Biography
Steph Bellman is a 7th year MD/PhD student currently in the graduate phase of training. She is in the Environmental Health Science PhD Program at Rollins School of Public Health co-advised by Dr. Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec and Dr. Anne Piantadosi. Her research centers around characterizing the ecology and epidemiology of Heartland virus, an emerging tick-borne virus, in Georgia.
Areas of Interest
- Emerging Infectious Disease
- One Health
- Climate and Health
- Disease Ecology
- Genomics
Affiliations & Activities
- Vice President of MD/PhD Student Association (2021-2022)
- Secretary and Social Chair of Doctoral Students of Environmental Health (2021-2022)
- Allied Health Liaison for the Medical Student Senate (2018)
- President of Emory Healthcare Against Human Trafficking (2017-2018)
Education
- Bachelor’s of Science (Molecular and Cellular Biology) 2017, Auburn University
- Bachelor’s of Science (Animal Sciences) 2017, Auburn University
Publications
- Romer Y, Adcock K, Wei Z, Mead D, Kirstein O, Bellman S, Piantadosi A, Kitron U, Vazquez-Prokopec G. Isolation of Heartland Virus from Lone Star Ticks, Georgia, USA, 2019. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 28(4), 786-792. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2804.211540.
- Babiker A, Martin MA, Marvil C, Bellman S, Petit RA, Bradley HL, Stittleburg VD, Ingersoll J, Kraft CS, Read TD, Waggoner JJ, Koelle K, Piantadosi A. Unrecognized introductions of SARS-CoV-2 into the state of Georgia shaped the early epidemic. Virus Evol. 2022;8(1):veac011. doi:10.1093/ve/veac011
- Morris, E, Voltaire, C, Goodall, H, Rabin, B, Densen, S, Peters, N, Gray, B, Bennett, M, Bellman, S, Laney, E, McCallum, M, Johnson, T, Lazris, D, Edelson, C, & Philipsborn, RP. Reflections from medical education in the climate crisis. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2021;51(6):101030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cppeds.2021.101030