Jocelyn J. Herstein, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, UNMC Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health
Director, International Partnerships and Programs, National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center
Scholar, Global Center for Health Security
Jocelyn J. Herstein, PhD, MPH, is an associate professor in the College of Public Health, the director of international partnerships and programs for the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center and a scholar of the UNMC Global Center for Health Security.
Dr. Herstein's research is in high-consequence infectious disease preparedness and management. She has provided technical expertise and conducted biopreparedness trainings on high-consequence infectious diseases for healthcare workers, public health officials and vulnerable non-healthcare worker occupational groups in the US, Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia. She also serves as a UNMC focal point for their partnership with the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.
- BA: Global Studies, UNL, 2013
- MPH: Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health, UNMC, 2016
- Certificate: Emergency Preparedness, UNMC, 2017
- PhD: Environmental and Occupational Health, UNMC, 2018
- High-consequence infectious diseases
- Infection prevention and control
- Disaster management
- Emergency response
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Health security
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High-consequence infectious disease transport and response
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High-level isolation / biocontainment
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Health systems strengthening
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Training program evaluation
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Disaster response planning
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Surge expansion
- Herstein JJ, Degarege A, Stover D, Austin C, Schwedhelm MM, Lawler JV, Lowe JJ, Ramos AK, Donahue M. Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission among Meat Processing Workers in Nebraska, USA, and Effectiveness of Risk Mitigation Measures. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Feb 16;27(4). doi: 10.3201/eid2704.204800.
- Herstein JJ, Biddinger PD, Gibbs SG, Le AL, Le AB, Schwedhelm MM, Lowe JJ. The Utility and Sustainability of US Ebola Treatment Centers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Infection Control and Hosp Epidemiol 2022;1-33. doi:10.1017/ice.2022.43.
- Herstein JJ, Lowe JJ, Wolf T, Leo YS, Vasoo S, Shen Y, Chin BS, Hewlett AL, Lawler JV. Leveraging a pre-existing global infectious disease network for local decision-making during a pandemic. Clin Infect Dis. 2022;74(4):729-733. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab660.
- Lukowski J, Vasa A, Arguinchona C, ElRayes W, Frank M, Galdys AL, Garcia MC, Garland JA, Kline S, Persson C, Ruby D, Sauer LM, Vasistha S, Carasco SV, Herstein JJ. A Narrative Review of High-level isolation unit infrastructural and operational features. BMJ Glob Health. 2023;8(7):e012037. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012037
- Herstein JJ, Stern KL, Gibbs SG, Lowe JJ, Attridge K, Dunning J, Gustavsen A, Isakov AP, Lowe AE, Miles W, Mukherjee V, Ruby D, Uyeki TM, Vasoo S, Sauer LM. Long-Range Air Transportation for High-Consequence Infectious Diseases: Findings from a Global Tabletop Exercise on Patients with Viral Hemorrhagic Fever. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2025 Aug 5:1-6. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2025.2519538. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40763253.
- American Public Health Association
- American Industrial Hygiene Association