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Amanda M. Simanek, PhD, MPH

Director Michael Reese Foundation Center for Health Equity Research; Associate Professor Epidemiology

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Affiliations

Chicago Medical School

Foundational Sciences and Humanities

Michael Reese Foundation Center for Health Equity Research

Midwest Proteome Center

School Of Chicago Medical

College of Health Professions

Department Of Physical Therapy

Department Of Physician Assistant

School Of Chicago Medical

Department Of Clinical Sciences

Department Of Foundational Sciences And Humanities

Foundational Sciences and Humanities

Department of Humanities & Health Care

Illinois Board of Higher Education

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Amanda M. Simanek, Phd, Mph is currently serving as a Chicago Medical School Director Michael Reese Foundation Center for Health Equity Research; Associate Professor Epidemiology at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine And Science.

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Amanda M. Simanek, PhD, MPH

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Director Michael Reese Foundation Center for Health Equity Research; Associate Professor Epidemiology

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public health epidemiology health sciences immunology mental health health communication respiratory medicine online information communicable diseases covid-19 pandemic geriatrics covid-19 social media mass communication united states persistent pathogens clinical epidemiology psychoneuroendocrinology experimental gerontology public health preparedness early life exposures epidemiological outcome incident depression inflammation geriatric medicine disease transmission emerging infectious diseases disease risk assessment neonatology pathogen burden prenatal socioeconomic disadvantage experimental medicine obstetrics and gynaecology biological psychiatry regional studies nurse education clinical microbiology vascular biology medicinal research clinical lipidology liver physiology empirical case studies elderly care clinical gerontology virus epidemiology maternal complications disease outbreaks biogerontology adolescence adolescent medicine adolescent psychology epidemiologic research cross-sectional studies clinical infection pathogen transmission later adulthood adaptive immune system rumor spreading epidemiological principle developmental endocrinology topic models risk communication applied social science qualitative analysis psychosocial issues cardiovascular disease-related mortality persistent infection functional impairment older latinos persistent viral pathogens third national health toxoplasma gondii community-based sample offspring mood disorders maternal infection herpesvirus reactivation

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

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A Randomized Assessment of the Impact of ‘Those Nerdy Girls’ Newsletters on Adult Vaccination Outcomes. PLoS ONE (2026)

vaccinespreventive medicineadult vaccination outcomesonline informationrandomized assessmentvaccine hesitancyvaccine efficacypublic healthreverse vaccinologyvaccinationjournalism

Early Life Trauma Patterns and Adult Epigenome-Wide and Nr3C1-Specific Dna Methylation in the Sister Study. American Journal of Epidemiology (2025)

Jennifer M P WooKaitlyn G LawrenceZongli XuPaul L AuerAmanda M SimanekRebecca Headley KonkelJack A TaylorHelen C S MeierDale P Sandler

geneticshuman geneticstraumasister studytrauma in childdevelopmental psychopathologygenetic disordersearly life exposuresdevelopmental psychologychild developmentneurodevelopmental disorderspublic healthepigenomicsepigeneticsepigenetic changesepidemiology

Association Between Prenatal Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Adverse Birth Outcomes, and Inflammatory Response at Birth. Psychoneuroendocrinology (2023)

Amanda M. SimanekMeng XiongJennifer M.P. WooCheng ZhengYuan S. ZhangHelen C.S. MeierAllison E. Aiello

prenatal socioeconomic disadvantageneonatologyneurosciencepsychologypsychoneuroendocrinologypublic healthinflammatory responseadverse birth outcomesimmune responses

Dear Pandemic: A Topic Modeling Analysis of Covid-19 Information Needs Among Readers of an Online Science Communication Campaign. PLoS ONE (2023)

Aleksandra M. GolosSharath Chandra GuntukuRachael Piltch-LoebLindsey J. LeiningerAmanda M. SimanekAparna KumarSandra S. AlbrechtJennifer Beam DowdMalia JonesAlison M. Buttenheim

health information sciencetopic modelsapplied social sciencecommunicationmass communicationnatural language processingreading researchcovid-19online informationdear pandemicsocial mediapublic healthsocial sciencesrisk communicationcovid-19 pandemichealth communication

Vaccination Against Pneumonia May Provide Genotype-Specific Protection Against Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease (2023)

Svetlana UkraintsevaMatt DuanAmanda M. SimanekRachel HolmesOlivia BagleyAravind L. RajendrakumarArseniy P. YashkinIgor AkushevichAlexander TropshaHeather WhitsonAnatoliy YashinKonstantin Arbeev

alzheimer's diseasehealth sciencesrespiratory medicinegenotype-specific protectionimmunologypublic healthvaccination

What Were the Information Voids? a Qualitative Analysis of Questions Asked by Dear Pandemic Readers Between August 2020-August 2021. Journal of Health Communication (2023)

Rachael Piltch-LoebRichard JamesSandra S. AlbrechtAlison M. ButtenheimJennifer BEAM DowdAparna KumarMalia JonesLindsey J. LeiningerAmanda SimanekShoshana Aronowitz

journalismcommunicationqualitative analysisinformation voidspublic healthcovid-19 pandemichealth communication

Early Life Trauma and Adult Leucocyte Telomere Length. Psychoneuroendocrinology (2022)

Jennifer M.P. WooChristine G. ParksEmily E. HydePaul L. AuerAmanda M. SimanekRebecca H. KonkelJack TaylorDale P. SandlerHelen C.S. Meier

neurologytraumadevelopmental endocrinologyadult leucocyteageingendocrinologyliver physiologyneurosciencepsychologypsychoneuroendocrinologyearly life trauma

Fight Like a Nerdy Girl: The Dear Pandemic Playbook for Combating Health Misinformation. American Journal of Health Promotion (2022)

Lindsey J. LeiningerSandra S. AlbrechtAlison ButtenheimJennifer Beam DowdAshley Z. RitterAmanda M. SimanekMary-Jo ValentinoMalia Jones

health promotioncommunicationmass communicationrumor spreadingpublic healthsocial mediahealth misinformationhealth communication

Latent Class Models of Early-Life Trauma and Incident Breast Cancer. Epidemiology (2022)

Jennifer M. P. WooAmanda SimanekKatie M. O’BrienChristine ParksSymielle GastonPaul L. AuerRebecca Headley KonkelChandra L. JacksonHelen C. S. MeierDale P. Sandler

traumabreast cancerhealth sciencesincident breast cancerlatent class modelsearly-life traumaepidemiological outcomepsychiatric epidemiologypublic healthepidemiology

Lessons Learned From Dear Pandemic, a Social Media-Based Science Communication Project Targeting the Covid-19 Infodemic. Public Health Reports (2022)

health information sciencecovid-19 infodemiccommunicationglobal health crisismass communicationcovid-19online informationmedical internet researchdear pandemiccommunicable diseasesdisease surveillancepublic health preparednesssocial mediaglobal healthcovid-19 pandemichealth communicationepidemic intelligence

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Amanda M. Simanek, PhD, MPH

Director Michael Reese Foundation Center for Health Equity Research; Associate Professor Epidemiology

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Affiliations

Chicago Medical School

Foundational Sciences and Humanities

Michael Reese Foundation Center for Health Equity Research

Midwest Proteome Center

School Of Chicago Medical

College of Health Professions

Department Of Physical Therapy

Department Of Physician Assistant

School Of Chicago Medical

Department Of Clinical Sciences

Department Of Foundational Sciences And Humanities

Foundational Sciences and Humanities

Department of Humanities & Health Care

Illinois Board of Higher Education

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Amanda M. Simanek, PhD, MPH

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Director Michael Reese Foundation Center for Health Equity Research; Associate Professor Epidemiology

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

A Randomized Assessment of the Impact of ‘Those Nerdy Girls’ Newsletters on Adult Vaccination Outcomes. PLoS ONE (2026)

vaccinespreventive medicineadult vaccination outcomesonline informationrandomized assessmentvaccine hesitancyvaccine efficacypublic healthreverse vaccinologyvaccinationjournalism

Early Life Trauma Patterns and Adult Epigenome-Wide and Nr3C1-Specific Dna Methylation in the Sister Study. American Journal of Epidemiology (2025)

Jennifer M P WooKaitlyn G LawrenceZongli XuPaul L AuerAmanda M SimanekRebecca Headley KonkelJack A TaylorHelen C S MeierDale P Sandler

Association Between Prenatal Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Adverse Birth Outcomes, and Inflammatory Response at Birth. Psychoneuroendocrinology (2023)

Amanda M. SimanekMeng XiongJennifer M.P. WooCheng ZhengYuan S. ZhangHelen C.S. MeierAllison E. Aiello

prenatal socioeconomic disadvantageneonatologyneurosciencepsychologypsychoneuroendocrinologypublic healthinflammatory responseadverse birth outcomesimmune responses

Dear Pandemic: A Topic Modeling Analysis of Covid-19 Information Needs Among Readers of an Online Science Communication Campaign. PLoS ONE (2023)

Aleksandra M. GolosSharath Chandra GuntukuRachael Piltch-LoebLindsey J. LeiningerAmanda M. SimanekAparna KumarSandra S. AlbrechtJennifer Beam DowdMalia JonesAlison M. Buttenheim

Vaccination Against Pneumonia May Provide Genotype-Specific Protection Against Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease (2023)

Svetlana UkraintsevaMatt DuanAmanda M. SimanekRachel HolmesOlivia BagleyAravind L. RajendrakumarArseniy P. YashkinIgor AkushevichAlexander TropshaHeather WhitsonAnatoliy YashinKonstantin Arbeev

alzheimer's diseasehealth sciencesrespiratory medicinegenotype-specific protectionimmunologypublic healthvaccination

What Were the Information Voids? a Qualitative Analysis of Questions Asked by Dear Pandemic Readers Between August 2020-August 2021. Journal of Health Communication (2023)

Rachael Piltch-LoebRichard JamesSandra S. AlbrechtAlison M. ButtenheimJennifer BEAM DowdAparna KumarMalia JonesLindsey J. LeiningerAmanda SimanekShoshana Aronowitz

journalismcommunicationqualitative analysisinformation voidspublic healthcovid-19 pandemichealth communication

Early Life Trauma and Adult Leucocyte Telomere Length. Psychoneuroendocrinology (2022)

Jennifer M.P. WooChristine G. ParksEmily E. HydePaul L. AuerAmanda M. SimanekRebecca H. KonkelJack TaylorDale P. SandlerHelen C.S. Meier

neurologytraumadevelopmental endocrinologyadult leucocyteageingendocrinologyliver physiologyneurosciencepsychologypsychoneuroendocrinologyearly life trauma

Fight Like a Nerdy Girl: The Dear Pandemic Playbook for Combating Health Misinformation. American Journal of Health Promotion (2022)

Lindsey J. LeiningerSandra S. AlbrechtAlison ButtenheimJennifer Beam DowdAshley Z. RitterAmanda M. SimanekMary-Jo ValentinoMalia Jones

health promotioncommunicationmass communicationrumor spreadingpublic healthsocial mediahealth misinformationhealth communication

Latent Class Models of Early-Life Trauma and Incident Breast Cancer. Epidemiology (2022)

Jennifer M. P. WooAmanda SimanekKatie M. O’BrienChristine ParksSymielle GastonPaul L. AuerRebecca Headley KonkelChandra L. JacksonHelen C. S. MeierDale P. Sandler

traumabreast cancerhealth sciencesincident breast cancerlatent class modelsearly-life traumaepidemiological outcomepsychiatric epidemiologypublic healthepidemiology

Lessons Learned From Dear Pandemic, a Social Media-Based Science Communication Project Targeting the Covid-19 Infodemic. Public Health Reports (2022)

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