity for M3 students, ~15-20 M3 students/group)

Refereed Scholarly Presentations

State & Regional

  1. Petty E, Pillai P, Duerst B, Haq C, Snyder VL, Remington PL. UW-PRIME: An Innovative Three-Tiered Approach to Promote Medical and Physician Assistant Students' Knowledge and Skills in Public Health.2016 CGEA Meeting. Ann Arbor, MI. April 2016. Poster Presentation

National/International

  1. Pillai P, Ejebe I, Remington PL. An Innovative Program to Promote MD-MPH Dual Degree Education. Preventive Medicine 2014. New Orleans, LA. February 2014. Poster Presentation
  2. Pillai P, Duerst B, Navsaria D, Schreiner M, Siegenthaler D, Remington PL. Student Interest in and Perceived Barriers to the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health MD-MPH Dual Degree Program. 2015 Teaching Prevention (APTR) Charleston, SC. March 2015. Poster Presentation
  1. Pillai P, Remington PL. The Path of Distinction in Public Health: An Innovative Strategy to Promote Medical Student Education in Public Health. 2015 AAMCMedical Education Meeting. Baltimore MD. November 2015. Oral Presentation
  1. Pillai P, Schapiro R, Jones KF, Bagwell S, Mead SM. An Introduction to Community and Health: Building the Foundation for a Community Engagement Curriculum. 2017 Teaching Prevention (APTR) Savannah, GA. April 2017. Oral Presentation
  1. Guan W, Pillai P, Awoyinka L, Johnson M. Implementation of Nutrition and Physical Activity Programs by Wisconsin County Health Departments. 10th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation. Arlington, VA. December 2017 Poster Presentation

Non-refereed Scholarly Presentations

  1. Pillai P, Ejebe I, Remington PL. An Innovative Program to Promote MD-MPH Dual Degree Education. Medical Education Day, Madison, WI. May 2014. Poster Presentation
  1. Pillai P, Duerst B, Navsaria D, Schreiner M, Siegenthaler D, Remington PL. Student Interest in and Perceived Barriers to the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health MD-MPH Dual Degree Program. Medical Education Day, Madison, WI. May 2014. Poster Presentation
  1. Pillai P, Duffy M, Haq C, Remington PL, Seibert C. Introducing Health Professional Students to Community Engagement: Development of a Pilot Course. Medical Education Day, Madison, WI. May 2015. Poster Presentation
  1. Petty E, Pillai P, Duerst B, Haq C, Snyder VL, Remington PL. UW-PRIME: An Innovative Three-Tiered Approach to Promote Medical and Physician Assistant Students' Knowledge and Skills in Public Health.Medical Education Day, Madison, WI. May 2016. Poster Presentation
  1. Weiss D, Duerst B, Pillai P, Remington PL. Interprofessional Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health: Together We Can Achieve More. Medical Education Day, Madison, WI. May 2016. Poster Presentation
  1. Pillai P, Wheeler D, Augenbaugh W. Public Health Selectives Across Specialities: Ways to Jump In. Medical Education Day, Madison, WI. May 2016. Workshop Presentation

ServiceActivities

Departmental

2014-presentMaster of Public Health Program Promotions Committee

UWSMPH/Hospital

2013University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Curriculum Transformation Assessment Subcommittee Member

2014-2017UW SMPH Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee

2015University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Curriculum

Transformation Longitudinal Public Health Thread Co-Designer

2015 University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Curriculum

Transformation Integrated Block Design Team Member (Patients, Professionalism and Public Health)

2015-2016Medical Student Promotions Committee

2016-present Curriculum Content Subcommittee

2017-present Health Equity Curriculum Task Force (co-chair)

2018-present Diversity Inclusion Advocate

Community

N/A

Regional

N/A

National/International

2016 Association for Prevention Teaching and Research 2017 Annual Meeting Planning Committee

2015American College of Preventive Medicine, Council of Residency Program Directors- Standardized Action Plan (SAP) Task Force Member

OtherActivities

2015-2016Reviewer for MedEd Portal

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Parvathy Pillai, MD, MPH