Rebecca Fielding-miller

Title(s)Assistant Adjunct Professor, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health & Human Longevity Science
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    Emory University, Atlanta, United StatesPhD2015Behavioral Sciences and Health Education
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, United StatesMSPH2010International Health
    University of California, DavisBA2005Comparative Literature
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    UCSD Anti-racist pedagogy learning community2021  - 2022Changemaker Fellow
    UCSD Bachelors of Science in Public Health2021Golden Apple Excellence in Teaching Award
    UCSD Office of Undergraduate Research2021Outstanding Mentor

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    My research examines structural drivers of infectious disease and gender-based violence in the United States and sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on the intersection of race, gender, and economic inequality. I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in South Africa from 2006-2008 and as a Fulbright Scholar in Swaziland in 2013-2014.

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    Addressing sexual harassment and violence at the University of Eswatini
    Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2023
    Role: PI
    Safer at School Early Alert
    NICHD U01HD108787Jan 7, 2022 - Dec 31, 2023
    Role: PI
    Experiences of secondary trauma among study staff for HIV and GBV related research in low and middle-income countries.
    Fordham University Research Ethics Training Institute Fellowship Jul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2019
    Building the evidence base to understand and prevent campus sexual assault in Swaziland
    World Bank / Sexual Violence Research Initiative Jun 1, 2017 - Jun 1, 2019
    Role: Primary Investigator
    Social-structural and spatial determinants of HIV testing and linkage to care among high risk women in Tanzania
    NIH K01MH112436May 24, 2017 - Apr 30, 2022
    Role: Co-Investigator

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    1. Wastewater sequencing reveals early cryptic SARS-CoV-2 variant transmission. Nature. 2022 09; 609(7925):101-108. Karthikeyan S, Levy JI, De Hoff P, Humphrey G, Birmingham A, Jepsen K, Farmer S, Tubb HM, Valles T, Tribelhorn CE, Tsai R, Aigner S, Sathe S, Moshiri N, Henson B, Mark AM, Hakim A, Baer NA, Barber T, Belda-Ferre P, Chacón M, Cheung W, Cresini ES, Eisner ER, Lastrella AL, Lawrence ES, Marotz CA, Ngo TT, Ostrander T, Plascencia A, Salido RA, Seaver P, Smoot EW, McDonald D, Neuhard RM, Scioscia AL, Satterlund AM, Simmons EH, Abelman DB, Brenner D, Bruner JC, Buckley A, Ellison M, Gattas J, Gonias SL, Hale M, Hawkins F, Ikeda L, Jhaveri H, Johnson T, Kellen V, Kremer B, Matthews G, McLawhon RW, Ouillet P, Park D, Pradenas A, Reed S, Riggs L, Sanders A, Sollenberger B, Song A, White B, Winbush T, Aceves CM, Anderson C, Gangavarapu K, Hufbauer E, Kurzban E, Lee J, Matteson NL, Parker E, Perkins SA, Ramesh KS, Robles-Sikisaka R, Schwab MA, Spencer E, Wohl S, Nicholson L, McHardy IH, Dimmock DP, Hobbs CA, Bakhtar O, Harding A, Mendoza A, Bolze A, Becker D, Cirulli ET, Isaksson M, Schiabor Barrett KM, Washington NL, Malone JD, Schafer AM, Gurfield N, Stous S, Fielding-Miller R, Garfein RS, Gaines T, Anderson C, Martin NK, Schooley R, Austin B, MacCannell DR, Kingsmore SF, Lee W, Shah S, McDonald E, Yu AT, Zeller M, Fisch KM, Longhurst C, Maysent P, Pride D, Khosla PK, Laurent LC, Yeo GW, Andersen KG, Knight R. PMID: 35798029; PMCID: PMC9433318.
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    2. Sentinel Cards Provide Practical SARS-CoV-2 Monitoring in School Settings. mSystems. 2022 08 30; 7(4):e0010922. Cantú VJ, Sanders K, Belda-Ferre P, Salido RA, Tsai R, Austin B, Jordan W, Asudani M, Walster A, Magallanes CG, Valentine H, Manjoonian A, Wijaya C, Omaleki V, Aigner S, Baer NA, Betty M, Castro-Martínez A, Cheung W, De Hoff P, Eisner E, Hakim A, Lastrella AL, Lawrence ES, Ngo TT, Ostrander T, Plascencia A, Sathe S, Smoot EW, Carlin AF, Yeo GW, Laurent LC, Manlutac AL, Fielding-Miller R, Knight R. PMID: 35703436; PMCID: PMC9426498.
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    3. Implementation of Practical Surface SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance in School Settings. mSystems. 2022 08 30; 7(4):e0010322. Cantú VJ, Belda-Ferre P, Salido RA, Tsai R, Austin B, Jordan W, Asudani M, Walster A, Magallanes CG, Valentine H, Manjoonian A, Wijaya C, Omaleki V, Sanders K, Aigner S, Baer NA, Betty M, Castro-Martínez A, Cheung W, Crescini ES, De Hoff P, Eisner E, Hakim A, Kapadia B, Lastrella AL, Lawrence ES, Ngo TT, Ostrander T, Sathe S, Seaver P, Smoot EW, Carlin AF, Yeo GW, Laurent LC, Manlutac AL, Fielding-Miller R, Knight R. PMID: 35703437; PMCID: PMC9426517.
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    4. SARS-CoV-2 Distribution in Residential Housing Suggests Contact Deposition and Correlates with Rothia sp. mSystems. 2022 Jun 28; 7(3):e0141121. Cantú VJ, Salido RA, Huang S, Rahman G, Tsai R, Valentine H, Magallanes CG, Aigner S, Baer NA, Barber T, Belda-Ferre P, Betty M, Bryant M, Casas Maya M, Castro-Martínez A, Chacón M, Cheung W, Crescini ES, De Hoff P, Eisner E, Farmer S, Hakim A, Kohn L, Lastrella AL, Lawrence ES, Morgan SC, Ngo TT, Nouri A, Plascencia A, Ruiz CA, Sathe S, Seaver P, Shwartz T, Smoot EW, Ostrander RT, Valles T, Yeo GW, Laurent LC, Fielding-Miller R, Knight R. PMID: 35575492; PMCID: PMC9239251.
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    5. Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugee communities in San Diego, California: A participatory action research cross-sectional study. SSM Popul Health. 2022 Jun; 18:101110. McDougal L, Erikat J, Yusufi H, Sahid R, Streuli S, Fielding-Miller R. PMID: 35531469; PMCID: PMC9054704.
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    6. Student, Staff, and Faculty Perspectives on Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence on 3 Public University Campuses: Protocol for the UC Speaks Up Study and Preliminary Results. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Apr 05; 11(4):e31189. Wagman JA, Amabile C, Sumstine S, Park E, Boyce S, Silverman J, Fielding-Miller R, Oaks L, Swendeman D. PMID: 35380114; PMCID: PMC9019617.
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    7. Wastewater sequencing uncovers early, cryptic SARS-CoV-2 variant transmission. medRxiv. 2022 Apr 04. Karthikeyan S, Levy JI, De Hoff P, Humphrey G, Birmingham A, Jepsen K, Farmer S, Tubb HM, Valles T, Tribelhorn CE, Tsai R, Aigner S, Sathe S, Moshiri N, Henson B, Mark AM, Hakim A, Baer NA, Barber T, Belda-Ferre P, Chacón M, Cheung W, Cresini ES, Eisner ER, Lastrella AL, Lawrence ES, Marotz CA, Ngo TT, Ostrander T, Plascencia A, Salido RA, Seaver P, Smoot EW, McDonald D, Neuhard RM, Scioscia AL, Satterlund AM, Simmons EH, Abelman DB, Brenner D, Bruner JC, Buckley A, Ellison M, Gattas J, Gonias SL, Hale M, Hawkins F, Ikeda L, Jhaveri H, Johnson T, Kellen V, Kremer B, Matthews G, McLawhon RW, Ouillet P, Park D, Pradenas A, Reed S, Riggs L, Sanders A, Sollenberger B, Song A, White B, Winbush T, Aceves CM, Anderson C, Gangavarapu K, Hufbauer E, Kurzban E, Lee J, Matteson NL, Parker E, Perkins SA, Ramesh KS, Robles-Sikisaka R, Schwab MA, Spencer E, Wohl S, Nicholson L, Mchardy IH, Dimmock DP, Hobbs CA, Bakhtar O, Harding A, Mendoza A, Bolze A, Becker D, Cirulli ET, Isaksson M, Barrett KMS, Washington NL, Malone JD, Schafer AM, Gurfield N, Stous S, Fielding-Miller R, Garfein RS, Gaines T, Anderson C, Martin NK, Schooley R, Austin B, MacCannell DR, Kingsmore SF, Lee W, Shah S, McDonald E, Yu AT, Zeller M, Fisch KM, Longhurst C, Maysent P, Pride D, Khosla PK, Laurent LC, Yeo GW, Andersen KG, Knight R. PMID: 35411350; PMCID: PMC8996633.
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    8. SARS-CoV-2 Distribution in Residential Housing Suggests Contact Deposition and Correlates with Rothia sp. medRxiv. 2021 Dec 07. Cantú VJ, Salido RA, Huang S, Rahman G, Tsai R, Valentine H, Magallanes CG, Aigner S, Baer NA, Barber T, Belda-Ferre P, Betty M, Bryant M, Maya MC, Castro-Martínez A, Chacón M, Cheung W, Crescini ES, De Hoff P, Eisner E, Farmer S, Hakim A, Kohn L, Lastrella AL, Lawrence ES, Morgan SC, Ngo TT, Nouri A, Ostrander RT, Plascencia A, Ruiz CA, Sathe S, Seaver P, Shwartz T, Smoot EW, Valles T, Yeo GW, Laurent LC, Fielding-Miller R, Knight R. PMID: 34909793; PMCID: PMC8669860.
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    9. Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 RNA Persistence across Indoor Surface Materials Reveals Best Practices for Environmental Monitoring Programs. mSystems. 2021 Dec 21; 6(6):e0113621. Salido RA, Cantú VJ, Clark AE, Leibel SL, Foroughishafiei A, Saha A, Hakim A, Nouri A, Lastrella AL, Castro-Martínez A, Plascencia A, Kapadia BK, Xia B, Ruiz CA, Marotz CA, Maunder D, Lawrence ES, Smoot EW, Eisner E, Crescini ES, Kohn L, Franco Vargas L, Chacón M, Betty M, Machnicki M, Wu MY, Baer NA, Belda-Ferre P, De Hoff P, Seaver P, Ostrander RT, Tsai R, Sathe S, Aigner S, Morgan SC, Ngo TT, Barber T, Cheung W, Carlin AF, Yeo GW, Laurent LC, Fielding-Miller R, Knight R. PMID: 34726486; PMCID: PMC8562474.
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    10. Wastewater and surface monitoring to detect COVID-19 in elementary school settings: The Safer at School Early Alert project. medRxiv. 2021 Oct 20. Fielding-Miller R, Karthikeyan S, Gaines T, Garfein RS, Salido R, Cantu V, Kohn L, Martin NK, Wijaya C, Flores M, Omaleki V, Majnoonian A, Gonzalez-Zuniga P, Nguyen M, Vo AV, Le T, Duong D, Hassani A, Dahl A, Tweeten S, Jepsen K, Henson B, Hakim A, Birmingham A, Mark AM, Nasamran CA, Rosenthal SB, Moshiri N, Fisch KM, Humphrey G, Farmer S, Tubb HM, Valles T, Morris J, Kang J, Khaleghi B, Young C, Akel AD, Eilert S, Eno J, Curewitz K, Laurent LC, Rosing T, SEARCH, Knight R. PMID: 34704096; PMCID: PMC8547528.
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    11. Comparison of heat-inactivated and infectious SARS-CoV-2 across indoor surface materials shows comparable RT-qPCR viral signal intensity and persistence. bioRxiv. 2021 Jul 19. Salido RA, Cantú VJ, Clark AE, Leibel SL, Foroughishafiei A, Saha A, Hakim A, Nouri A, Lastrella AL, Castro-Martínez A, Plascencia A, Kapadia B, Xia B, Ruiz C, Marotz CA, Maunder D, Lawrence ES, Smoot EW, Eisner E, Crescini ES, Kohn L, Franco Vargas L, Chacón M, Betty M, Machnicki M, Wu MY, Baer NA, Belda-Ferre P, De Hoff P, Seaver P, Ostrander RT, Tsai R, Sathe S, Aigner S, Morgan SC, Ngo TT, Barber T, Cheung W, Carlin AF, Yeo GW, Laurent LC, Fielding-Miller R, Knight R. PMID: 34312621; PMCID: PMC8312891.
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    12. Emotional distress among frontline research staff. Soc Sci Med. 2021 07; 281:114101. Nguyen M, Goldsamt L, Mazibuko N, Zondo S, Fielding-Miller R. PMID: 34120087.
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    13. Relative Risk of Intimate Partner Violence According to Access to Instrumental Social Support Among Pregnant Women in Eswatini Whose Partners Do and Do Not Drink Alcohol. J Interpers Violence. 2022 07; 37(13-14):NP12671-NP12684. Fielding-Miller R, Barker K, Wagman J. PMID: 33601969.
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    14. Exploring intimate partner violence among pregnant Eswatini women seeking antenatal care: How agency and food security impact violence-related outcomes. Glob Public Health. 2020 Nov 26; 1-11. Bloom BE, Wagman JA, Dunkle K, Fielding-Miller R. PMID: 33242387.
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    15. Social determinants of COVID-19 mortality at the county level. PLoS One. 2020; 15(10):e0240151. Fielding-Miller RK, Sundaram ME, Brouwer K. PMID: 33052932; PMCID: PMC7556498.
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    16. Social determinants of COVID-19 mortality at the county level. medRxiv. 2020 Jul 01. Fielding-Miller RK, Sundaram ME, Brouwer K. PMID: 32637976; PMCID: PMC7340202.
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    17. Gender, justice and empowerment: creating the world we want to see. Cult Health Sex. 2020 04; 22(sup1):1-12. Fielding-Miller R, Hatcher AM, Wagman J, Swendeman D, Upadhyay UD. PMID: 32723225; PMCID: PMC8155812.
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    18. The Interaction of Race and Gender as a Significant Driver of Racial Arrest Disparities for African American Men. J Urban Health. 2020 02; 97(1):112-122. Fielding-Miller R, Cooper HLF, Caslin S, Raj A. PMID: 30547363; PMCID: PMC7010881.
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    19. Epidemiology of Campus Sexual Assault Among University Women in Eswatini. J Interpers Violence. 2021 11; 36(21-22):NP11238-NP11263. Fielding-Miller R, Shabalala F, Masuku S, Raj A. PMID: 31738110; PMCID: PMC7231640.
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    20. Obligations of motherhood in shaping sex work, condom use, and HIV care among Swazi female sex workers living with HIV. Afr J AIDS Res. 2019 Sep; 18(3):254-257. Parmley L, Fielding-Miller R, Mnisi Z, Kennedy CE. PMID: 31333060; PMCID: PMC7182034.
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    21. Disrupting gender norms in health systems: making the case for change. Lancet. 2019 Jun 22; 393(10190):2535-2549. Hay K, McDougal L, Percival V, Henry S, Klugman J, Wurie H, Raven J, Shabalala F, Fielding-Miller R, Dey A, Dehingia N, Morgan R, Atmavilas Y, Saggurti N, Yore J, Blokhina E, Huque R, Barasa E, Bhan N, Kharel C, Silverman JG, Raj A, Gender Equality, Norms, and Health Steering Committee. PMID: 31155270; PMCID: PMC7233290.
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    22. A scoping review on the role of masculine norms in men's engagement in the HIV care continuum in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS Care. 2019 11; 31(11):1435-1446. Sileo KM, Fielding-Miller R, Dworkin SL, Fleming PJ. PMID: 30909724.
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    23. What Role Do Masculine Norms Play in Men's HIV Testing in Sub-Saharan Africa?: A Scoping Review. AIDS Behav. 2018 Aug; 22(8):2468-2479. Sileo KM, Fielding-Miller R, Dworkin SL, Fleming PJ. PMID: 29777420; PMCID: PMC6459015.
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    24. Constrained relationship agency as the risk factor for intimate partner violence in different models of transactional sex. Afr J AIDS Res. 2017 Dec; 16(4):283-293. Fielding-Miller R, Dunkle K. PMID: 29132281; PMCID: PMC5878059.
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    25. Agency as a mediator in the pathway from transactional sex to HIV among pregnant women in Swaziland: a multigroup path analysis. J Int AIDS Soc. 2017 Jul 18; 20(1):21554. Fielding-Miller R, Dunkle KL, Hadley C, Cooper HL, Windle M. PMID: 28692210; PMCID: PMC5577635.
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    26. Using Qualitative Methods to Validate and Contextualize Quantitative Findings: A Case Study of Research on Sexual Behavior and Gender-Based Violence Among Young Swazi Women. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2016 09 28; 4(3):373-83. Ruark A, Fielding-Miller R. PMID: 27688715; PMCID: PMC5042694.
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    27. The gender dimensions of social networks and help-seeking behaviors of young adults in Soweto, South Africa. Glob Health Action. 2016; 9:31138. Meagley K, Schriver B, Geary RS, Fielding-Miller R, Stein AD, Dunkle KL, Norris SA. PMID: 27265147; PMCID: PMC4911713.
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    28. The feminine ideal and transactional sex: Navigating respectability and risk in Swaziland. Soc Sci Med. 2016 06; 158:24-33. Fielding-Miller R, Dunkle KL, Jama-Shai N, Windle M, Hadley C, Cooper HL. PMID: 27107148; PMCID: PMC4875790.
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    29. Blacks face higher risk of drug arrests in White neighborhoods. Int J Drug Policy. 2016 06; 32:100-3. Fielding-Miller R, Davidson P, Raj A. PMID: 27129793; PMCID: PMC4899119.
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    30. Cultural consensus modeling to measure transactional sex in Swaziland: Scale building and validation. Soc Sci Med. 2016 Jan; 148:25-33. Fielding-Miller R, Dunkle KL, Cooper HL, Windle M, Hadley C. PMID: 26647365; PMCID: PMC4698209.
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    31. "There is hunger in my community": a qualitative study of food security as a cyclical force in sex work in Swaziland. BMC Public Health. 2014 Jan 25; 14:79. Fielding-Miller R, Mnisi Z, Adams D, Baral S, Kennedy C. PMID: 24460989; PMCID: PMC3905928.
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    32. "They are human beings, they are Swazi": intersecting stigmas and the positive health, dignity and prevention needs of HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Swaziland. J Int AIDS Soc. 2013 Dec 02; 16 Suppl 3:18749. Kennedy CE, Baral SD, Fielding-Miller R, Adams D, Dludlu P, Sithole B, Fonner VA, Mnisi Z, Kerrigan D. PMID: 24321112; PMCID: PMC3852123.
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    33. Parental relationship satisfaction in French young adults associated with alcohol abuse and dependence. Addict Behav. 2012 Mar; 37(3):313-7. Surkan PJ, Fielding-Miller R, Melchior M. PMID: 22088856; PMCID: PMC7410525.
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