Amanda D. Castel, MD,MPHAmanda D. Castel is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 
Dr. Castel's first exposure to HIV/AIDS was as a college student, when she traveled independently to Uganda, established relationships with local hospitals and providers working on HIV/AIDS and designed her own research project. In the years since, she has demonstrated the same singular focus and commitment as a U.S. Fulbright Fellow in Senegal; a member of the ACTG Pediatric HIV Team in Harlem Hospital; and a volunteer physician in Kenya. Drawing on her background in infectious diseases and international health, Dr. Castel joined SPHHS in August 2006 to collaborate with the DC Department of Health's HIV/AIDS Administration on the Public Health-Academic Partnership. Her focus is on providing technical and epidemiologic expertise to the HIV/AIDS surveillance program. Dr. Castel also an investigator on a project to evaluate the District's routine HIV testing initiative. Previously, Dr. Castel was a CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer, assigned to the Office of Epidemiology and Disease Control Programs at the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. She also completed a preventive medicine residency at the CDC, during which she trained and supervised incoming EIS officers and completed her practicum experience at the National Center for Health Statistics. EducationBachelor of Arts (Biology), Brown University, 1995 TeachingPubH 209 - HIV/AIDS Surveillance ResearchDr. Castel's research interests center on infectious diseases, including vaccine-preventable diseases and HIV/AIDS, and on international health. As an EIS officer, she has investigated numerous communicable disease outbreaks and researched meningococcal disease among college students. In the international arena, Dr. Castel has conducted research on pediatric HIV/AIDS prevention and has monitored polio eradication campaigns. Click here for a list of selected, recent publications. Since joining the faculty at GWU, Dr. Castel has also worked on developing the framework for the development of the World Health Organization regulatory guidelines regarding task-shifting, and anticipates working on the Department's partnership with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Community ServiceBoard-certified in general pediatrics, Dr. Castel spent a year as a volunteer attending physician at the outpatient pediatric clinic at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. She was also chair and co-founder of the Multicultural Physician's Association and co-director of the International Health Interest Group, both at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where she completed her pediatric residency. DepartmentsPublications |
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