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Jonathan D. Alpern MD
Former Research Investigator

About

Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Minnesota; Core faculty, University of Minnesota Global Health Course

Joined the Institute: 2017

Education and training: MD, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; residency in internal medicine, University of Minnesota Minneapolis; chief residency, Regions Hospital, St. Paul; fellowship in infectious diseases, University of Minnesota Minneapolis.

Overview/research interests: Dr. Alpern’s research interests include travel and tropical medicine, and the cost and availability of prescription drugs in the United States, with a focus on anti-infective drugs and low socioeconomic status populations.

Current research activities and funding:

• Sole-source, Off-patent Drugs in the United States: Prevalence, Pricing, and Populations Affected
• Stamaril Expanded Access Protocol

Publications

Publications While At HealthPartners

selected publications

Journal Article
  • Cost-effectiveness of treatment strategies for populations from strongyloidiasis high-risk areas globally who will initiate corticosteroid treatment in the USA. 
  • Conflicts of interest among infectious diseases clinical practice guideline authors and the pharmaceutical industry. 
  • Costs of malaria treatment in the United States. 
    Journal of Travel Medicine. 2023
    Article has an altmetric score of 1
  • Evaluation of preferred language and timing of COVID-19 vaccine uptake and disease outcomes. 
  • Food and Drug Administration approval of artesunate for severe malaria: enough to achieve best practice?. 
    • Editorial Article
  • Hepatitis B vaccination, screening, and linkage to care [editorial]. 
  • Medical misinformation targets vulnerable populations and threatens the nation's health [editorial]. 
    Minnesota Medicine.  100. 2017
  • Access to essential medicines in the United States [editorial]. 
    New England Journal of Medicine.  375. 2016
    Article has an altmetric score of 10
  • Essential medicines in the United States--why access is diminishing [editorial]. 
  • High-cost generic drugs--implications for patients and policymakers [editorial]. 
    • Conference Poster
  • Economics, knowledge, attitudes and use of West African bushmeat in Minnesota: an interdisciplinary approach to health [poster]
    2016
  • Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and economics of West African bushmeat imported into Minnesota [poster]
    2016
  • Pulmonary nocardiosis: uncommon but fatal if untreated [poster]
    2014
    • Review
  • Blastomycosis-some progress but still much to learn [review]. 
  • Personal protection measures against mosquitoes, ticks, and other arthropods [review]. 

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    keywords

  • off patent drugs
    infectious disease
    travel medicine

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