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Education & Training
Drexel UniversityPhysician Assistant, 2017 - 2019- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthMPH, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Cum Laude, 2014 - 2015
- Johns Hopkins UniversityBA, Public Health Studies, 2009 - 2013
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Wilbur W. Oaks and David Major Preceptorship Award Drexel University, 2019
- National Honors Society for Physician Assistants Drexel University, 2019
Professional Memberships
- American Public Health AssociationMember
- American Academy of Physician AssistantsMember
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 53 citationsBarriers and facilitators of hepatitis C treatment uptake among people who inject drugs enrolled in opioid treatment programs in Baltimore.Oluwaseun Falade-Nwulia, Risha Irvin, Alana Merkow, Mark S. Sulkowski, Alexander Niculescu
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 2019-01-30 - 77 citationsUnderstanding and addressing hepatitis C reinfection in the oral direct acting antiviral eraOluwaseun Falade-Nwulia, Mark S. Sulkowski, Alana Merkow, Carl A. Latkin, Shruti H. Mehta
Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 2018-03-01 - 8 citationsComputerized Tailored Interventions to Enhance Prevention and Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Among People Who Inject Drugs: Protocol for a Randomized Pilot Study.Ryan P. Westergaard, Shawnika J. Hull, Alana Merkow, Laura K. Stephens, Karli R Hochstatter
JMIR Research Protocols. 2016-01-22
Abstracts/Posters
- Hepatitis C knowledge and treatment uptake among PWID attending opioid treatment programsOluwaseun Falade-Nwulia, Alana Merkow, Alexander Niculescu, Carl Latkin, David Thomas, Kenneth Stoller, Mark Sulkowski, Risha Irvin, Shruti H. Mehta, Yngvild Olsen, American Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, 4/7/2017
Other
- Child death reviews in the context of child abuse fatalities- learning from international practice.Matthews, S., Abrahams, N., & Martin, L. (Merkow, A is a contributing author), Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town
http://www.childwatch.uio.no/news/2013/child-death-reviews-briefing-paper-june-2013.pdf
Cape Town, South Africa - 6/2013
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