Brian Labus, Ph.D., MPH is an Assistant Professor in the School of Community Health Sciences. His research focuses on communicable disease surveillance and he is currently studying the use of social media to identify restaurants associated with increased risk of causing foodborne illness. Dr. Labus is a Registered Environmental Health Specialist through the National Environmental Health Association and teaches courses in infectious disease epidemiology and outbreak investigation. Prior to joining the faculty, Dr. Labus worked in local public health, conducting outbreak investigations, disease surveillance, and implementing public health informatics systems.
Research Specialties:
Communicable disease surveillance
The integration of social media data into disease surveillance and public health practice
Outbreak investigation
Experience
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2018–presentAssistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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2015–2018Visiting Assistant Professor of Public Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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2001–2015Senior Epidemiologist, Southern Nevada Health District (Las Vegas, NV)
Education
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2015University of Nevada, Las Vegas, PhD - Public Health (Environmental and Occupational Health)
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2011National Environmental Health Association, Registered Environmental Health Specialist
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2000University of California, Berkeley, MPH - Infectious DIseases
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1997Purdue University, BS - Biology
Honours
Delta Omega
- Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
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