Departmental Affiliations
Research Interests
Infectious diseases, malaria, HIV, epidemiology, surveillance, vaccine development, maternal vaccines, vaccine preventable diseases
Experiences & Accomplishments
Jessica L Schue, PhD, is an Assistant Scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in the Department of International Health. Dr. Schue is an infectious disease epidemiologist with special interest in health disparities and disadvantaged populations. Her previous experiences have focused on infectious diseases from a multidisciplinary perspective including microbiology, immunology, epidemiology, clinical trials, statistics, and global health. Research and practice experience have spanned several different topics including routine immunization, maternal immunization, vaccine development, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and cholera.
Honors & Awards
- The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute pre-doctoral fellowship (2019)
- Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health Field Research Award (2018)
- Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, Alpha Chapter (2016)
- Program in Applied Vaccine Experiences Scholar, The Johns Hopkins Vaccine Initiative (2015)
Select Publications
My research covers four main topics: 1) pediatric HIV, 2) malaria, 3) disease surveillance, 4) maternal vaccines. The publications below are recent represents of these four areas.
Schue JL, Fesshaye B, Miller E, Singh P, Limaye RJ. COVID-19 vaccine preferences for pregnant and lactating women in Bangladesh and Kenya: a qualitative study. Front Public Health.2024;12:1412878. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1412878. eCollection 2024. PubMed PMID: 39206003; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11349526.
Nyenswah TG, Skrip L, Stone M, Schue JL, Peters DH, Brieger WR. Documenting the development, adoption and pre-ebola implementation of Liberia's integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) strategy. BMC Public Health. 2023 Oct 25;23(1):2093. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17006-7. Review. PubMed PMID: 37880607; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10601278.
Sutcliffe CG, Moyo N, Hamahuwa M, Mutanga JN, van Dijk JH, Hamangaba F, Schue JL, Thuma PE, Moss WJ. The Evolving Pediatric HIV Epidemic in Rural Southern Zambia: The Beneficial Impact of Advances in Prevention and Treatment at a District Hospital From 2007 to 2019. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2023 Jun 1;42(6):489-495. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003873. Epub 2023 Feb 15. PubMed PMID: 36795584; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10360039.
Ippolito MM, Gebhardt ME, Ferriss E, Schue JL, Kobayashi T, Chaponda M, Kabuya JB, Muleba M, Mburu M, Matoba J, Musonda M, Katowa B, Lubinda M, Hamapumbu H, Simubali L, Mudenda T, Wesolowski A, Shields TM, Hackman A, Shiff C, Coetzee M, Koekemoer LL, Munyati S, Gwanzura L, Mutambu S, Stevenson JC, Thuma PE, Norris DE, Bailey JA, Juliano JJ, Chongwe G, Mulenga M, Simulundu E, Mharakurwa S, Agre PC, Moss WJ. Scientific Findings of the Southern and Central Africa International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research: Ten Years of Malaria Control Impact Assessments in Hypo-, Meso-, and Holoendemic Transmission Zones in Zambia and Zimbabwe. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Oct 11;107(4_Suppl):55-67. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-1287. Print 2022 Oct 11. PubMed PMID: 36228903; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9662223.
Schue JL, van Dijk JH, Hamangaba F, Thuma PE, Moss WJ, and Sutcliffe CG. (2021) “Treatment outcomes among infants and children living with HIV in rural Zambia, 2008-2018: a cohort study.” BMC Pediatr 21, 315