Education
Ph.D. – Epidemiology, University of North Carolina
M.S. – Public Health, University of Utah
B.S. – Microbiology, Brigham Young University
Areas of Expertise
Infectious Disease
Thrombosis
Public Health Surveillance
Emergency Preparedness
Outbreak Investigations
Introduction
Dr. Wendelboe’s career goal is to improve population health outcomes by bridging academic and applied public health. He conducts epidemiological research and teaches and mentors students.
Credentials, Accreditations, and Awards
2022 Don J. Blair Friend of Medicine Award, OSMA
2021 Prevention in Practice Award, Physicians’ Campaign for a Health Oklahoma, OSMA
2020 Edward E. & Helen T. Bartless Foundation Chair in Public Health, OUHSC
2009 Achievement Medal, U.S. Public Health Service
Teaching Focus
Dr. Wendelboe has taught a number of courses on infectious disease epidemiology-related topics, such as infectious diseases of public health importance, public health disease surveillance, outbreak investigations, and transmission dynamics disease modeling. He ha also taught a course on foundational methods of epidemiology.
Research Overview
The overarching theme of Dr. Wendelboe’s research relates to methodological aspects of disease surveillance. Some specific diseases of interest include COVID-19, influenza, and venous thrombosis. Additional research interests include outbreak investigations, emergency preparedness, and community-based engagement often linked to public health disease surveillance.
Recent Books or Publications
Please view Dr. Wendelboe’s publications at
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/aaron.wendelboe.1/bibliography/public/
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AesehYYAAAAJ&hl=en
Fun Fact
A few years ago, Dr. Wendelboe learned to play guitar. This has been a fulfilling hobby that is completely different from my professional life.