Division Chief, Global Child Health
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Global Health & Diseases and Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Medical Director, Cuyahoga County Board of Health
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Research Interests:
Childhood tuberculosis, Global health, Public health, Epidemiology

Committees/Memberships:
Ohio Pediatric Disaster Preparedness Committee, 2007-present
American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on International Health, Executive Committee Member, 2005-present
Ambulatory Pediatric Association, International Health Special Interest Group, Steering Committee 2005-present
North East Ohio, Public Health Medical Advisory Group, 2002-present
Greater Cleveland Lead Council, Medical Advisory Group, 2001-present

Publications:
Mandalakas A, Kirchner H, Zhu X, Yeo KT, Starke J.  Interpretation of repeat tuberculin skin testing in international adoptees: conversion or boosting. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2008 Oct, in press.

LaBeaud A, Gorman A, Koonce J, Kippes C, McLeod J, Lynch J, Gallagher T, King C, Mandalakas A. Rapid GIS-based profiling of West Nile virus transmission: defining environmental factors associated with an urban-suburban outbreak in Northeast Ohio, USA. Geospatial Health. 2008 May; 2(2):215-225.

Mandalakas A, Hesseling A, Chegou N, Kirchner H, Zhu X, Marais B, Black G, Beyers N, Walzl G.  High Rate of Discordant Interferon-Gamma Release Assays in HIV-infected Adults and Children. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2008 Apr; 12(4):417-23.

Mandalakas A, Kirchner HL, Iverson S, Chesney M, Spencer M, Sidler A, Johnson D.  Predictors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in International Adoptees. Pediatrics. 2007 Sep; 120(3):e610-6.

LaBeaud D, Kippes C, Kile J, King C, Mandalakas A. Exposure to West Nile virus during the 2002 epidemic in Cuyahoga County, Ohio: a comparison of pediatric and adult behaviors. Public Health Rep. 2007 May-June; 122:356-361.

World Health Organization, Childhood TB Sub-group (including A Mandalakas). A research agenda for childhood tuberculosis. Geneva. WHO. 2007.

Presentations:
Yeo K, Kirchner L, Zhu X, Mandalakas A: Candida Skin Testing Is a Poor Adjunct to Tuberculin Skin Testing Among International Adoptees. Annual meeting. Pediatric Academic Societies, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2008.

Verla-Tebit E, Zhu X, Mandalakas A: The Predictive Value of Immunization Records in Internationally Adopted Children. Annual meeting. Pediatric Academic Societies, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2008.

Hysing R, Mandalakas A, Kippes C, Allan T. Evaluation of Six Statewide Trainings on the Special Needs of Children in Disasters. National Association of City and County Health Officials, Atlanta, Georgia. February 2008.