Valery E Beau De Rochars

Valery E Beau De Rochars,

Research Assistant Professor

Department: HP-HEALTH SERVICES ADMIN
Business Phone: (352) 294-5695
Business Email: madsenbeau@ufl.edu

About Valery E Beau De Rochars

Dr. Madsen Beau De Rochars is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy at the College of Public Health and Health Professions University of Florida. At the Emerging Pathogens Institute, he is serving as coordinator for underground research activities in the research laboratory located in Gressier, Haiti to answer questions on public health matters in Haiti.

Prior to coming to the University of Florida as a faculty member, he was an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In that role, he provided epidemiologic expertise, investigating, designing, developing, implementing, evaluating, and improving strategies to prevent and control disease risk factors and hazardous exposures and to control epidemics in Florida specifically and in the USA at large.

Before getting into EIS, he earned a M.P.H degree from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University with a focus on Health Policy and Management; he also earned a M.D from State University of Haiti. He previously worked on the lymphatic filariasis (LF) program with CDC and the University of Notre Dame to map the distribution of LF in Haiti. In the dynamic to eliminate LF in Haiti, he led the first mass drug administration (MDA) started in Leogane Haiti; this pilot project served as a model for a scaling up a national MDA program throughout Haiti. He was instrumental in the success of implementing the Haitian national program; now, this program reaches all of Haiti for the first time, making elimination of LF an achievable goal.

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2018-2020
PHC6104 Evidence-Based Management of Public Health Programs
2018-2021,2023
HSA6114 Health Care System and Policy
2015-2018,2020-2022
PHC6601 Seminar in Contemporary Public Health Issues
2015-2018,2020-2022
PHC6946 Public Health Internship
2017-2018
PHC6917 Supervised Research Project
2015-2016
PHC6937 Special Topics in Public Health
2013
HSA6930 Special Topics in Health Services Administration
2021-2022
HSC4970 Public Health and Health Professions Senior Honors Thesis
2023
PHC6941 MPH Applied Practice Experience

Publications

2023
A population-based serological survey of Vibrio cholerae antibody titers in Ouest Department, Haiti in the year prior to the 2022 cholera outbreak.
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences. [DOI] 10.1101/2023.02.06.23285537. [PMID] 36798289.
2023
Implementation of a Pediatric Telemedicine and Medication Delivery Service in a Resource-limited Setting: A Pilot Study for Clinical Safety and Feasibility.
The Journal of pediatrics. 257 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.12.005. [PMID] 36528053.
2023
Was lockdown worth it? community perspectives and experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic in remote southwestern Haiti.
Social science & medicine (1982). 331 [DOI] 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116076. [PMID] 37441975.
2022
A cautionary tale for health education initiatives in vulnerable populations: Improving nutrition in Haiti prisons.
Frontiers in medicine. 9 [DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2022.1076583. [PMID] 36606045.
2022
Analysis of Zika Virus Sequence Data Associated with a School Cohort in Haiti.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 107(4):873-880 [DOI] 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0204. [PMID] 36096408.
2022
SARS-CoV-2 infections in infants in Haiti 2020-2021; evidence from a seroepidemiological cohort.
PloS one. 17(8) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0273482. [PMID] 36006976.
2021
Opportunities to catalyse improved healthcare access in pluralistic systems: a cross-sectional study in Haiti.
BMJ open. 11(11) [DOI] 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047367. [PMID] 34810180.
2017
Partnering for impact: Integrated transmission assessment surveys for lymphatic filariasis, soil transmitted helminths and malaria in Haiti.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(2) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005387. [PMID] 28207792.
2017
T cell subtypes and reciprocal inflammatory mediator expression differentiate P. falciparum memory recall responses in asymptomatic and symptomatic malaria patients in southeastern Haiti.
PloS one. 12(4) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0174718. [PMID] 28369062.
2015
High prevalence of asymptomatic malaria infections: a cross-sectional study in rural areas in six departments in Haiti.
Malaria journal. 14 [DOI] 10.1186/s12936-015-1051-2. [PMID] 26689195.
2015
Spectrum of outpatient illness in a school-based cohort in Haiti, with a focus on diarrheal pathogens.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 92(4):752-757 [DOI] 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0059. [PMID] 25732684.
2014
Haiti National Program for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis–a model of success in the face of adversity.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 8(7) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002915. [PMID] 25032697.
2014
Monitoring water sources for environmental reservoirs of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1, Haiti.
Emerging infectious diseases. 20(3):356-63 [DOI] 10.3201/eid2003.131293. [PMID] 24571741.
2012
Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae at a long-term acute care hospital: sustained reductions in transmission through active surveillance and targeted interventions.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 33(10):984-92 [DOI] 10.1086/667738. [PMID] 22961017.
2011
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to treatment and prevention of cholera, Haiti, 2010.
Emerging infectious diseases. 17(11):2158-61 [PMID] 22204033.

Grants

Sep 2023 ACTIVE
Personal Services Contract for Assistance with Ministries of Health in Haiti and Dominican Republic
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: CARTER CENTER
Sep 2020 – Sep 2022
SHAPE Strengthening Haitian Activities in the Prison Environment
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: HEALTH THROUGH WALLS via US DEPT OF STATE
Sep 2019 – Aug 2023
Personal Services Contract for Assistance with Ministries of Health in Haiti and Dominican Republic
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: CARTER CENTER
May 2018 – Apr 2022
Estimating Cholera Burden with Cross-sectional Immunologic Data
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF UTAH via NATL INST OF HLTH NIAID
May 2018 – Aug 2019
Personal Services Contract for Assistance with Ministries of Health in Haiti and Dominican Republic
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: CARTER CENTER
May 2017 – Apr 2018
Personal Services Contract for Assistance with Ministries of Health in Haiti and Dominican Republic
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: CARTER CENTER
Dec 2016 – Nov 2023
Cholera persistence, transmission, and clinical illness in Haiti
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIAID
Oct 2016 – Mar 2018
A comprehensive comparison of 1) the TAS platform utilizing antifilarial antibodies and antigenemia in adults and children with 2) xenomonitoring to detect filarial transmission in Haiti
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: TASK FORCE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH via US AGCY INTL DEV
Oct 2016 – Sep 2021
Preparedness, research and action network on maternal-pediatric axis of ZIKV infection in Latin America and the Caribbean
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: PENTA FOUNDATION via EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Jul 2016 – Jun 2022
Cholera transmission and evolution in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Role: Project Manager
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIAID
May 2016 – Apr 2017
Personal Services Contract for Assistance with Ministries of Health in Haiti and Dominican Republic
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: CARTER CENTER
Apr 2016 – Mar 2022
ROS responses during Vibrio cholerae infection
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA via NATL INST OF HLTH NIAID
Apr 2016 – Oct 2018
Safety Trial of Ivermectine-Diethyl Carbamazine-Albendazol in Haiti
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: WASHINGTON UNIV SAINT LOUIS via BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
May 2015 – Apr 2016
Personal Services Contract for Assistance with Ministries of Health in Haiti & Dominican Republic
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: CARTER CENTER
Jun 2013 – Jun 2019
Start Up Funds for D. Beau De Rochars
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UF DIV OF SPONSORED RESEARCH

Education

Master of Public Health
2008 · Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Doctorate in Medicine
1995 · Université d’Etat D’Haïti, Port-au-Prince, Haïti

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 294-5695
Emails:
Business:
madsenbeau@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
2055 MOWRY RD RM 275
GAINESVILLE FL 32610