Departmental Affiliations
Center & Institute Affiliations
Research Interests
respiratory viruses; surveillance; RSV; vaccines
Experiences & Accomplishments
Rachel Hartman is a Research Associate II with the Center for Indigenous Health. She works on the Infectious Disease Prevention Team in partnership with Indigenous communities in the Southwest United States. Her work is focused on respiratory virus surveillance and prevention.
Rachel has a Master of Science in Public Health degree in Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, with a Certificate in Vaccine Science and Policy from JHSPH, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Indiana University.
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Selected publications
Atwell J, Hartman R, Parker D, Taylor K, Brown L, Sandoval M, Ritchie N, Desnoyers C, Swango Wilson A, Hammes M, Tiesinga J, Halasa N, Langley G, Prill M, Bruden D, Close R, Moses J, Karron R, Santosham M, Singleton R, Hammitt L. “RSV Among American Indian and Alaska Native Children: 2019 to 2020.” Pediatrics 152 (2): e2022060435. 2023 Jul 14. doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-060435.
Hartman R, Atwell J, Tso C, Becenti L, Brown L, Karron R, Kellywood K, Martin S, O'brien K, Weatherholtz R, Hammitt L. "Impact of RSV Prevention in Infancy on Prevalence of Asthma Among 9-14-Year-old Native American Children in the Southwest United States". Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2025 Sep 1;44(9):821-825. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004818.
Lutz C, Hartman R, Vigil D, Britton A, Burrage A, Campbell A, Close R, Desnoyers C, Dobson J, Garcia S, Halasa N, Honie E, Kobayashi M, McMorrow M, Mostafa H, Parker D, Pohl K, Prill M, Richards J, Roessler K, Sutcliffe C, Taylor K, Swango Wilson A, Va P, Verani J, Singleton R, Hammitt L. “Effectiveness of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines in Preventing COVID-19-Associated Outpatient Visits and Hospitalizations Among American Indian and Alaska Native Persons, January–November 2021: A Test-Negative Case-Control Analysis Using Surveillance Data.” Open Forum Infectious Diseases 10 (4). 2023 March 27. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad172.
Smith C, Hartman R, Kugler A, Little V, Baker O, Fairlie T, Fernandez R, Hagen M, Honie E, Laeyendecker O, Midgley C, Parker D, Sandoval M, Takahashi S, Hammitt L, Sutcliffe C. “The Trajectory of Antibody Responses One Year Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Indigenous Individuals in the Southwest United States.” Viruses. 16(10):1573. 2024 Oct 5. doi: 10.3390/v16101573.
Lutz C, Hartman R, Sandoval M, Burrage A, Christensen L, Close R, Damon S, Fairlie T, Hagen M, Kugler A, Laeyendecker O, Honie E, Little V, Mostafa H, Parker D, Richards J, Ritchie N, Roessler K, Saydah S, Taylor K, Va P, VanDeRiet D, Yazzie D, Hammitt L, Sutcliffe C. "Clinical characterization of acute COVID-19 and Post-COVID-19 Conditions 3 months following infection: A cohort study among Indigenous adults and children in the Southwestern United States". PLOS Global Public Health. 2025 Mar 18;5(3 March):e0004204. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004204