Ryan Michael Close, MD, MPH
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
Scholar, Center for Global Health,
Perelman School of Medicine
Fellow, Center for Public Health Initiatives,
Univ. of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Whiteriver Service Unit
200 West Hospital Drive
Whiteriver, AZ 85941
200 West Hospital Drive
Whiteriver, AZ 85941
Office: 928-338-3738
Links
Kalen Goodluck (2020). The Navajo Nation and White Mountain Apache Tribe chase down a virus. Contact-tracing programs in two areas hit hardest by COVID-19 are working. High Country News. Paonia, CO. Published August 28, 2020
Alberto Mariani (2021). A community’s response: Reflections from the White Mountain Apache Tribe a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Cronkite News - Arizona PBS.
Allee Mead. Contact Tracing: Training New Workers and Connecting with Rural Residents. The Rural Monitor. Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub). September 9, 2020.
Journalistic piece highlighting the WRSU COVID-19 pandemic response
Amanda Morris (2021). How a local response to COVID-19 helped slow deaths on the White Mountain Apache nation. Arizona Republic. Phoenix, AZ
Highlighted peer-reviewed research article in VACCINE
Univ. Penn Global Health Scholar Page - Dr. Ryan Close
Journalistic piece highlighting the WRSU COVID-19 pandemic Gina Kolata (2020). On Native American Land, Contact Tracing is Saving Lives. New York Times. New York City, New York Times: A1, A5. Published August 13, 2020
Chelsea Curtis (2020). ‘I’m so glad that I’m alive today’: Robust contact tracing is saving lives of Apach tribal members. Arizona republic. Phoenix, AZ
ReachMD (Podcast). COVID-19: On the Frontlines. Coordinating COVID-19 Care at a Native American Reservation. Narrated by Matt Brinholz. Aired October 9, 2020.
Claudia Hammond (2020). Health Check - BBC World Service. Covid testing cuts Apache Death Rates, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Aired July 29, 2020
Kalen Goodluck (2020). The Navajo Nation and White Mountain Apache Tribe chase down a virus. Contact-tracing programs in two areas hit hardest by COVID-19 are working. High Country News. Paonia, CO. Published August 28, 2020
Alberto Mariani (2021). A community’s response: Reflections from the White Mountain Apache Tribe a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Cronkite News - Arizona PBS.
Allee Mead. Contact Tracing: Training New Workers and Connecting with Rural Residents. The Rural Monitor. Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub). September 9, 2020.
Journalistic piece highlighting the WRSU COVID-19 pandemic response
Amanda Morris (2021). How a local response to COVID-19 helped slow deaths on the White Mountain Apache nation. Arizona Republic. Phoenix, AZ
Highlighted peer-reviewed research article in VACCINE
Univ. Penn Global Health Scholar Page - Dr. Ryan Close
Journalistic piece highlighting the WRSU COVID-19 pandemic Gina Kolata (2020). On Native American Land, Contact Tracing is Saving Lives. New York Times. New York City, New York Times: A1, A5. Published August 13, 2020
Chelsea Curtis (2020). ‘I’m so glad that I’m alive today’: Robust contact tracing is saving lives of Apach tribal members. Arizona republic. Phoenix, AZ
ReachMD (Podcast). COVID-19: On the Frontlines. Coordinating COVID-19 Care at a Native American Reservation. Narrated by Matt Brinholz. Aired October 9, 2020.
Claudia Hammond (2020). Health Check - BBC World Service. Covid testing cuts Apache Death Rates, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Aired July 29, 2020
Education:
B.A. (Philosophy major, Chemistry minor)
New York University, College of Arts & Science, 2007.
M.D.
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons , 2012.
M.P.H. (Epidemiology, International Health)
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, 2012.
Permanent linkB.A. (Philosophy major, Chemistry minor)
New York University, College of Arts & Science, 2007.
M.D.
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons , 2012.
M.P.H. (Epidemiology, International Health)
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, 2012.
Selected Publications
Close RM, Norton-Anspach NL, McAuley JB: Sudden Cardiac Arrest in an American Indian Infant. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 40(5): 495-497, May 2021.Close RM, McAuley JB: Disparate Effects of Invasive Group A Streptococcus on Native Americans. Emerging Infectious Diseases 26(9): 1971-1977, September 2020.
Close RM, Stone MJ: Contact Tracing for Native Americans in Rural Arizona. New England Journal of Medicine 383(3), July 2020.
Close RM, Close LM, Galdun P, Gerstberger S, Rydberg M, Christopher-Stine L: Potential implications of six American Indian patients with myopathy, statin exposure and anti-HMGCR antibodies. Rheumatology. Oxford, 60(2), February 2020.
Sutcliffe CG, Grant LR, Reid A, Douglass G, Brown LB, Kellywood K, Weatherholtz RC, Hubler R, Quintana A, Close R, McAuley JB, Santosham M, O'Brien KL, Hammitt LL.: High burden of Staphylococcus aureus among Native American individuals on the White Mountain Apache Tribal lands. Open Forum Infectious Disease 7(3), February 2020.
Dunn MG, Close RM, McKee SG, Cordero R, Japa IF, Lowenthal ED: Evaluation of iron intake in preschool children in a setting with high anemia burden. International Health January 2020.
Elder K, Saitta B, Ducomble T, Alia M, Close R, Scheele S, Erickson E, Scourse R, Kahn P, Elder G: Ensuring access to affordable, timely vaccines in emergencies. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 97(12): 851, October 2019.
McAuley JB, Close RM: Better Guidance on Treating HCV in Pregnancy: The Time is Now. Clinical Infectious Diseases August 2019.
Saballos,N, Dunn,M, Cordero,R, Japa,I, Lowenthal,E , Close, RM: Iron ingots vs. enhanced standard of care with oral iron: Assessing non-adherence and preliminary effects among anemic pre-school aged children in Consuelo, DR Poster presented at Pediatric Academic Societies. Toronto, CA May 2018.
Close,RM, McAuley,J: Futility of Centor score for predicating Group A Streptococcal pharyngitis in an adult hyper-endemic Native American population Poster presented at ID week. San Diego. October 2017.