Professor of Epidemiology

and:
Professor of Pharmaceutical and Therapeutic Research, School of Nursing
Associate Dean of Research, School of Nursing (home dept.) Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Antimicrobial Resistance
Biography:
Dr. Elaine L. Larson is the associate dean for research and professor of pharmaceutical and therapeutic research, Columbia University School of Nursing. She has served as a member of an NIH Study Section on HIV Infection, as the president of the Certification Board for Infection Control, as a member of nine journal editorial boards, an AHC Scholar in Academic Administration and Health Policy, and as director and trustee for the APIC Research Foundation. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, Infectious Disease Society of America, New York Academy of Medicine, Institute of Medicine, and The National Academies of Practice. She has served on several Institute of Medicine committees, including the Health Sciences Policy Board, Clinical Research Roundtable, and the Governing Council. She served on the President's Committee for Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses, the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, and was a chair of the CDC's Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and the Report Review Committee, National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Larson has been editor of the American Journal of Infection Control since 1994, and has published more than 200 journal articles, four books, and a number of book chapters on infection prevention, epidemiology, and clinical research and has served as a consultant in infection control and nursing in international settings such as Kuwait, Jordan, Singapore, Japan, Australia, Ghana, Peru, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, France, and Egypt.
Education & Training:

PhD, University of Washington, 1981

MS, University of Washington, 1969

BS, University of Washington, 1965

Affiliation(s):

University Affiliations:

Additional Affiliations:

  • Fellow, Institute of Medicine
  • Chair, CUMC Institutional Review Board
  • Fellow, Infectious Disease Society of America
  • Board of Directors, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
  • Lifetime National Associate, National Academy of Sciences
Honors and Awards:
    • RWJ Clinical Nurse Scholar, 1981-3
    • Named lectureship (Elaine Larson Lectureship), Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, 2000
    • Fellow, American Academy of Nursing, 1983
    • Distinguished practitioners, National Academies of Practice, 1998

    Selected Editorial Boards

    • Editor, American Journal of Infection Control
Selected
New York City
Activities:
    Home hygiene
    Dr. Larson received an NIH grant to study the effects of use of antibacterial products for hand washing and home cleaning on infectious disease symptoms. There was no effect of using these products for a year on either infections or on bacterial counts on hands.

    Use of antibiotics among Hispanics
    Dr. Larson conducted surveys to determine the use of antibiotics and their availability in stores and bodegas.

Selected
Global
Activities:
    Consultant to World Health Organization
    Preparation of a global hand hygiene guideline.


Selected Publications:
    Gebbie KM, Meier BM, Bakken S, Carrasquillo O, Formicola A, Aboelela SW, Glied S, Larson E "Training for interdisciplinary health research: defining the required competencies" J Allied Health 37 65-70 2008

    Haas JP, Larson EL "Impact of wearable alcohol gel dispensers on hand hygiene in an emergency department" Acad Emerg Med 15 393-396 2008

    Pogorzelska M, Larson EL "Assessment of attitudes of intensive care staff toward clinical practice guidelines" Dimen Crit Care Nurs  27 30-38 2008

    Aiello AE, Coulborn RM, Perez V, Larson EL "Effect of hand hygiene on infectious disease risk in the community setting: A meta-analysis" Am J Public Health 98 1372-1381 2008

    Larson EL, Ferng Y, Wong J, Alvarez Cid M, Barrett A, Gonzalez MJ, Wang S, Morse SM "Knowledge and misconceptions regarding upper respiratory infection and influenza among urban Hispanic households: Need for targeted messaging" J Immigrant Minority Health  11 71-82 2009

    Larson EL, Cohn EG, Meyer DD, Boden-Albala B "Consent administrator training to reduce disparities in research participation." J Nurs Scholarship  41 95-103 2009

    Larson EL, Ferng Y, Wong-McLoughlin J, Wang S "Retention and protocol adherence of Hispanic volunteers in a longitudinal trial." Am J Health Behav  33 434-444 2009

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Contact Information

Office/Address:

Georgian Building, 617 W. 168th St. Room 246

New York, 10032

Phone:

212-305-0723

Fax:

212-305-0722

E-mail:

ell23@columbia.edu