InForMID
Tufts Initiative for the Forecasting and Modeling of Infectious Diseases
InForMID
Tufts Initiative for the Forecasting and Modeling of Infectious Diseases

Meghan Hartwick| MS, PhD

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Education
• PhD Candidate, 2019, Molecular and Evolutionary Systems Biology, University of New Hampshire
• Guest Graduate Student, 2019, University Diponegoro, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
• Guest Graduate Student, 2012-2014, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
• Guest Graduate Student, 2012-2014, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
• MS, 2012, Conservation Medicine, Tufts University
• BFA, 2002, Fine Arts/Dance, New York University

Research Interests
• Modeling the ecology and evolution of emerging infectious pathogens
• Global food security and environmental conservation
• Multidisciplinary and integrated approaches to pandemic prevention through One Health

Research Highlights

Hartwick MA, Urquhart EA, Whistler CA, Cooper VS, Naumova EN, Jones SH (2019). Forecasting seasonal Vibrio parahaemolyticus concentrations in New England shellfish. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16(22): 4341.

Hartwick MA, Jones SJ (2019). Seasonality Highlights Trends and Conditions Associated with Shellfish-Borne Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Joint Statistical Association Meeting, American Statistical Association. Denver, CO.

Hartwick MA, Jones SJ (2018). Ecological dynamics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in a New England Estuary. Annual Meeting of the Planetary Health Alliance, Planetary Health Alliance. Edinburgh, Scotland.

Cruz MS, Alarcon Falconi TM, Hartwick MA, Venkat A, Ehrlich HY, Anandan S, Ward HD, Veeraraghavan B, Naumova EN (2017). From hospitalization records to surveillance: The use of local patient profiles to characterize cholera in Vellore, India. PLoS One 12(8): e0182642

de Quirós YB, Hartwick MA, Rotstein DS, Garner MG, Bogomolni A, Greer W, Niemeyer ME, Early G, Wenzel F, Moore M (2018). Discrimination between bycatch and other causes of cetacean and pinniped stranding. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 127(2).

Leadership
  • Field Supervisor of Vibrio Surveillance for the Great Bay Estuary, UNH, 2014-present
  • Lead Data Scientist, The Northeast Loon Working Group, 2012 -present
  • Assistant Supervisor, Sunday Day Crew, The Marine Mammal Center, 2008-2011
  • Public Education and Animal Care Manager, The San Francisco Zoo, 2008-2009
  • Wilderness Medical First Responder and Trip Leader, Adventures Cross Country, 2005
  • Wilderness Medical First Responder and Trip Leader, AmeriCorps, Student Conservation Association and National Forest Service, 2003
Honors and Awards
  • 3MT Finalist, UNH, 2019
  • Graduate Research/ Scholarship/Creativity Award Nominee, UNH, 2019
  • Student Teaching Award Fellowship, UNH, 2017
  • Marine Biology Program Grant, UNH, 2016
  • UNH Graduate School Travel Funds, 2015-2019
  • Marine School Travel Funds, UNH, 2015-2018
  • TIE Travel Grant, Tufts University, 2012
Teaching Experience
  • The Human Microbiome. Undergraduate course, UNH, Teaching Assistant (Spring 2017)
  • General Microbiology. Undergraduate course, UNH, General Microbiology (Spring 2017)
  • Microbes in Human Disease. Undergraduate course, UNH (Fall 2015, Fall 2016)
Professional Experience
  • Research Assistant, Stranding and Necropsy Technician, International Fund for Animal Welfare and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Yarmouth Port, MA, 2012- 2013.
  • Histology Technologist. St. Joseph’s Hospital, Nashua, NH. 2011-2013
  • Histology Technologist. St. Mary’s Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, 2010- 2011
  • Veterinary Assistant, Northern Peninsula Veterinary Emergency, San Mateo, CA. 2009-2011
  • Histology Technologist. Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA. 2008-2009
  • Histology Technologist. Northern Diagnostic Pathology, Redding CA. 2005-2008
Publications and Presentations

Publications:

Presentations:

  • Hartwick MA, Jones SJ (2019). Seasonality Highlights Trends and Conditions Associated with Shellfish-Borne Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Joint Statistical Association Meeting, Denver, CO (Oral Presentation)
  • Hartwick MA, Jones SJ (2019). Integrating the Seasonal Ecology of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Into Risk Characterization in Oysters. World Aquaculture Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. (Oral Presentation).
  • Hartwick MA, Pokras M (2019). The Northeast Loon Mortality Data Project. Northeast Loon Society Working Group Annual Meeting, Moultonborough, NH (Oral Presentation).
  • Hartwick MA, Jones SJ (2018). Ecological Dynamics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in a New England Estuary. Annual Meeting of the Planetary Health Alliance, Edinburgh, Scotland (Poster Presentation)
  • Hartwick MA, Jones SJ (2018). Ecological Models for Improved Management of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Risk in the Great Bay Estuary. NH Water & Watershed Conference, Plymouth, NH (Oral Presentation)
  • Hartwick MA, Urquhart EA, Whistler CA, Cooper VS, Jones SJ (2017). Applying Modeling to Identify Conditions that Contribute to Vibrio parahaemolyticus. International Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety, Galway, Ireland. (Oral Presentation)
  • Hartwick MA, Jones SJ (2016). Vibrio parahaemolyticus Population Dynamics Within an Estuarine Microbial Community. International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Montreal, Canada (Poster Presentation).
  • Hartwick MA, Jones SJ (2015). Vibrio Ecology and Dynamics in the Great Bay Estuary. SMSOE Graduate Research Symposium, University of New Hampshire. Durham, NH (Poster Presentation)
  • Hartwick MA, Jones SJ, Urquhart E, Whistler CA, Cooper VS, Jones SJ (2015). The Role of Plankton in Vibrio parahaemolyticus Ecology in a New England Estuary. American Society of Microbiology, New Orleans, LA. (Poster Presentation).
  • Hartwick MA, Anandan S, Kumar N, Ehrlich H, Venkat A, Antonisami E, Naumova EN, Veeraraghavan B (2015). Vibrio cholerae Surveillance and Universal Challenges in Source Tracking: A Case Study from Vellore, India. Freeman Epidemiology Symposium, Harvard University. Cambridge, MA . (Poster Presentation).
  • Hartwick MA, Anandan S, Veeraraghavan B (2014). Characterizing Patterns of Clinical and Environmental Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 through Novel Integrated Surveillance. American Society of Microbiology, Boston, Massachusetts. (Poster Presentation).
  • Hartwick MA, Anandan S, Veeraraghavan B, Naumova EN (2013). Surveillance Design for Vibrio cholerae in the Aquatic Environment of Vellore, India. Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Washington, D.C. (Poster Presentation).
  • Hartwick MA (2012). Increased Disease and Environmental Degradation: The Impact of Agricultural Pollution on Human and Wildlife Health. Oceans and Human Health, Gordon Research Conference, University of New England, Maine
  • Harwick MA (2018). How Do We Use Genomics to Define Populations? Guest Seminar, Ecology and Conservation Biology, Tufts University.
  • Hartwick MA (2017). Can genomics improve how we study the ecology of Vibrio parahaemolyticus? Guest Seminar, Keene State College