Academic Publications

Fifteen Days in December: Capture and Analysis of Omicron-Related Travel Restrictions | Jordan Schermerhorn, Alaina Case, Rebecca Katz, et. al. BMJ Global Health, 2022.

Reaching the “Last Mile”: Fresh Approaches Needed for Guinea Worm Eradication | Claire Standley and Jordan Schermerhorn. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2021.

A One Health Approach for Guinea Worm Disease Control: Scope and Opportunities | Matt Boyce, Ellen Carlin, Jordan Schermerhorn, and Claire Standley. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020.

Selected Presentations

Proxy Measures for Disease Surveillance: A Case Study of Polio in Borno State, Nigeria // Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Research Symposium, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, July 2019

REACH Monitoring of Hard-to-Reach Areas of NE Nigeria: Food Security Findings // Food Security Sector Meeting, Abuja Nigeria, April 2019

Public-Facing Clips

Why It’s Premature to Declare Africa Free of Wild Polio | Undark | A discussion of the challenges to polio surveillance in Northeast Nigeria, and a critique of declaring wild poliovirus elimination in Africa. 2020. [2023 note: I’ve since come around.]

Three Decades Later, We’re Still Grappling With the Guinea Worm | Undark | Recommended reforms for a global disease eradication campaign during the complicated period of “almost.” 2018.