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.
Selected Recent Books or Publications
- Wendelboe AM, Chou AF, Naqvi O, Hollen H, Williams M, McGrew K, Li P, Harris T. Opioid and Other Drug Use and Drug-related Mortality as Indicators of Hepatitis C and Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Oklahoma. PLOS One. 2024 May; 19(5):e0301442. PMCID: PMC11081329.
- Wendelboe AM, Weitz J. Global Burden of Thrombosis with an Emphasis on Venous Thromboembolism. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024 May; 44(5):1007- PMID: 38657032.
- Westbrook G, Hollen H, Naqvi O, Wendelboe A, Neuwald S, Tomasko M, Hann N, Cox G, McFerron P. Achieving a Healthy Oklahoma: Cross-sector Cooperation to Improve Public Health Preparedness and Pandemic Response. Health Secur. 2023; 21(5):358-370. PMID: 37581881.
- Wendelboe A, Saber I, Dvorak J, Adamski A, Feland N, Reyes N, Abe K, Ortel T, Raskob GE. Exploring the Applicability of Using Natural Language Processing to Support Nationwide Venous Thromboembolism Surveillance: Model Evaluation Study. JMIR Bioinform Biotechnol. 2022; 3(1):e36877. PMCID: PMC10193259.
- Khadka K, Adesigbin K, Beetch J, Kuhn K, Wendelboe A. The Epidemiology of COVID-19 by Race/Ethnicity in Oklahoma City-County, Oklahoma—March 12, 2020–May 31, 2021. 2022 Jul; 19(14):8571. PMCID: PMC9316515.
Fun Fact
A few years ago, I learned to play guitar. This has been a fulfilling hobby that is completely different from my professional life.