
Sarah-Blythe Ballard MD PhD MPH (She/Her)
Aerospace Medicine, Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
U.S. Coast Guard/Physician Epidemiologist
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1 Eagle Rd., Building 1Alameda, CA 94501
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Summary
- Dr. Sarah-Blythe Ballard, MD, PhD, MPH, is a specialist in Preventive Medicine with subspecialties in Aerospace Medicine and Public Health & General Preventive Medicine. She completed her medical education at Emory University School of Medicine in 2006 and furthered her training with a residency and multiple advanced degrees at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her work experience includes roles with the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, International Medical Corps, US Navy Medicine, and the US Coast Guard. Dr. Ballard has authored several impactful publications, particularly in the realm of infectious diseases and vaccine efficacy. She served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer and has received notable honors such as the Fulbright Award and the NIH Fogarty Global Health Fellowship.
Education & Training
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthPhD, International Health - Global Disease Epidemiology & Control, 2011 - 2018
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthResidency, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 2011 - 2013
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthMPH, 2008 - 2010
Emory University School of MedicineClass of 2006
Certifications & Licensure
WI State Medical License 2008 - 2027
American Board of Preventive Medicine Aerospace Medicine
American Board of Preventive Medicine Public Health & General Preventive Medicine- American Society of Tropical Medicine & HygieneCTropMed (Certificate of Tropical Medicine & Travelers Health)
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fulbright Scholar US Department of State, 2014
- NIH Fogarty Global Health Fellow US Department of Health and Human Services, 2013
- Richard E. Luehrs Flight Surgeon of the Year Society of US Naval Flight Surgeons, 2010
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Post-Rotavirus Vaccine Enteropathogen Landscape.Sarah-Blythe Ballard, Robert H Gilman
Pediatrics in Review. 2023-03-01 - 22 citationsHigher-Dose Primaquine to Prevent Relapse ofMalaria.Nathália N Chamma-Siqueira, Suiane C Negreiros, Sarah-Blythe Ballard, Sâmela Farias, Sandro P Silva
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2022-03-31 - 22 citationsEnteropathogen Changes After Rotavirus Vaccine Scale-up.Sarah-Blythe Ballard, David Requena, Holger Mayta, Gerardo J Sanchez, Maria G Oyola-Lozada
Pediatrics. 2022-01-01
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
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