Kimberly Ma

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Titles and Organizations

Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Biodefense student

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About

B.A., Dartmouth College: Molecular Biology (2018)
B.A., Dartmouth College: Japanese (2018)
M.S., Georgetown University: Biohazardous Threat Agents and Emerging Infectious Diseases (2019)

Research Interests

Biosecurity; biodefense; countering bioterrorism; U.S. public health systems; health security; public health risk communications

Publications

Hawkins, Regina M, Kimberly Y Ma, Andrew D Pickett, Gerrit Bakker, Steven S Kipp, Alysia Mihalakos, and Paul E Petersen. “Reimagining Incident Management Systems for Public Health Responses.” Health Security 21, no. S1 (2023): S95–100.

Ma, Kimberly. “Public Health Position Available: Low Pay. Promise of Burnout and Harassment. Master’s Preferred.” Edited by Matt Field. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September 1, 2023. 

Ma, Kimberly. “Who Will Vaccinate People during the next Pandemic? The US Public Health Sector Is Falling Behind.” Edited by Matt Field. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, June 6, 2023. 

Ma, Kimberly. "The Intersection of Global Health Security, Social Justice, and Public Trust." In Policy Papers by Women of Color, Second Edition: CBRN Policy and Global Health Security, edited by Women of Color Advancing Peace & Security, 50-55. October, 2020. 

Ma, Kimberly, Sylvia Mishra, Kathryn Hewitt. "Breaking Barriers: Best Practices for the Advancement and Inclusion of Women in STEMM and National Security." CRDF Global, 2020. 

Cox, Andrew G, Allison Tsomides, Dean Yimlamai, Katie L Hwang, Joel Miesfeld, Giorgio G Galli, Brendan H Fowl, et al. “Yap Regulates Glucose Utilization and Sustains Nucleotide Synthesis to Enable Organ Growth.” The EMBO Journal 37, no. 22 (2018).