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Personal History
Dr. Farag received his B.S in Biology from the College of William & Mary in Virginia. After working as a microbiologist at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Maryland and the U.S. Naval Medical Unit-3 in Cairo, he realized that his interests extended to population level research. He then went to study for his doctoral degree at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, were he conducted research on the infectious causes of anemia during pregnancy with his advisor, James Tielsch. He received his Ph.D. in International Health / Global Disease Epidemiology and Control in 2006, and went on to do a Postdoctoral Fellowship with Dr. Tielsch before coming to the Center for Vaccine Development in late 2007.
Dr. Farag has lived in the UK, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Tanzania and speaks English, Arabic, French and Swahili.
Research Interests
Dr. Farag's research interests are in the epidemiology infectious diseases in developing countries, with a particular focus on Helicobacter pylori and diarrheal diseases. He is also interested in time series analysis for the discovery and elucidation of sodiodemographic, climatic and economic factors that can affect the incidence of infectious diseases.
Publications
Farag TH, Faruque AS, Wu Y, Das SK, Hossain A, Ahmed S, Ahmed D, Nasrin D, Kotloff KL, Panchilangam S, Nataro JP, Cohen D, Blackwelder WC, Levine, M.M. Housefly Population Density Correlates with Shigellosis among Children in Mirzapur, Bangladesh: A Time Series Analysis. PLoS-NTD. 2013 (accepted).
Farag TH, Kotloff KL, Levine MM, Onwuchekwa U, van Eijk A, Doh S, Sow SO. Seeking Care for Pediatric Diarrheal Illness from Traditional Healers in Bamako, Mali. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2013 (in press).
Kotloff KL, Nataro JP, Blackwelder WC, Nasrin D, Farag TH, Panchalingham S, Wu Y, Sow SO, Sur D, Breiman RF, Faruque ASG, Zaidi AKM, Saha D, Alonso, PL, Tamboura B, Sanogo D, Onwuchekwa U, Manna B, Ramamurthy T, Kanugo S, Ochieng JB, Omore R, Oundo JO, Hossain A, Das SK, Ahmed S, Qureshi S, Quadri F, Adegbola RA, Antonio M, Hossain MJ, Akinsola A, Mandomando I, Nhampossa T, Acacio S, Biswas K, O'Reilly CE, Mintz ED, Berkeley LY, Muhsen K, Sommerfelt H, Robins-Browne RM, Levine LM. Burden and Etiology of Diarrheal Disease in Infants and Young Children in Developing Countries: The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS). Lancet. 2013 (in press).
Nasrin D, Wu Y, Blackwelder WC, Farag TH, Saha D, Sow SO, Alonso PL, Breiman RF, Sur D, Faruque ASG, Zaidi AKM, Biswas K, van Eijk A, Levine MM, Kotloff KL. Health Care-Seeking for Childhood Diarrhea in Developing Countries: Evidence from Seven Sites in Africa and Asia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2013 (in press).
Nhampossa T, Mandomando I, Acacio S, Nhalungo D, Sacoor C, Nhacolo A, Macete E, Nhabanga A, Quinto L, Kotloff K, Levine MM, Nasrin D, Farag TH, Bassat Q, Alonso P. Healthcare Utilization and Attitudes of Cases of Moderate to Severe Diarrhea among Children Aged 0-59 Months in the District of Manhica, Southern Mozambique. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2013 (in press).
Omore R, O'Reilly CE, Williamson J, Moke F, Were V, Farag TH, van Eijk A, Kotloff KL, Levine MM, Obor D, Odhiambo F, Vulule J, Laserson KF, Mintz ED, Breiman RF. Health Seeking Behavior during Childhood Diarrheal Illness: Results of Healthcare Utilization and Attitude Surveys of Caretakers in Western Kenya, 2007-2010. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2013 (in press).
Baker KK, Sow SO, Kotloff KL, Nataro JP, Farag TH, Tamboura B, Doumbia M, Sanogo D, Diarra D, O'Reilly CE, Mintz E, Panchalingam S, Wu Y, Blackwelder WC, Levine MM. Quality of Piped and Stored Water in Households with Children under Five Years of Age Enrolled in the Mali Site of the Global Enteric Multi-Center Study (GEMS). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2013. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2013 (accepted).
Farag TH, Nasrin D, Wu Y, Muhsen K, Blackwelder WC, Nataro JP, Kotloff KL, Levine MM. Some Epidemiologic, Clinical, Microbiologic and Organizational Assumptions that Influenced the Design and Performance of GEMS-1. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2012;55(Suppl 4) S225-31.
Kotloff KL, Blackwelder WC, Nasrin D, Nataro JP, Farag TH, van Eijk, A, Adegbola RA, Alonso PL, Breiman RF, Faruque AS, Saha D, Sow SO, Zaidi AK, Biswas K, Panchalingam S, Clemens JD, Cohen D, Glass RI, Mintz ED, Sommerfelt H, Levine MM. The Global Enterics Multicenter Study (GEMS) of Diarrheal Disease in Infants and Young Children in Developing Countries: Epidemiologic and Clinical Methods of the Case-Control Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2012;55(Suppl 4) S232-45.
Blackwelder WC, Biswas K, Kotloff KL, Farag TH, Nasrin D, Graubard BI, Sommerfelt H, Levine MM. Statistical Methods in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2112;55(Suppl 4) S246-53.
Sommerfelt H, Steinsland H, van der Merwe L, Blackwelder WC, Nasrin D, Farag TH, Kotloff KL, Levine MM, Gjessing HK. Case-Control Studies with Follow-Up: Constructing the Source Population to Estimate Effects of Risk Factors on Development, Disease and Survival. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2012;55(Suppl 4) S262-70.
Biswas K, Carty T, Horney R, Nasrin D, Farag TH, Kotloff K, Levine MM. Data Management and Other Logistical Challenges for the GEMS: The Data Coordinating Center Perspective. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2012;55(Suppl 4) S254-61.
Rheingans R, Kukla M, Adegbola R, Saha D, Breiman RF, Sow, SO, Nasrin D, Farag TH, Kotloff KL, Levine MM. Exploring Household Economic Impacts and Childhood Diarrheal Illnesses in Three African Settings. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2012;55(Suppl 4) S317-26.
Rheingans R, Kukla M, Faruque AS, Sur D, Zaidi A, Nasrin D, Farag TH, Levine MM, Kotloff KL. Determinants of Household Costs Associated with Childhood Diarrhea in Three South Asian Settings. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2012;55(Suppl 4) S327-35.
Levine MM and Farag TH. Invasive Salmonella infections and HIV in Northern Tanzania. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2011;52(3) 349-51.
Young SL, Khalfan SS, Farag TH, Justine KA, Said A, Haji HJ, Pelto G, Rasmussen K, Tielsch JM, Stoltzfus, RJ. Association of pica with anemia and gastrointestinal distress among pregnant women in Zanzibar, Tanzania. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2010;83(1).
Mullany LC, Faillace S, Tielsch JM, Stoltzfus RJ, Nygaard KE, Kavle JA, Farag TH, Haji HJ, Khalfan SS, Ali NS, Omar RS, Darmstadt GL. Incidence and risk factors for newborn umbilical cord infections on Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2009;28(6) 503-9.
Farag TH, Fahey JW, Khalfan SS, Tielsch JM. Diet as a factor in unexpectedly low prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2008;102(11) 1164-1165.
Young SL, Goodman D, Farag TH, Ali SM, Khatib MR, Khalfan SS, Tielsch JM, Stoltzfus RJ. Geophagia Is Not Associated with Trichuris or Hookworm Transmission on Pemba Island, Zanzibar. Transactions of The Royal society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2007;101(8) 766-772.
Farag TH, Stoltzfus SJ, Khalfan SS, Tielsch JM. Helicobacter pylori Infection Is Associated with Severe Anemia of Pregnancy on Pemba Island, Zanzibar. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2007;76 541-548.
Farag TH, Stoltzfus SJ, Khalfan SS, Tielsch JM. Unexpectedly Low Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2007;101(9) 915-922.