Amyn Malik, M.P.H., Ph.D., M.B.B.S.

Assistant Professor

School: School of Public Health
Department: Public Health

Biography

I am an infectious disease epidemiologist with research interests in COVID-19, Child Health, Drug Susceptible and Drug Resistant TB, Pediatric TB, contact tracing, and provision of TB preventive treatment. I have published extensively on these topics in peer-reviewed journals. I have also been part of implementing several global health research and delivery programs including grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the Stop TB Partnership.

I received my medical degree (MBBS) from the Aga Khan University in Pakistan, a Master of Public Health (MPH) from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a doctoral degree (PhD) in Epidemiology from Emory University and postdoctoral training from Yale Institute for Global Health.

Education

Undergraduate: Aga Khan University (2010), Surgery
Graduate School: Emory University (2019), Epidemiology

Research Interest

Child Health
COVID-19
Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis
Vaccine and Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Publications

Featured Publications

Pharmacokinetics and Optimal Dosing of Levofloxacin in Children for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis.: White YN, Solans BP, Denti P, van der Laan LE, Schaaf HS, Vonasek B, Malik AA, Draper HR, Hussain H, Hesseling AC, Garcia-Prats AJ, Savic RM, Clin Infect Dis 2024 Feb
Environmental surveillance for COVID-19 using SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentration in wastewater - a study in District East, Karachi, Pakistan.: Ansari N, Kabir F, Khan W, Khalid F, Malik AA, Warren JL, Mehmood U, Kazi AM, Yildirim I, Tanner W, Kalimuddin H, Kanwar S, Aziz F, Memon A, Alam MM, Ikram A, Meschke JS, Jehan F, Omer SB, Nisar MI, Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia 2024 Jan 20 100299
Distinguishing features of long COVID identified through immune profiling.: Klein J, Wood J, Jaycox JR, Dhodapkar RM, Lu P, Gehlhausen JR, Tabachnikova A, Greene K, Tabacof L, Malik AA, Silva Monteiro V, Silva J, Kamath K, Zhang M, Dhal A, Ott IM, Valle G, Peña-Hernández M, Mao T, Bhattacharjee B, Takahashi T, Lucas C, Song E, McCarthy D, Breyman E, Tosto-Mancuso J, Dai Y, Perotti E, Akduman K, Tzeng TJ, Xu L, Geraghty AC, Monje M, Yildirim I, Shon J, Medzhitov R, Lutchmansingh D, Possick JD, Kaminski N, Omer SB, Krumholz HM, Guan L, Dela Cruz CS, van Dijk D, Ring AM, Putrino D, Iwasaki A, Nature 2023 Nov 623 7985 139-148
Behavioral interventions for vaccination uptake: A systematic review and meta-analysis.: Malik AA, Ahmed N, Shafiq M, Elharake JA, James E, Nyhan K, Paintsil E, Melchinger HC, Team YBI, Malik FA, Omer SB, Health Policy 2023 Nov 137 104894
Two Clinical Prediction Tools to Inform Rapid Tuberculosis Treatment Decision-making in Children.: Brooks MB, Hussain H, Siddiqui S, Ahmed JF, Jaswal M, Amanullah F, Becerra M, Malik AA, Open Forum Infect Dis 2023 Jun 10 6 ofad245
Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 among Children and College Students: A Systematic Review.: Elharake JA, Akbar F, Malik AA, Gilliam W, Omer SB, Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2023 Jun 54 3 913-925
Using geographic information system to track children and optimize immunization coverage and equity in Karachi, Pakistan.: Siddique M, Iftikhar S, Dharma VK, Shah MT, Siddiqi DA, Malik AA, Chandir S, Vaccine 2023 May 41 18 2922-2931
COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries.: Solís Arce JS, Warren SS, Meriggi NF, Scacco A, McMurry N, Voors M, Syunyaev G, Malik AA, Aboutajdine S, Adeojo O, Anigo D, Armand A, Asad S, Atyera M, Augsburg B, Awasthi M, Ayesiga GE, Bancalari A, Björkman Nyqvist M, Borisova E, Bosancianu CM, Cabra García MR, Cheema A, Collins E, Cuccaro F, Farooqi AZ, Fatima T, Fracchia M, Galindo Soria ML, Guariso A, Hasanain A, Jaramillo S, Kallon S, Kamwesigye A, Kharel A, Kreps S, Levine M, Littman R, Malik M, Manirabaruta G, Mfura JLH, Momoh F, Mucauque A, Mussa I, Nsabimana JA, Obara I, Otálora MJ, Ouédraogo BW, Pare TB, Platas MR, Polanco L, Qureshi JA, Raheem M, Ramakrishna V, Rendrá I, Shah T, Shaked SE, Shapiro JN, Svensson J, Tariq A, Tchibozo AM, Tiwana HA, Trivedi B, Vernot C, Vicente PC, Weissinger LB, Zafar B, Zhang B, Karlan D, Callen M, Teachout M, Humphreys M, Mobarak AM, Omer SB, Nat Med 2021 Aug 27 8 1385-1394
Safety and feasibility of 1 month of daily rifapentine plus isoniazid to prevent tuberculosis in children and adolescents: a prospective cohort study.: Malik AA, Farooq S, Jaswal M, Khan H, Nasir K, Fareed U, Shahbaz S, Amanullah F, Safdar N, Khan AJ, Keshavjee S, Becerra MC, Hussain H, Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2021 May 5 5 350-356
Measuring voluntary and policy-induced social distancing behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic.: Yan Y, Malik AA, Bayham J, Fenichel EP, Couzens C, Omer SB, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021 Apr 118 16